app-insights

@ensono-stacks/azure-node:app-insights

Installs and configures App Insights in your NodeJS app.

This generator will add and configure applicationinsights npm package for you.

Prerequisites

• Requires a NodeJs server for application insights to hook into.

tip

Use the @nx/next:custom-server generator which will have been added to your workspace by @ensono-stacks/workspace` to generate your NodeJS server!

• Requires the APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable to be set.

warning

There is a known issue with the @nx/next:custom-server impacting customServerTarget when typescript libraries are present in the monorepo. Please check the following Github Issue for the status of this issue.

Usage

nx generate @ensono-stacks/azure-node:app-insights

Command line arguments

The following command line arguments are available:

Option	Description	Type
--project	Target project name.	string
--applicationinsightsConnectionString	The env variable that stores the app insights connection string.	string
--server	Path to custom server file inside the project.	string

Generator Output

• Adds applicationinsights dependency in package.json.
• Extends main() function in the server file to initialise and configure app insights.