Why can't i access the RoleEnvironment in Application_Start when using a RoleEntryPoint?

Question

I have a Azure WebRole which I'm trying to configure logging for using the DiagnosticMonitor.

According to the documentation at windowsazure.com the logging should be implemented in OnStart:

Note: The code in the following steps is typically added to the OnStart method of the role.

https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/common-tasks/diagnostics/

In order to access the OnStart method I have to define a RoleEntryPoint. But once it is defined I can't access the RoleEnvironment in web applications Application_Start.

How can I make the RoleEnvironment available to the application while still being able to use the DiagnosticMonitor?

I store the applications connection-strings in the service configuration.

public class WebRole : RoleEntryPoint
    {

        public override bool OnStart()
        {


            // config
            var config = DiagnosticMonitor.GetDefaultInitialConfiguration();

            LocalResource localResource = RoleEnvironment.GetLocalResource("MyCustomLogs");

            DirectoryConfiguration dirConfig = new DirectoryConfiguration();
            dirConfig.Container = "wad-mycustomlogs-container";
            dirConfig.DirectoryQuotaInMB = localResource.MaximumSizeInMegabytes;
            dirConfig.Path = localResource.RootPath;


            DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration diagMonitorConfig = DiagnosticMonitor.GetDefaultInitialConfiguration();
            diagMonitorConfig.Directories.ScheduledTransferPeriod = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1.0);
            diagMonitorConfig.Directories.DataSources.Add(dirConfig);

            DiagnosticMonitor.Start("Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Diagnostics.ConnectionString", config);



            return base.OnStart();
        }

Answer 1

I've solved it.

After cleaning my solution, rebuilding, restarting IIS, shutting down the azure emulators and restarting Visual Studio it suddenly started working.

I changed no code at all.

(I even did all of those things before posting as well but it only worked when I did it all at the same time)