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Debanjan Ghosal
Debanjan Ghosal

Reputation: 65

NLog event logging inside Application and Services Logs

In my project (ASP.NET C# class library project) , we are using NLog.dll (v 4.0.0.0) to log exceptions in Event Viewer in the below manner:-

private readonly NLog.Logger _logger;
_logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
_logger.Error(someText, someArgs);

Please find the NLog configurations used as below :

target xsi:type="EventLog"
name="eventlog"
layout="${message}"
machineName="."
source="NLogLogger"
log="Application"

It works fine and logs messages in the Application Log inside "Windows Logs". However, we require the logging to be performed in a separately designated log (custom log, specific for my application under "Application and Services Logs").

We specified the name of the designated log in the config like below:-

target xsi:type="EventLog"
name="eventlog"
layout="${message}"
machineName="."
source="NLogLogger"
log=“MyOwnLog”

But it still logs messages in the same Application log.

Please let me know how I can get it logged in the designated log using NLog.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 927

Answers (1)

CasaSpider
CasaSpider

Reputation: 41

I had the same issue. It's probably the source parameter. In PowerShell you have to create the Eventlog like this:

new-eventlog -Source NLogLogger -LogName MyOwnLog

After this you can use your config.

Upvotes: 2

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