Configuring Application Filters Manually

.NET Agent v2.0 and above - Changes in agent configuration

1. Go to the APM Insight .NET Agent installation folder.
2. Open DotNetAgent folder.
3. Open appfilter.conf file and edit the following keys,
   
   use.app.filters=true (default)
   use.apminsight.appnames=true (default is false)
   include.app.names={json formatted appnames}
   Example:
   include.app.names = { "Default Web Site/" : "ServerRoot", "Default Web Site/Services/wcf1" : "Service1", ... }
4. Copy this appfilter.conf file and paste it in the following location 
   
   1. • Agent v2.3 and above
        • Agent data path,
          
          %SystemDrive%\\ProgramData\\DotnetAgent
        • Agent data path for Windows server 2003,
          %SystemDrive%\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\DotNetAgent

   • Agent below v2.3

     • For 64-bit agent
       %SystemDrive%\\ProgramData\\DotnetAgent\\x64 
     • For Windows server 2003, the corresponding path will be in
       %SystemDrive%\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\DotNetAgent\\x64
     • For 32-bit agent
       %SystemDrive%\\ProgramData\\DotnetAgent\\x86
     • For Windows server 2003, the corresponding path will be in
       %SystemDrive%\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Application Data\\DotNetAgent\\x86
   • In case of multimonitors, all sub folders in the above locations.
5. Restart the .NET Agent windows service to effect changes

Agents below v2.0-Changes in IIS Manager

1. Launch IIS Manager.
2. Select web application
3. For IIS 7.0 and above, Go to Application Settings section & add the following key value pair. This is required to avoid conflicts in application names.
   
   key = apminsight.appname
   value = <custom application name> (Use this name in configuration file)
4. For IIS version 6.0, open the web.Config file and edit <appSettings> section as follows.
   
   <appSettings>
   <add key="apminsight.appname" value="<custom application name>"/>
   ...
   </appSettings>
5. Save the web.Config
6. Repeat the steps for all applications to be monitored.

Agents below v2.0-Changes in Agent configuration

1. Go to the APM Insight .NET Agent installation folder.
2. Open DotNetAgent folder.
3. Open apminsight.conf file and edit the following keys,
   
   use.app.filters=true (default)
   use.apminsight.appnames=true (default is false)
   include.app.names=<comma seperated appnames>
4. Provide the app names exactly as given in the appSettings section
5. Copy this apminsight.conf file and paste it in the following location:
   • For 64-bit agent
     %SystemDrive%\\ProgramData\\DotnetAgent\\x64
     For Windows server 2003, the corresponding path will be in
     %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DotNetAgent\x64\
   • For 32-bit agent
     %SystemDrive%\\ProgramData\\DotnetAgent\\x86
     For Windows server 2003, the corresponding path will be in
     %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DotNetAgent\x86\
     †In case of multimonitors, all sub folders in the above locations.
6. Restart the .NET Agent windows service to effect changes.