Plinth.Logging.NLog 1.8.1

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dotnet add package Plinth.Logging.NLog --version 1.8.1

NuGet\Install-Package Plinth.Logging.NLog -Version 1.8.1

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Plinth.Logging.NLog" Version="1.8.1" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Plinth.Logging.NLog" Version="1.8.1" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Plinth.Logging.NLog" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Plinth.Logging.NLog --version 1.8.1

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#r "nuget: Plinth.Logging.NLog, 1.8.1"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Plinth.Logging.NLog@1.8.1

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Plinth.Logging.NLog&version=1.8.1
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Plinth.Logging.NLog&version=1.8.1
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

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README

Plinth.Logging.NLog

NLog logging via Plinth

1. Create a new file called `NLog.config` in your project root.

Place the XML below inside this file.
Right Click - Properties - Copy to Output Directory - Set to "Copy If Newer"

{Project}.csproj

  <ItemGroup>
    <None Update="NLog.config">
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </None>
  </ItemGroup>

NLog.config

<?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"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd NLog.xsd" autoReload="true" throwExceptions="false" internalLogLevel="Off"
  internalLogFile="Logs/nlog-internal.log">

  
  <variable name="product" value="PRODUCT" />
  <variable name="component" value="COMPONENT" />

  
  
  -->

  
  <variable name="exceptionRootDirPrefixes" value="Plinth,YourNamespace" />

  <include file="${basedir}/NLog.Plinth.config" ignoreErrors="true" />

  <rules>
    

    
    

    
    

  </rules>

</nlog>

2. NLog.config configurations

Uncomment one of the logger lines unside the rules section
set environment to something like local, dev, prod, etc
set product to your product name
set component to the component name (like core, web, reports, etc)
set exceptionRootDirPrefixes to the beginning of the root path of your component (for filtering filenames in stack traces)

3a. Use this code in Program.cs

 public static class Program
 {
     public static void Main(string[] args)
     {
         var log = StaticLogManagerSetup.BasicNLogSetup();

         log.Debug("startup!");

3b. Add this to your host setup

        webBuilder.ConfigureLogging(builder => builder.AddNLog());

        webBuilder.ConfigureServices(services => services.AddNLog());

3c. Add this code to your classes

using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

class MyClass
{
    private static readonly ILogger log = StaticLogManager.GetLogger();

OR inject via DI

public MyClass(ILogger<MyClass> logger)

4. Configuration

By default, Microsoft.* and System.* will be set to Warn and above only. To turn those on, add rules in NLog.config like this, which will enable Info and above

 <logger name="Microsoft.*" maxLevel="Debug" final="true" />

👉 NOTE: When using NLog, appsettings.json / "Logging" has no effect, it is all configured through NLog.config

5. Overrides

Use this to override file archiving parameters in NLog.Plinth.config
- Create a new file called NLog.Plinth.Overrides.config in your root.
- Place the XML below inside this file.
- Right Click - Properties - Copy to Output Directory - Set to Copy If Newer
{Project}.csproj

  <ItemGroup>
    <None Update="NLog.Plinth.Overrides.config">
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </None>
  </ItemGroup>

NLog.Plinth.Overrides.config

<?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"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd NLog.xsd" autoReload="true" throwExceptions="false" internalLogLevel="Off"
  internalLogFile="Logs\nlog-internal.log">
  
  <variable name="file.archiveAboveSize" value="10485760"/>
  <variable name="file.maxArchiveFiles" value="10"/>
  <variable name="file.enableCompression" value="true"/>

</nlog>

To override the file name for this config (for different environments, etc, add this above the include for NLog.Plinth.config)

  <variable name="plinthOverrideConfig" value="NLog.Plinth.Overrides.PROD.config"/>

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 is compatible. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0 is compatible. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.

Product

.NET

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

net10.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging (>= 10.0.0)
- NLog (>= 5.5.1 && < 6.0.0)
- NLog.Extensions.Logging (>= 5.5.0 && < 6.0.0)
- NLog.Schema (>= 5.5.1 && < 6.0.0)
- Plinth.Common (>= 1.8.1)
- Plinth.Serialization (>= 1.8.1)
net8.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging (>= 10.0.0)
- NLog (>= 5.5.1 && < 6.0.0)
- NLog.Extensions.Logging (>= 5.5.0 && < 6.0.0)
- NLog.Schema (>= 5.5.1 && < 6.0.0)
- Plinth.Common (>= 1.8.1)
- Plinth.Serialization (>= 1.8.1)
- System.Text.Json (>= 10.0.0)
net9.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging (>= 10.0.0)
- NLog (>= 5.5.1 && < 6.0.0)
- NLog.Extensions.Logging (>= 5.5.0 && < 6.0.0)
- NLog.Schema (>= 5.5.1 && < 6.0.0)
- Plinth.Common (>= 1.8.1)
- Plinth.Serialization (>= 1.8.1)
- System.Text.Json (>= 10.0.0)

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1.8.1	828	12/11/2025
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1.6.5	3,095	8/31/2024
1.6.4	230	8/2/2024
1.6.3	507	5/15/2024
1.6.2	400	2/16/2024
1.6.1	4,708	1/5/2024
1.6.0	465	11/30/2023
1.5.10-b186.aca976b4	168	11/30/2023
1.5.9	257	11/29/2023
1.5.9-b174.64153841	143	11/23/2023
1.5.9-b172.dfc6e7bd	157	11/17/2023
1.5.9-b171.4e2b92e2	167	11/4/2023

net10.0 support