Monitoreo de aplicaciones Web

Why is it important to monitor your application after productive deployment?

After you have successfully configured and published your application in Azure, it is crucial to continue monitoring it to ensure optimal performance. This not only allows you to identify and resolve potential problems, but also gives you the opportunity to implement constant improvements. Through monitoring, you can better understand your application's behavior, from load time to resource usage, which is essential to maintaining user satisfaction and efficient operation.

What aspects of application performance should be monitored?

Monitoring the performance of an application involves evaluating several key aspects:

• Uptime: Ensure that the application is always available to users.
• CPU and memory usage: Check if the application consumes more resources than necessary, which could indicate inefficiencies.
• Failed requests and response times: Identify resources that could be causing system crashes or slow responses, affecting the user experience.

More complex applications, such as those involving e-commerce, may require special attention to ensure that security certificates are properly implemented and up to date.

How can the diagnostic tool help improve your application?

Within the Azure portal, diagnostic tools allow you to analyze and resolve issues that might arise with your application. These tools feature:

• Improvement options: Evaluate potential areas for improvement, critical data to maintain optimal performance.
• Detailed diagnostics: Provide information about any bugs or problems on the website that need to be resolved.

The free version and automatic deployment capabilities offer the flexibility to revert to a previous version if an upgrade fails, thus minimizing application downtime.

What are the benefits of Application Insights?

Azure Application Insights is a powerful tool that provides a complete view of your application's behavior. It provides:

• Detailed graphs: Clear visualizations to understand usage trends and patterns.
• Alerts and notifications: Receive real-time alerts on any irregularities or failures.
• Usage data: Information about application usage, including user sessions and geographic location.

In addition, Application Insights is enabled by default when the website is created, making it easy to collect and interpret data from the start.

What steps can be taken to update the dashboard information?

The Azure dashboard is dynamic and provides a comprehensive view of the status of the website. To keep the information up to date and relevant, it is advisable:

• Simulate traffic: Generate visits from different devices and locations to get a more accurate picture of application behavior.
• Update regularly: Perform necessary updates to the application and its infrastructure to reflect changes in the dashboard.
• Monitor constantly: Closely follow the dashboard to identify weaknesses and areas for improvement.

By following these steps, you can ensure consistent performance and a satisfactory user experience. This not only translates into continuous improvement of the product, but also optimization of the resources and processes involved.