Monitor .NET Error Transactions with Applicare and OpenTelemetry (Offline Mode)

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This article was last updated on Feb 13, 2026, before Applicare 10.0 was released (Jun 19, 2026), and has not been re-checked for Applicare 10.0. Confirm the steps in your environment or contact Support.

NOTE: Before starting the configuration, make sure that the system has .NET Framework 4.6.1 or higher. Use the command below to check. Lower versions are not compatible with this Applicare .Net configuration.

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Step 1: On the machine where the .NET application is running, download the Applicare-dotnet-instrumentation zip file. Then, create a folder named Applicare-dotnet-instrumentation in the C - drive and paste the zip file into that folder.

Step 2: Extract the zip file as shown in the following image.

Screenshot 1 — Monitor .Net Error Transactions with Applicare and OpenTelemetry (Offline Mode)

Step 3: Open a PowerShell window as Administrator and navigate to the directory where extracted the zip file.

Step 4: Execute below command in powershell windows.

.\Install-Applicare-dotnet-AutoInstrumentation.ps1

Screenshot 2 — Monitor .Net Error Transactions with Applicare and OpenTelemetry (Offline Mode)

Step 5: After the script is executed, execute the command below to restart IIS.

iisreset

Step 6: After the IIS restart is complete, open the config.yaml file in the applicare-collector-contrib directory using Notepad. Navigate to line 39 and replace <ApplicareControllerIP> with the actual IP address of the machine where the Applicare Controller is running, then save the file.

Screenshot 3 — Monitor .Net Error Transactions with Applicare and OpenTelemetry (Offline Mode)

Step 7: Open the Command Prompt as Administrator, navigate to the applicare-collector-contrib directory, and execute the create-task-applicare-collector-contrib.bat file.

Screenshot 4 — Monitor .Net Error Transactions with Applicare and OpenTelemetry (Offline Mode)

Note: Open the task scheduler and make sure that the task Start_Applicare_Collector is running.

Screenshot 5 — Monitor .Net Error Transactions with Applicare and OpenTelemetry (Offline Mode)

The following port must be opened on the Applicare controller machine.

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