Where is elmah.mvc log file located

Question

After installing elmah.mvc from nuget:

where is the log file created by default?

Errors are logged just fine when I go to /myapp/elmah however I don't see where the actual log file resides. thanks

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 08 '15 at 00:22

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Look at the bottom of the myapp/elmah page for "This log is provided by the..." to see what type of logging you're using. If it's In-Memory, there is no physical file. Otherwise, the location of the file is specified by logPath in web.config, such as...

 <elmah>
  <errorLog type="Elmah.XmlFileErrorLog, Elmah" logPath="~\App_Data\" />
 </elmah>

EDIT

I don't want to just replace the original code snippet because it might have worked for some people; for me it didn't and actually I had to change logPath a bit like that:

 <elmah>
  <errorLog type="Elmah.XmlFileErrorLog, Elmah" logPath="~/App_Data" />
 </elmah>

edited Apr 08 '15 at 00:22

Ofer Zelig

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answered Jul 16 '13 at 15:07

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After I added that the xml files would still not show up until I added write permissions and made App_Data folder NOT read only. thanks – ShaneKm Jul 17 '13 at 08:34
@ShaneKm Can you update your question with all the changes you have done? like how did you made that folder not read only and gave write permissions etc. – Unnie Feb 23 '15 at 14:45
I found that the App_Data folder is not the one in the MVC project but the one under IIS Express. For me it was 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\~\App_Data' – user3885927 Nov 24 '15 at 19:45

Melu · Answer 2 · 2017-10-19T17:28:28.497

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<configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="elmah">
      <section name="errorLog" type="Elmah.ErrorLogSectionHandler, Elmah" />
    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>

  <elmah>
    <errorLog type="Elmah.XmlFileErrorLog, Elmah" logPath="\\Mydocs\Logs" />
  </elmah>

edited Oct 19 '17 at 17:28

answered Oct 19 '17 at 16:58

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Where is elmah.mvc log file located

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