Azure Resource Template Dependencies / Application Insights
Alternative and updated answer (2020/03): do what the Azure Portal UX does (can be viewed via "Download template" at a last step of webapp creation).
For application insights resource, you don't necessarily need to wait for website resource to be created. According to applicationInsights ARM the website.Name is used to applicaitonInsights.properties.ApplicationId.
Since you are creating both at the same time, you can pass the name value both to ApplicationInsights and website resources from input:
{
"$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"subscriptionId": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"location": {
"type": "string"
},
"hostingEnvironment": {
"type": "string"
},
"hostingPlanName": {
"type": "string"
},
"serverFarmResourceGroup": {
"type": "string"
},
"alwaysOn": {
"type": "bool"
},
"sku": {
"type": "string"
},
"skuCode": {
"type": "string"
},
"workerSize": {
"type": "string"
},
"workerSizeId": {
"type": "string"
},
"numberOfWorkers": {
"type": "string"
},
"currentStack": {
"type": "string"
},
"netFrameworkVersion": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2018-11-01",
"name": "[parameters('name')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"tags": {},
"dependsOn": [
"microsoft.insights/components/testapp01",
"[concat('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', parameters('hostingPlanName'))]"
],
"properties": {
"name": "[parameters('name')]",
"siteConfig": {
"appSettings": [
{
"name": "APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY",
"value": "[reference('microsoft.insights/components/testapp01', '2015-05-01').InstrumentationKey]"
},
{
"name": "APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING",
"value": "[reference('microsoft.insights/components/testapp01', '2015-05-01').ConnectionString]"
},
{
"name": "ApplicationInsightsAgent_EXTENSION_VERSION",
"value": "~2"
}
],
"metadata": [
{
"name": "CURRENT_STACK",
"value": "[parameters('currentStack')]"
}
],
"netFrameworkVersion": "[parameters('netFrameworkVersion')]",
"alwaysOn": "[parameters('alwaysOn')]"
},
"serverFarmId": "[concat('/subscriptions/', parameters('subscriptionId'),'/resourcegroups/', parameters('serverFarmResourceGroup'), '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', parameters('hostingPlanName'))]",
"hostingEnvironment": "[parameters('hostingEnvironment')]",
"clientAffinityEnabled": true
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2018-11-01",
"name": "[parameters('hostingPlanName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/serverfarms",
"location": "[parameters('location')]",
"kind": "",
"tags": {},
"dependsOn": [],
"properties": {
"name": "[parameters('hostingPlanName')]",
"workerSize": "[parameters('workerSize')]",
"workerSizeId": "[parameters('workerSizeId')]",
"numberOfWorkers": "[parameters('numberOfWorkers')]",
"hostingEnvironment": "[parameters('hostingEnvironment')]"
},
"sku": {
"Tier": "[parameters('sku')]",
"Name": "[parameters('skuCode')]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2015-05-01",
"name": "testapp01",
"type": "microsoft.insights/components",
"location": "centralus",
"tags": {},
"properties": {
"ApplicationId": "[parameters('name')]",
"Request_Source": "IbizaWebAppExtensionCreate"
}
}
]
}
The order of creation will be following:
- Application Insights resource
- App Service webapp
The solution is to have the connection strings and app settings created as nested child resources of the web site. By using the child resource strategy, one can then make the appsettings dependent upon both the web site and application insights. This allows provisioning to occur in the following order:
- Web Site
- Application Insights
- Web Site config / appsettings
The following two answers were helpful. The first one illustrates how to pull the instrumentation key. The second one illustrates how to nest app settings and connection strings as child resources of the web site.
