providers Element for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Defines the health monitoring providers that are responsible for event processing.
This element is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
healthMonitoring Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
providers Element for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<providers>
<add... />
<remove... />
<clear />
</providers>
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
Element | Description |
|---|---|
add | Optional element. Specifies the name of the provider and the class that implements it. |
clear | Optional element. Removes all health monitoring providers from the collection. |
remove | Optional element. Removes the specified health monitoring provider from the collection. |
Parent Elements
Element | Description |
|---|---|
configuration | Specifies the required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications. |
system.web | Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section. |
healthMonitoring | Configures an application for health monitoring. |
You can add as many providers as your application requires.
A provider processes health events. For details about how to map an event to a provider, see the eventMappings Element for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema) element.
If additional name value pairs are present, the provider must process those values.
Default Configuration
The following default providers element is configured in the root Web.config file in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
<providers>
<add name="EventLogProvider" type="System.Web.Management.EventLogWebEventProvider,
System.Web,Version=2.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
<add ConnectionStringName="LocalSqlServer"
maxEventDetailsLength="1073741823" buffer="false"
bufferMode="Notification" name="SqlWebEventProvider"
type="System.Web.Management.SqlWebEventProvider,
System.Web,Version=2.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
<add name="WmiWebEventProvider" type="System.Web.Management.WmiWebEventProvider,
System.Web,Version=2.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
</providers>
The following code example shows how to add a provider.
<providers>
<add name="WmiEventProvider"
type="System.Web.Management.WebWmiEventProvider,
System.Web,Version=1.2.3400.0,Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
<add name="SampleEventProvider"
type="Samples.AspNet.SampleEventProvider,SampleEventProvider,
Version=0.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=92029af6cf75bd7c,
ProcessorArchitecture=Neutral"/>
</providers>