Set up Entity Framework 6 instrumentation

For the full compatibility matrix including supported installation methods, refer to Data access technologies.

This page assumes the core agent is already set up. If not, see Set up the APM .NET Agent first.

Add the Elastic.Apm.EntityFramework6 NuGet package to your project:

dotnet add package Elastic.Apm.EntityFramework6
		

Include the Ef6Interceptor interceptor in your application’s web.config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <entityFramework>
        <interceptors>
            <interceptor type="Elastic.Apm.EntityFramework6.Ef6Interceptor, Elastic.Apm.EntityFramework6" />
        </interceptors>
    </entityFramework>
</configuration>
		

As an alternative to registering the interceptor via the configuration, you can register it in the application code:

using System.Data.Entity;

DbInterception.Add(new Elastic.Apm.EntityFramework6.Ef6Interceptor());
		

For example, in an ASP.NET application, you can place the above call in the Application_Start method.

Instrumentation works with EntityFramework ≥6.2 ≤6.5.2 NuGet packages.