App Insights is not turned on by default

[potashkeren]

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- [X] bug report -> please search issues before submitting
- [ ] feature request
- [ ] documentation issue or request
- [ ] regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped in a new release)

Minimal steps to reproduce

Application Insights is not enabled by default, even though AZURE_USE_APPLICATION_INSIGHTS is set to true. After deploying the app and checking Application Insights under the web app resource in the Azure portal, I noticed that Application Insights is not enabled, no Application Insights resource was created automatically, and the web app was not connected to it. I see this page:

To ensure that Application Insights is enabled as part of the deployment process using Bicep, we need to add the one property in the appservice.bicep file under the resource configAppSettings:

ApplicationInsightsAgent_EXTENSION_VERSION: '~2' 

The final code should look like this after adding the line above:

  resource configAppSettings 'config' = {
    name: 'appsettings'
    properties: union(appSettings,
      {
        SCM_DO_BUILD_DURING_DEPLOYMENT: string(scmDoBuildDuringDeployment)
        ENABLE_ORYX_BUILD: string(enableOryxBuild)
        ApplicationInsightsAgent_EXTENSION_VERSION: '~2'
      },
      runtimeName == 'python' ? { PYTHON_ENABLE_GUNICORN_MULTIWORKERS: 'true' } : {},
      !empty(applicationInsightsName) ? { APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING: applicationInsights.properties.ConnectionString } : {},
      !empty(keyVaultName) ? { AZURE_KEY_VAULT_ENDPOINT: keyVault.properties.vaultUri } : {})
  }

Thanks for your help!

Any log messages given by the failure

None

Expected/desired behavior

Application Insights is enabled by default.

OS and Version?

Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

azd version?

1.10.1 (commit 31409a33266fb4a5fdbb644bc83988e725d6c7c9)

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[pamelafox]

I checked with the App Service team and they confirmed the need for the env var as well. It's documented here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/codeless-app-service?tabs=python#automate-monitoring

If you want to send a PR for the change, I'm happy to review. Otherwise I'll make the PR when I'm able.

[pamelafox]

I think it should be ~3, not ~2, per that documentation. Testing now.

[potashkeren]

Hi @pamelafox Sorry for the delayed reply, I was on a long vacation. Are you responsible for closing the issue, or is there anything else I can help with?

Thanks, Keren

[pamelafox]

I discussed this with the App Insights team, and they said that variable is only relevant if you're using auto-instrumentation, as it will turn on the auto-instrumentation. We are using manual instrumentation, so it's not relevant (and in fact, does not work). I've asked them to perhaps add a note in that "App Insights" blade that App Insights might still be enabled, even if it hasn't been auto-enabled. So there's nothing we can do on our end, as far as I can see. I'll close this issue.