Azure Runbook load .Net assembly for application insight

Question

I have requirement where I want to write some metrics to the application insight for monitoring a service at a regular interval.

I though that I would write this PowerSh

Answer 1

Try following path for the assembly "C:\Modules\Global\Azure\Compute\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.dll"

Answer 2

The issue is in loading the DLL file. The Runbook is not able to find the file in this line:

$AI = "$PSScriptRoot\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.dll"
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("$AI")

When you run a Runbook via Azure Automation, you don't have access to the local path as you normally do on a local machine or on premise. In Azure Automation, modules are placed in "C:\Modules".

Instead, use below code snippet, after you have uploaded the dll file:

[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("C:\Modules\Azure\Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.dll")

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