Usage with OpenTelemetry?

[dominic-codespoti]

The Azure OpenTelemetry distro claims to support both the profiler and snapshot debugger (see below), however there is no documentation regarding how to configure it to support both features. Could you shed some light on this please? Thanks in advance!

[xiaomi7732]

Hey @thed24, thanks for the ask.

At this moment, the windows profiler works with Application Insights OpenTelemetry distro (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/profiler/profiler).

There's no support for the EventPipe Profiler (this NuGet).

Please let me know if you have more questions.

[dominic-codespoti]

Thanks for the prompt response! Is any specific configuration required for an App Service running on Linux? Previously, a whole specific NuGet package was required to enable profiling, but now it does not seem to work out of the box. You did mention Windows, does this mean it doesn't work for Linux?

[xiaomi7732]

@thed24, I am reading between the lines. Check my understanding, please:

1. Your application is hosted on Linux.
2. You have been using the Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Profiler.AspNetCore for profiling.
   And
3. You are asking: can profiler work if you switch from using application insights to Open Telemetry.

If I understand that correct, at this point, Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Profiler.AspNetCore won't work for that scenario right now.

Please let me know if there's more questions. Thanks.

[xiaomi7732]

Hi there, I am sorry, my info about the windows agent supporting OpenTelemetry wasn't accurate. I think there's a document error and its not supported yet.
There's work going on. I don't have a good ETA at this point.

[xiaomi7732]

Hey @dominic-codespoti, now we have a new package under building to support OTel distro on Windows & Linux. Please check #230 out for more details. Thanks.