{"slug":"azure-monitor-opentelemetry-ts","title":"azure-monitor-opentelemetry-ts","summary":"Instrument applications with Azure Monitor and OpenTelemetry for JavaScript (@azure/monitor-opentelemetry). Use when adding distributed tracing, metrics, and logs to Node.js applications with Application Insights.","platform":"GitHub Copilot","tags":[],"authorName":"Ciza","authorSlug":"ciza","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-12T21:05:17.424166Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/microsoft/skills","stars":3075,"forks":352,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T16:39:30Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: azure-monitor-opentelemetry-ts\ndescription: Instrument applications with Azure Monitor and OpenTelemetry for JavaScript (@azure/monitor-opentelemetry). Use when adding distributed tracing, metrics, and logs to Node.js applications with Application Insights.\nlicense: MIT\nmetadata:\nauthor: Microsoft\nversion: \"1.0.0\"\npackage: '@azure/monitor-opentelemetry'</h2>\n<h1>Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry SDK for TypeScript</h1>\n<p>Auto-instrument Node.js applications with distributed tracing, metrics, and logs.</p>\n<h2>Installation</h2>\n<pre><code># Distro (recommended - auto-instrumentation)\nnpm install @azure/monitor-opentelemetry\n\n# Low-level exporters (custom OpenTelemetry setup)\nnpm install @azure/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter\n\n# Custom logs ingestion\nnpm install @azure/monitor-ingestion\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Environment Variables</h2>\n<pre><code>APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING=InstrumentationKey=...;IngestionEndpoint=...\nAZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Quick Start (Auto-Instrumentation)</h2>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:</strong> Call <code>useAzureMonitor()</code> BEFORE importing other modules.</p>\n<pre><code>import { useAzureMonitor } from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry\";\n\nuseAzureMonitor({\n  azureMonitorExporterOptions: {\n    connectionString: process.env.APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING\n  }\n});\n\n// Now import your application\nimport express from \"express\";\nconst app = express();\n</code></pre>\n<h2>ESM Support (Node.js 18.19+)</h2>\n<pre><code>node --import @azure/monitor-opentelemetry/loader ./dist/index.js\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>package.json:</strong></p>\n<pre><code>{\n  \"scripts\": {\n    \"start\": \"node --import @azure/monitor-opentelemetry/loader ./dist/index.js\"\n  }\n}\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Full Configuration</h2>\n<pre><code>import { useAzureMonitor, AzureMonitorOpenTelemetryOptions } from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry\";\nimport { resourceFromAttributes } from \"@opentelemetry/resources\";\n\nconst options: AzureMonitorOpenTelemetryOptions = {\n  azureMonitorExporterOptions: {\n    connectionString: process.env.APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING,\n    storageDirectory: \"/path/to/offline/storage\",\n    disableOfflineStorage: false\n  },\n  \n  // Sampling\n  samplingRatio: 1.0,  // 0-1, percentage of traces\n  \n  // Features\n  enableLiveMetrics: true,\n  enableStandardMetrics: true,\n  enablePerformanceCounters: true,\n  \n  // Instrumentation libraries\n  instrumentationOptions: {\n    azureSdk: { enabled: true },\n    http: { enabled: true },\n    mongoDb: { enabled: true },\n    mySql: { enabled: true },\n    postgreSql: { enabled: true },\n    redis: { enabled: true },\n    bunyan: { enabled: false },\n    winston: { enabled: false }\n  },\n  \n  // Custom resource\n  resource: resourceFromAttributes({ \"service.name\": \"my-service\" })\n};\n\nuseAzureMonitor(options);\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Custom Traces</h2>\n<pre><code>import { trace } from \"@opentelemetry/api\";\n\nconst tracer = trace.getTracer(\"my-tracer\");\n\nconst span = tracer.startSpan(\"doWork\");\ntry {\n  span.setAttribute(\"component\", \"worker\");\n  span.setAttribute(\"operation.id\", \"42\");\n  span.addEvent(\"processing started\");\n  \n  // Your work here\n  \n} catch (error) {\n  span.recordException(error as Error);\n  span.setStatus({ code: 2, message: (error as Error).message });\n} finally {\n  span.end();\n}\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Custom Metrics</h2>\n<pre><code>import { metrics } from \"@opentelemetry/api\";\n\nconst meter = metrics.getMeter(\"my-meter\");\n\n// Counter\nconst counter = meter.createCounter(\"requests_total\");\ncounter.add(1, { route: \"/api/users\", method: \"GET\" });\n\n// Histogram\nconst histogram = meter.createHistogram(\"request_duration_ms\");\nhistogram.record(150, { route: \"/api/users\" });\n\n// Observable Gauge\nconst gauge = meter.createObservableGauge(\"active_connections\");\ngauge.addCallback((result) =&gt; {\n  result.observe(getActiveConnections(), { pool: \"main\" });\n});\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Manual Exporter Setup</h2>\n<h3>Trace Exporter</h3>\n<pre><code>import { AzureMonitorTraceExporter } from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter\";\nimport { NodeTracerProvider, BatchSpanProcessor } from \"@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node\";\n\nconst exporter = new AzureMonitorTraceExporter({\n  connectionString: process.env.APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING\n});\n\nconst provider = new NodeTracerProvider({\n  spanProcessors: [new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter)]\n});\n\nprovider.register();\n</code></pre>\n<h3>Metric Exporter</h3>\n<pre><code>import { AzureMonitorMetricExporter } from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter\";\nimport { PeriodicExportingMetricReader, MeterProvider } from \"@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics\";\nimport { metrics } from \"@opentelemetry/api\";\n\nconst exporter = new AzureMonitorMetricExporter({\n  connectionString: process.env.APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING\n});\n\nconst meterProvider = new MeterProvider({\n  readers: [new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({ exporter })]\n});\n\nmetrics.setGlobalMeterProvider(meterProvider);\n</code></pre>\n<h3>Log Exporter</h3>\n<pre><code>import { AzureMonitorLogExporter } from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter\";\nimport { BatchLogRecordProcessor, LoggerProvider } from \"@opentelemetry/sdk-logs\";\nimport { logs } from \"@opentelemetry/api-logs\";\n\nconst exporter = new AzureMonitorLogExporter({\n  connectionString: process.env.APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING\n});\n\nconst loggerProvider = new LoggerProvider();\nloggerProvider.addLogRecordProcessor(new BatchLogRecordProcessor(exporter));\n\nlogs.setGlobalLoggerProvider(loggerProvider);\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Custom Logs Ingestion</h2>\n<pre><code>import { DefaultAzureCredential, ManagedIdentityCredential } from \"@azure/identity\";\nimport { LogsIngestionClient, isAggregateLogsUploadError } from \"@azure/monitor-ingestion\";\n\nconst endpoint = \"https://&lt;dce&gt;.ingest.monitor.azure.com\";\nconst ruleId = \"&lt;data-collection-rule-id&gt;\";\nconst streamName = \"Custom-MyTable_CL\";\n\n// Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=&lt;specific_credential&gt;\nconst credential = new DefaultAzureCredential({requiredEnvVars: [\"AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS\"]});\n// Or use a specific credential directly in production:\n// See https://learn.microsoft.com/javascript/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-node-latest#credential-classes\n// const credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential();\n\nconst client = new LogsIngestionClient(endpoint, credential);\n\nconst logs = [\n  {\n    Time: new Date().toISOString(),\n    Computer: \"Server1\",\n    Message: \"Application started\",\n    Level: \"Information\"\n  }\n];\n\ntry {\n  await client.upload(ruleId, streamName, logs);\n} catch (error) {\n  if (isAggregateLogsUploadError(error)) {\n    for (const uploadError of error.errors) {\n      console.error(\"Failed logs:\", uploadError.failedLogs);\n    }\n  }\n}\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Custom Span Processor</h2>\n<pre><code>import { SpanProcessor, ReadableSpan } from \"@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base\";\nimport { Span, Context, SpanKind, TraceFlags } from \"@opentelemetry/api\";\nimport { useAzureMonitor } from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry\";\n\nclass FilteringSpanProcessor implements SpanProcessor {\n  forceFlush(): Promise&lt;void&gt; { return Promise.resolve(); }\n  shutdown(): Promise&lt;void&gt; { return Promise.resolve(); }\n  onStart(span: Span, context: Context): void {}\n  \n  onEnd(span: ReadableSpan): void {\n    // Add custom attributes\n    span.attributes[\"CustomDimension\"] = \"value\";\n    \n    // Filter out internal spans\n    if (span.kind === SpanKind.INTERNAL) {\n      span.spanContext().traceFlags = TraceFlags.NONE;\n    }\n  }\n}\n\nuseAzureMonitor({\n  spanProcessors: [new FilteringSpanProcessor()]\n});\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Sampling</h2>\n<pre><code>import { ApplicationInsightsSampler } from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter\";\nimport { NodeTracerProvider } from \"@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node\";\n\n// Sample 75% of traces\nconst sampler = new ApplicationInsightsSampler(0.75);\n\nconst provider = new NodeTracerProvider({ sampler });\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Shutdown</h2>\n<pre><code>import { useAzureMonitor, shutdownAzureMonitor } from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry\";\n\nuseAzureMonitor();\n\n// On application shutdown\nprocess.on(\"SIGTERM\", async () =&gt; {\n  await shutdownAzureMonitor();\n  process.exit(0);\n});\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Key Types</h2>\n<pre><code>import {\n  useAzureMonitor,\n  shutdownAzureMonitor,\n  AzureMonitorOpenTelemetryOptions,\n  InstrumentationOptions\n} from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry\";\n\nimport {\n  AzureMonitorTraceExporter,\n  AzureMonitorMetricExporter,\n  AzureMonitorLogExporter,\n  ApplicationInsightsSampler,\n  AzureMonitorExporterOptions\n} from \"@azure/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter\";\n\nimport {\n  LogsIngestionClient,\n  isAggregateLogsUploadError\n} from \"@azure/monitor-ingestion\";\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Best Practices</h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Call useAzureMonitor() first</strong> - Before importing other modules</li>\n<li><strong>Use ESM loader for ESM projects</strong> - <code>--import @azure/monitor-opentelemetry/loader</code></li>\n<li><strong>Enable offline storage</strong> - For reliable telemetry in disconnected scenarios</li>\n<li><strong>Set sampling ratio</strong> - For high-traffic applications</li>\n<li><strong>Add custom dimensions</strong> - Use span processors for enrichment</li>\n<li><strong>Graceful shutdown</strong> - Call <code>shutdownAzureMonitor()</code> to flush telemetry</li>\n</ol>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":8962,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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