Getting Diagnostic Dumps for Azure App Service

Getting Diagnostic Dumps for Azure App Service

Getting Diagnostic Dumps for Azure App Service is quite easy and there are several options for that. The crash dump file is a snapshot that contains the process details and memory heap snapshot of the app’s memory at that point.  It helps identify many critical issues of an application. To get the crash dumps for Azure App Service, we can use two different approaches.

Getting Diagnostic Dumps for Azure App Service

From the App Service Instance, in Azure Portal, Open the Kudu Advanced Tools available under “Development Tools

Once the Kudu URL opens up, go to “Tools” and select “Diagnostics Dump” from there. It will download the crash dump for the process.

You can also use the Diagnose tool for App Service for the same. To open up the tool, from the App Service, select “Diagnose and Solve Problem“.

Select “Diagnostics Tools” from the list of options, and choose “Collect memory Dump” to get the memory dump for the app service.

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