Is it possible to access performance counter in Microsoft Azure Web App

Question

I wish to access CPU, RAM and ASP.NET requests performance counter from web app via some API. Is this possible? If so, how? When I call it using System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter.NextValue method I get exception:

Access to the registry key 'Global' is denied. 

I have seen examples with Web Roles, but nothing about websites.

Answer 1

No, it is not supported on Azure Websites.

You can however monitor the CPU usuage and Memory Working set using the Monitor tab in the old management portal or directly on the website "blade" using the new portal. Maybe you can get these data out programatically using Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Management.WebSites