Turning on Windows Azure Diagnostics

WebRoleSimpleWAD.cs

// Simple approach, usually done in RoleEntryPoint::OnStart - though could be otherwise (even done remotely)
// See full working project at https://github.com/codingoutloud/SimpleWAD
public override bool OnStart()
{
   Trace.Listeners.Add(new DiagnosticMonitorTraceListener());
   Trace.AutoFlush = true;
   Trace.TraceInformation("Error");

   // Set up to transfer to blob storage
   DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration diagnosticConfiguration = DiagnosticMonitor.GetDefaultInitialConfiguration();
   diagnosticConfiguration.Logs.ScheduledTransferPeriod = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10);
   // if not specified, will use overall quota (which is 4 GB):
   // diagnosticConfiguration.Logs.BufferQuotaInMB = 10;

   // Add the startup task logs directory, so the startup logs will get transferred to storage
   var dirConfig = new DirectoryConfiguration();
   dirConfig.Container = "wad-startuplogs-container";
   dirConfig.Path = Path.Combine((new DirectoryInfo(".")).FullName, "startuplogs");
   Trace.TraceInformation("=> dirConfig.Path = " + dirConfig.Path);
   diagnosticConfiguration.Directories.DataSources.Add(dirConfig);
   diagnosticConfiguration.Directories.ScheduledTransferPeriod = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10);

   DiagnosticMonitor.Start("Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Diagnostics.ConnectionString", diagnosticConfiguration);

   return base.OnStart();
}