NOTE: with .NET Core, logging has been solved (with ILogger, etc).
SimpleLogging are a few .NET libraries that help making logging easier for your website/application.
It leverages the NLog framework for controlling how logging messages are sent.
This is how easy it is to get started adding logging to your ASP.NET MVC application.
Step 1. Download & install Sentinal.
Step 2. Add the logging package.
Step 3. Register the logging service interface with your Dependency Resolver.
(This is using AutoFac for IoC)
public static class DependencyResolutionConfig
{
public static void RegisterContainers()
{
var builder = new ContainerBuilder();
// Register our services.
builder.Register(c => new NLogLoggingService())
.As<ILoggingService>();
// Register our controllers (so they will use constructor injection)
builder.RegisterControllers(typeof(MvcApplication).Assembly);
var container = builder.Build();
DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new AutofacDependencyResolver(container));
}
}
Step 4. Add some logging messages
using System;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Shouldly;
using SimpleLogging.Core;
namespace SimpleLogging.Samples.MVC.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
private readonly ILoggingService _loggingService;
public HomeController(ILoggingService loggingService)
{
loggingService.ShouldNotBe(null);
_loggingService = loggingService;
}
//
// GET: /Home/
public ActionResult Index()
{
_loggingService.Trace("GetHome");
_loggingService.Debug("Current DateTime: '{0}'", DateTime.UtcNow);
return View();
}
}
}
Step 5. Add an NLog.config file.
Note: Add this new file to the root website / application folder.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
autoReload="true"
throwExceptions="true">
<!-- NLog example: https://github.com/nlog/nlog/wiki/Examples -->
<targets async="true">
<target xsi:type="NLogViewer"
name="sentinal"
address="udp://127.0.0.1:9999" />
</targets>
<rules>
<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="sentinal"/>
</rules>
</nlog>
Step 6. Run Sentinal
Step 7. Run the website.
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