NLog.Extensions.Logging & NLog.Extensions.Hosting

NLog.Extensions.Logging

NLog.Extensions.Logging makes it possible to use NLog together with Microsoft ILogger-abstraction and Dependency Injection.

• Introduces AddNLog() extension methods to register NLog as LoggingProvider for Microsoft Extension Logging.
• Introduces ${configsetting} for doing lookup of appsettings.json configuration settings.
• Adds support for loading NLog Configuration from appsettings.json

Notice the standard NLog NuGet package is enough for using NLog Logger with simple console application on the .NET Core platform. Just add NLog.config file to the project, and follow the tutorial for using GetCurrentClassLogger().

NLog.Extensions.Hosting

NLog.Extensions.Hosting only introduces UseNLog() as extension-method for the IHostBuilder.

Note if using ASP.NET Core then instead install NLog.Web.AspNetCore.

Getting Started Tutorials:

• Getting started for ASP.NET Core 6
• Getting started for ASP.NET Core 5
• Getting started for ASP.NET Core 3.1
• Getting started for .NET Core Console application
• How to use structured logging