Get Started (Supplemental)

In the following sections, learn how to get Java autoinstrumentation for specific technical environments.

For more information, see Application monitoring for Azure App Service and Java.

For more information, see Monitoring Azure Functions with Azure Monitor Application Insights.

For more information, see Use Application Insights Java In-Process Agent in Azure Spring Apps.

If you're using the exec form, add the parameter -javaagent:"path/to/applicationinsights-agent-3.7.1.jar" to the parameter list somewhere before the "-jar" parameter, for example:

ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-javaagent:path/to/applicationinsights-agent-3.7.1.jar", "-jar", "<myapp.jar>"]

If you're using the shell form, add the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) arg -javaagent:"path/to/applicationinsights-agent-3.7.1.jar" somewhere before -jar, for example:

ENTRYPOINT java -javaagent:"path/to/applicationinsights-agent-3.7.1.jar" -jar <myapp.jar>

A Dockerfile example:

FROM ...

COPY target/*.jar app.jar

COPY agent/applicationinsights-agent-3.7.1.jar applicationinsights-agent-3.7.1.jar 

COPY agent/applicationinsights.json applicationinsights.json

ENV APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING="CONNECTION-STRING"
        
ENTRYPOINT["java", "-javaagent:applicationinsights-agent-3.7.1.jar", "-jar", "app.jar"]

In this example, you copy the applicationinsights-agent-3.7.1.jar and applicationinsights.json files from an agent folder (you can choose any folder of your machine). These two files have to be in the same folder in the Docker container.

If you're using a partner container image that you can't modify, mount the Application Insights Java agent jar into the container from outside. Set the environment variable for the container JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-javaagent:/path/to/applicationinsights-agent.jar.

For more information, see Using Azure Monitor Application Insights with Spring Boot.

For information on setting up the Application Insights Java agent, see Enabling Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry for Java.

See the Application server configuration in the OpenTelemetry Java agent documentation for tips on how to configure the -javaagent for various Java Application Servers. In all of the examples, you will use -javaagent:/path/to/applicationinsights-agent.jar instead of -javaagent:/path/to/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar.