What are all the nuget Packages are required for Azure App Insight

Question

I am building a .Net Core 3.1 WebAPI and I would be deploying it on the Azure Web Service. I want to enable the App Insight

At present, I have the following nuget packages

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Agent.Intercept" Version="2.4.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.DependencyCollector" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.PerfCounterCollector" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.TraceListener" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Web" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WindowsServer" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WindowsServer.TelemetryChannel" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.TelemetryCorrelation" Version="1.0.8" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="5.0.5" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="5.0.5" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="6.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="6.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="5.6.3" />
  </ItemGroup>

However, I think, I just need the following packages

<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Identity.Web" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="5.6.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore" Version="2.20.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="6.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="6.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ApplicationInsights" Version="2.20.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.PerfCounterCollector" Version="2.20.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

How do I know what are all the packages are required to support Azure App Insight and what is not required?

As per [the documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/asp-net-core) if you are trying to configure the application insights for the ASP .net core you should have `Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore` Nuget Package. — VenkateshDodda, Jun 09 '22 at 03:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '22 at 09:59

Thank you @VenkateshDodda-MSFT for the comment

As per this Document,

For collecting logs with Application Insights in .NET Applications , we need to add the below Nuget Package

 Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore

After adding the Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore package , the below packages are added by default

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Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WorkerService nuget package is required to enable Application Insights for background services

Please refer What is created when you add Application Insights for more information

What are all the nuget Packages are required for Azure App Insight

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