.NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration
In this article, you learn how to use the .NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration. The Aspire.Azure.Storage.Queues
library is used to register a QueueServiceClient in the DI container for connecting to Azure Queue Storage. It also enables corresponding health checks, logging and telemetry.
Get started
To get started with the .NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration, install the 📦 Aspire.Azure.Storage.Queues NuGet package in the client-consuming project, i.e., the project for the application that uses the Azure Queue Storage client.
dotnet add package Aspire.Azure.Storage.Queues
For more information, see dotnet add package or Manage package dependencies in .NET applications.
Example usage
In the Program.cs file of your client-consuming project, call the AddAzureQueueClient extension to register a QueueServiceClient
for use via the dependency injection container.
builder.AddAzureQueueClient("queue");
You can then retrieve the QueueServiceClient
instance using dependency injection. For example, to retrieve the client from an example service:
public class ExampleService(QueueServiceClient client)
{
// Use client...
}
App host usage
To add Azure Storage hosting support to your IDistributedApplicationBuilder, install the 📦 Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Storage NuGet package in the app host project.
dotnet add package Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Storage
In your app host project, add a Storage Queue connection and consume the connection using the following methods, such as AddAzureStorage:
var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
var queues = builder.AddAzureStorage("storage")
.AddQueues("queues");
var exampleProject = builder.AddProject<Projects.ExampleProject>()
.WithReference(queues);
The AddQueues method will read connection information from the AppHost's configuration (for example, from "user secrets") under the ConnectionStrings:queue
config key. The WithReference method passes that connection information into a connection string named queue in the ExampleProject
project. In the Program.cs file of ExampleProject
, the connection can be consumed using:
builder.AddAzureQueueClient("queue");
Use a connection string
When using a connection string from the ConnectionStrings
configuration section, you can provide the name of the connection string when calling builder.AddAzureQueueClient
:
builder.AddAzureQueueClient("queueConnectionName");
And then the connection string will be retrieved from the ConnectionStrings
configuration section. Two connection formats are supported:
Service URI
The recommended approach is to use a ServiceUri
, which works with the AzureStorageQueuesSettings.Credential property to establish a connection. If no credential is configured, the Azure.Identity.DefaultAzureCredential is used.
{
"ConnectionStrings": {
"queueConnectionName": "https://{account_name}.queue.core.windows.net/"
}
}
Connection string
Alternatively, an Azure Storage connection string can be used.
{
"ConnectionStrings": {
"queueConnectionName": "AccountName=myaccount;AccountKey=myaccountkey"
}
}
Configuration
The .NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration provides multiple options to configure the QueueServiceClient
based on the requirements and conventions of your project.
Use configuration providers
The .NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration supports Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. It loads the AzureStorageQueuesSettings and QueueClientOptions from configuration by using the Aspire:Azure:Storage:Queues
key. Example appsettings.json that configures some of the options:
{
"Aspire": {
"Azure": {
"Storage": {
"Queues": {
"DisableHealthChecks": true,
"DisableTracing": false,
"ClientOptions": {
"Diagnostics": {
"ApplicationId": "myapp"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Use inline delegates
You can also pass the Action<AzureStorageQueuesSettings> configureSettings
delegate to set up some or all the options inline, for example to disable the health check:
builder.AddAzureQueueClient(
"queue",
static settings => settings.DisableHealthChecks = true);
You can also set up the QueueClientOptions
using Action<IAzureClientBuilder<QueueServiceClient, QueueClientOptions>> configureClientBuilder
delegate, the second parameter of the AddAzureQueueClient method. For example, to set the first part of user-agent headers for all requests issues by this client:
builder.AddAzureQueueClient(
"queue",
configureClientBuilder:
static clientBuilder => clientBuilder.ConfigureOptions(
static options =>
options.Diagnostics.ApplicationId = "myapp"));
Health checks
By default, .NET Aspire integrations enable health checks for all services. For more information, see .NET Aspire integrations overview.
The .NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration handles the following:
- Adds the
AzureQueueStorageHealthCheck
health check, which attempts to connect to and query the storage queue - Integrates with the
/health
HTTP endpoint, which specifies all registered health checks must pass for app to be considered ready to accept traffic
Observability and telemetry
.NET Aspire integrations automatically set up Logging, Tracing, and Metrics configurations, which are sometimes known as the pillars of observability. For more information about integration observability and telemetry, see .NET Aspire integrations overview. Depending on the backing service, some integrations may only support some of these features. For example, some integrations support logging and tracing, but not metrics. Telemetry features can also be disabled using the techniques presented in the Configuration section.
Logging
The .NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration uses the following log categories:
Azure.Core
Azure.Identity
Tracing
The .NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration will emit the following tracing activities using OpenTelemetry:
- "Azure.Storage.Queues.QueueClient"
Metrics
The .NET Aspire Azure Queue Storage integration currently does not support metrics by default due to limitations with the Azure SDK.