AWS

I was playing around with AWS CloudWatch and was curious to send custom metrics from ASP.NET Core. Specifically the execution time of an HTTP request. AWS SDK I created a simple middleware that starts a StopWatch before calling the next middleware in the pipeline. When it returns, stop the StopWatch and send the data to CloudWatch. First is to add the relevant NuGet packages. Configuration If you’ve never used the AWS SDK/Packages, I recommend checking out my post on Configuring AWS SDK in ASP.NET Core. It goes over creating a named profile to store your AWS credentials and using appSettings… Read More »Custom Metrics to AWS CloudWatch from ASP.NET Core

One of the aspects I love about .NET Core is the new configuration and options pattern. In a continuation from my last post on using AWS Parameter Store for Data Protection keys, you can imagine it is possible to use Parameter Store for .NET Core Configuration. Amazon.Extensions.Configuration.SystemsManager There is a package by AWS that facilitates making using Parameter Store incredibly easy. Simply add the Amazon.Extensions.Configuration.SystemsManager package to your project and use the AddSystemsManager extension method on IConfigurationBuilder The argument you pass to AddSystemsManager will be the prefix to your configuration hierarchy within Parameter Store. In my example, I’m using /Demo… Read More »Using AWS Parameter Store for .NET Core Configuration