azure-spring-boot-metrics-starter

Java agent based monitoring

Azure Application Insights has released one Java agent that can be used to capture metrics inside JVM. Consider use the Java agent based approach.

Refer following document for more details:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/java-in-process-agent

Usage

Add the dependency

azure-spring-boot-metrics-starter is published on Maven Central Repository.
If you are using Maven, add the following dependency.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
   <artifactId>azure-spring-boot-metrics-starter</artifactId>
    <version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>

Add the property setting

Open application.properties file and add below properties with your instrumentation key.

management.metrics.export.azuremonitor.instrumentation-key=<your-instrumentation-key-here>

Trouble Shooting

1. If the JDK version you use is greater than 1.8, You may meet this problem:

NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException

To solve this issue, you need to add the dependency below into your classpath:

<dependency>
   <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
   <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
   <version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>