Use azure applications insights as telemetry monitoring APM

[dgl452]

We use Azure Application Insights as our APM platform for monitoring. Is there any way we can instrument the Python library to configure it to send traces to the APM?

[dosubot[bot]]

Hey @dgl452! I'm here to help you with any bugs, questions, or contributions you have. Let's tackle this issue together!

The Python library currently uses the OpenTelemetry class for telemetry purposes, which can be extended to support integration with Azure Application Insights. You can use the OpenTelemetry Python SDK to configure the library to send traces to Azure Application Insights. This involves setting up an OpenTelemetry exporter for Azure and configuring it to send telemetry data.

Here's a general approach to achieve this:

1. Install the necessary OpenTelemetry packages:

   pip install opentelemetry-api
   pip install opentelemetry-sdk
   pip install opentelemetry-exporter-azure-monitor

2. Configure OpenTelemetry to use the Azure Monitor exporter:

   from opentelemetry import trace
   from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
   from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
   from opentelemetry.exporter.azuremonitor import AzureMonitorTraceExporter
   
   # Set up the tracer provider
   trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
   
   # Create an Azure Monitor exporter
   exporter = AzureMonitorTraceExporter(
       connection_string="InstrumentationKey=YOUR_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY"
   )
   
   # Add the exporter to the tracer provider
   trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(
       BatchSpanProcessor(exporter)
   )

3. Instrument your application:
   Use the OpenTelemetry API to create spans and record telemetry data in your application.

This setup will allow you to send telemetry data from the Python library to Azure Application Insights. You may need to adjust the integration based on your specific use case and the existing telemetry setup in the library.

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[dgl452]

@dosu where I should put the integration? Can you give a basic example?

[dosubot[bot]]

To integrate Azure Application Insights using OpenTelemetry in your Python application, you should set up the integration at the start of your application. Here's a basic example of how you can do this:

from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
from opentelemetry.exporter.azuremonitor import AzureMonitorTraceExporter

def setup_telemetry():
    # Set up the tracer provider
    trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())

    # Create an Azure Monitor exporter
    exporter = AzureMonitorTraceExporter(
        connection_string="InstrumentationKey=YOUR_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY"
    )

    # Add the exporter to the tracer provider
    trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(
        BatchSpanProcessor(exporter)
    )

def main():
    # Initialize telemetry
    setup_telemetry()

    # Your application logic here
    # Example: Create a span
    tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
    with tracer.start_as_current_span("example-span"):
        print("This is an example span")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

In this example, the setup_telemetry function initializes the OpenTelemetry tracer provider and configures it to use the Azure Monitor exporter. You should call this function at the start of your application to ensure that telemetry data is sent to Azure Application Insights. Replace "YOUR_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY" with your actual Azure Application Insights instrumentation key.

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