Sample snippet for an Azure DevOps release pipeline to enable Application Insights web tests

azure-pipelines-snippet.yml

steps:

- task: AzurePowerShell@4

  displayName: 'Enable Application Insights web avaliability tests'

  inputs:

    azureSubscription: <your_service_connection> # Your service connection, i.g., a subscription or resource group name

    ScriptType: InlineScript

    Inline: |
     # Define the resource group as a variable in your library and reference it as an environment variable
     $alertResourceIds = Get-AzResource -ResourceGroupName $env:resourceGroupName | Where-Object -Property ResourceType -EQ "microsoft.insights/webtests" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ResourceId
     
     ForEach ($Id in $alertResourceIds) {
     
         $alerts = Get-AzResource -ResourceId $Id
         $alerts.Properties.Enabled = "True"
         $alerts | Set-AzResource -Force
     }

    azurePowerShellVersion: LatestVersion

    pwsh: true

  condition: always()