Steps to migrate APM Insight .NET and .NET Core agents to a new DC

DC migration steps for APM Insight .NET and .NET Core agents

.NET agent

  1. Obtain the new device key.
  2. Log in to the server and update the license.key value in the apminsight.conf file located at %ProgramData%\DotnetAgent\<appname>.
  3. Delete the existing instance information file, apminsight.net.info, located at %ProgramData%\DotnetAgent\<Appname>.
  4. Restart the APM Insight .NET agent service (Windows).

.NET Core agent

  1. Obtain the new device key.
  2. Log in to the server and update the license.key value in the apminsight.conf file located at <ApplicationPublishDirectory>\DotnetAgent\.
  3. Delete the existing instance information file located at <ApplicationPublishDirectory>\DotnetAgent\.
  4. Restart the application server or .NET process.


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