Monitoring Microsoft IIS
After you install the Instana host agent, the Microsoft IIS sensor is automatically installed and enabled. You can view metrics that are related to Microsoft IIS in the Instana UI.
For more information about the configuration of the IIS-hosted applications, see Azure AppServices.
Configuration
To enable tracing for IIS-hosted .Net and .Net Core web applications, see Enabling tracing for applications running on Windows.
Viewing metrics
To view the metrics, complete the following steps:
- In the sidebar of the Instana UI, select Infrastructure.
- Click the specific monitored host.
Then, you can see a host dashboard with all the collected metrics and monitored processes.
Tracked configuration
- Version
- Web-Sites
- Binding data (Host, Port, Protocol)
- Context Roots (A list of application names created under one Web-Site)
- Application Pools
Metrics
- Requests
- Requests Breakdown
- Connections
Health signatures
| Health | Description |
|---|---|
| Requests drop | Sudden drop in requests to IIS-site |
Each sensor has a curated knowledge base of health signatures that are evaluated continuously against the incoming metrics and are used to raise issues or incidents based on user impact.
Built-in events trigger issues or incidents based on failing health signatures on entities, and custom events trigger issues or incidents based on the thresholds of an individual metric of any given entity.
For more information about built-events for the Microsoft IIS sensor, see the Built-in events reference.