How to pull the instrumentation key
How to nest app settings as child resources
Here is my final template:
{
"$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"webSiteName": {
"type": "string"
},
"aadTenant": {
"type": "string"
},
"aadAudience": {
"type": "string"
},
"endpoints": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "n/a"
},
"apiEndpoint": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "n/a"
},
"sqlConnStrName": {
"type": "string"
},
"sqlConnStrValue": {
"type": "string"
},
"skuName": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "F1",
"allowedValues": [
"F1",
"D1",
"B1",
"B2",
"B3",
"S1",
"S2",
"S3",
"P1",
"P2",
"P3",
"P4"
],
"metadata": {
"description": "Describes plan's pricing tier and instance size. Check details at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-service/"
}
},
"skuCapacity": {
"type": "int",
"defaultValue": 1,
"minValue": 1,
"metadata": {
"description": "Describes plan's instance count"
}
}
},
"variables": {
"hostingPlanName": "[concat(parameters('webSiteName'), '-hostingplan')]"
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "[variables('hostingPlanName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/serverfarms",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"tags": {
"displayName": "HostingPlan"
},
"sku": {
"name": "[parameters('skuName')]",
"capacity": "[parameters('skuCapacity')]"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "[parameters('webSiteName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-related:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName')))]": "empty",
"displayName": "Website"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[parameters('webSiteName')]",
"serverFarmId": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]"
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "appsettings",
"type": "config",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]",
"[concat('AppInsights', parameters('webSiteName'))]"
],
"properties": {
"ida:Tenant": "[parameters('aadTenant')]",
"ida:Audience": "[parameters('aadAudience')]",
"endpoints": "[parameters('endpoints')]",
"apiEndpoint": "[parameters('apiEndpoint')]",
"applicationInsightsInstrumentationKey": "[reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Insights/components', concat('AppInsights', parameters('webSiteName'))), '2014-04-01').InstrumentationKey]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"type": "config",
"name": "connectionstrings",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"properties": {
"[parameters('sqlConnStrName')]": {
"value": "[parameters('sqlConnStrValue')]",
"type": "SQLServer"
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "logs",
"type": "config",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"properties": {
"applicationLogs": {
"fileSystem": {
"level": "Off"
},
"azureTableStorage": {
"level": "Off",
"sasUrl": null
},
"azureBlobStorage": {
"level": "Information",
"sasUrl": "TO DO: pass in a SAS Url",
"retentionInDays": null
}
},
"httpLogs": {
"fileSystem": {
"retentionInMb": 40,
"enabled": true
}
},
"failedRequestsTracing": {
"enabled": true
},
"detailedErrorMessages": {
"enabled": true
}
}
}
]
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat(variables('hostingPlanName'), '-', resourceGroup().name)]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/autoscalesettings",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "AutoScaleSettings"
},
"dependsOn": [
"[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
],
"properties": {
"profiles": [
{
"name": "Default",
"capacity": {
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 2,
"default": 1
},
"rules": [
{
"metricTrigger": {
"metricName": "CpuPercentage",
"metricResourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"timeGrain": "PT1M",
"statistic": "Average",
"timeWindow": "PT10M",
"timeAggregation": "Average",
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 80.0
},
"scaleAction": {
"direction": "Increase",
"type": "ChangeCount",
"value": 1,
"cooldown": "PT10M"
}
},
{
"metricTrigger": {
"metricName": "CpuPercentage",
"metricResourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"timeGrain": "PT1M",
"statistic": "Average",
"timeWindow": "PT1H",
"timeAggregation": "Average",
"operator": "LessThan",
"threshold": 60.0
},
"scaleAction": {
"direction": "Decrease",
"type": "ChangeCount",
"value": 1,
"cooldown": "PT1H"
}
}
]
}
],
"enabled": false,
"name": "[concat(variables('hostingPlanName'), '-', resourceGroup().name)]",
"targetResourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('ServerErrors ', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "ServerErrorsAlertRule"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[concat('ServerErrors ', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"description": "[concat(parameters('webSiteName'), ' has some server errors, status code 5xx.')]",
"isEnabled": true,
"condition": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
"dataSource": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
"resourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"metricName": "Http5xx"
},
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 5.0,
"windowSize": "PT5M"
},
"action": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
"sendToServiceOwners": true,
"customEmails": ["[email protected]"]
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('ForbiddenRequests ', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "ForbiddenRequestsAlertRule"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[concat('ForbiddenRequests ', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"description": "[concat(parameters('webSiteName'), ' has some requests that are forbidden, status code 403.')]",
"isEnabled": true,
"condition": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
"dataSource": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
"resourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"metricName": "Http403"
},
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 5,
"windowSize": "PT5M"
},
"action": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
"sendToServiceOwners": true,
"customEmails": [ ]
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('CPUHigh ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "CPUHighAlertRule"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[concat('CPUHigh ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"description": "[concat('The average CPU is high across all the instances of ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"isEnabled": false,
"condition": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
"dataSource": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
"resourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"metricName": "CpuPercentage"
},
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 90,
"windowSize": "PT15M"
},
"action": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
"sendToServiceOwners": true,
"customEmails": [ ]
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('LongHttpQueue ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "AutoScaleSettings"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[concat('LongHttpQueue ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"description": "[concat('The HTTP queue for the instances of ', variables('hostingPlanName'), ' has a large number of pending requests.')]",
"isEnabled": false,
"condition": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
"dataSource": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
"resourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"metricName": "HttpQueueLength"
},
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 100.0,
"windowSize": "PT5M"
},
"action": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
"sendToServiceOwners": true,
"customEmails": [ ]
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('AppInsights', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
"location": "Central US",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "AppInsightsComponent"
},
"properties": {
"ApplicationId": "[parameters('webSiteName')]"
}
}
],
"outputs": {
"siteUri": {
"type": "string",
"value": "[reference(concat('Microsoft.Web/sites/', parameters('webSiteName')), '2015-08-01').hostnames[0]]"
}
}
}