Set alerts on crashed Kubernetes pods in Azure Kubernetes Service

by Karl Solgård
azure kubernetes application insights KQL

It's not always easy to tell what is happening inside a kubernetes cluster. There are many alternatives like prometheus that can do alerting and monitoring for you. However by using AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) you get a lot of Azure tools included. Most prominently the centralized logging with…

Handy KQL queries for .NET applications in Application Insights

by Karl Solgård
application insights KQL

In Novacare, we utilize Application Insights [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/app-insights-overview] to monitor our applications. Application Insights uses a query language called Kusto Query Language [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/kusto/query/] (KQL for short). Sometimes it's hard to know what data to…