Enable Application Insights logging in Sitecore XC

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When you deploy Sitecore Experience Commerce™ (XC) in a Microsoft Azure® App Service configuration, you can enable Microsoft Application Insights® to monitor the performance of a given instance of the Commerce Engine. Sitecore XC uses a Serilog sink that writes events to Microsoft Azure Application Insights.

To enable Application Insights logging:

Open the config.json file of the Commerce environment you want to monitor using Application Insights logging. For example, C:\inetpub\wwwroot\CommerceShops_Sc9\wwwroot\config.json.
In the "ApplicationInsights" section, set the "InstrumentationKey" parameter, to determine the Application Insights resource in which your data appears. For example:
"ApplicationInsights": { "InstrumentationKey": "YourInstrumentationKey", },

In the "Serilog" configuration section, ensure that the "Using" statement includes the relevant sinks. For example:

"Serilog": {
   "Using": [
     "Serilog.Sinks.Literate",
     "Serilog.Sinks.File",
     "Serilog.Sinks.ApplicationInsights"
]
   "MinimumLevel": {
      "Default": "Warning",
      "Override": {
        "Microsoft": "Warning",
        "System": "Warning"

Note

The default Serilog configuration uses both "Serilog.Sinks.File" and "Serilog.Sinks.ApplicationInsights" sinks. To avoid duplication and control cost related to cloud storage, you should consider removing the Serilog.Sinks.File sink from the configuration.

In the "Serilog" configuration, in the "WriteTo" subsection, specify where to send log data. By default, Sitecore XC is configured to send log data to ApplicationInsights. For example:

"WriteTo": [
      {
        "Name": "ApplicationInsights",
        "Args": {
          "restrictedToMinimumLevel": "Warning",
          "telemetryConverter": "Serilog.Sinks.ApplicationInsights.Sinks.ApplicationInsights.TelemetryConverters.TraceTelemetryConverter, Serilog.Sinks.ApplicationInsights"
        }
      }
    ],

Note

You can set the restrictedToMinimumLevel parameter to a value that is noisier than the value of the MinimumLevel specified in the Serilog configuration. However, the value of the MinimumLevel parameter always takes precedence when it is more restrictive.

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