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]]"
}
}
}
