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.
<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.
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>
Tasks
How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration SettingsReference
healthMonitoring Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)add Element for providers for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
remove Element for providers for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
clear Element for providers for healthMonitoring (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration
System.Web.Management
Concepts
ASP.NET Configuration OverviewASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios
Other Resources
ASP.NET Health Monitoring SystemASP.NET Configuration Files
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration API