Serilog Exceptionless Sink in .NET Core 1.1

Question

How can the Serilog Exceptionless Sink be used with .NET Core 1.1?

The Serilog.Sinks.Exceptionless README isn't clear and doesn't work for .NET Core 1.1 where I have put the configuration in the appsettings.json file.

{
  "Serilog": {
    "Using": ["Serilog.Sinks.Literate"],
    "MinimumLevel": ["Debug"],
    "WriteTo": [{
      "Name": "LiterateConsole"
    }],
    "Enrich": ["FromLogContext"],
    "Properties": {
      "Application": "MyAppServer"
    }
  }
}

Program.cs

public class Program
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
            .ReadFrom.Configuration(config)
            .CreateLogger();
    }
}

I obviously need to set up the API key somewhere, too.

Can anyone provide a clear description of how this can be configured, please?

I work on the project and manage the sink. I'm curious how the serilog sink is working for you? — Blake Niemyjski, Jul 07 '17 at 02:04
The sink worked fine in the prototype but I'm no longer on that project, sorry. — Boggin, Jul 07 '17 at 05:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 09 '17 at 20:57

In JSON you can add additional sinks to the "WriteTo" list and add arguments like apiKey in the "Args" block:

{
  "Serilog": {
    "Using": ["Serilog.Sinks.Literate"],
    "MinimumLevel": ["Debug"],
    "WriteTo": [{
      "Name": "LiterateConsole"
    }, {
      "Name": "Exceptionless",
      "Args": { apiKey: "12345" }
    }],
    "Enrich": ["FromLogContext"],
    "Properties": {
      "Application": "MyAppServer"
    }
  }
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 09 '17 at 18:27

1

I think it's

Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
    .WriteTo.Exceptionless(
        apiKey: "yourApiKey", 
        additionalOperation: b => b.AddTags("ASP.NET Core Example Logger"))
    .CreateLogger();

edited Feb 09 '17 at 18:27

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answered Feb 09 '17 at 16:12

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