Configure Serilog

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To get Serilog to write to a log file, we need to create a serilog.json file as described for the Serilog Configuration module.

{
  "Serilog": {
    "Using":  [ "Serilog.Sinks.File" ],
    "MinimumLevel": "Debug",
    "WriteTo": [
      { "Name": "File", "Args": { 
        "path": "C:/Logs/serilog.txt", "rollingInterval": "Day" 
      } }
    ]
  }
}

To turn off Serilog, you need to remove the Serilog DLLs.

Sinks

We are using the File sink to write logs to a file. If we restart CRM Web so it reloads the logging config, we should see log output appear in the log file C:/Logs/serilog-20210517.txt:

2021-05-07 17:13:11.362 +02:00 [INF] Startup: Default transaction: true through config file SuperOffice 9.9 Dev NetServer 9.9 Release (Build: 7796.SOS4MK1355) 9.9.0.14337 9.9.7796.1040 7796.SOS4MK1355 Default SOS4MK1355 NetServer
2021-05-07 17:13:11.405 +02:00 [DBG] SQL Command /* Default | - (0) |  |  */SELECT T0."prefkey", T0."prefvalue" FROM  crm7."USERPREFERENCE" T0  WHERE (T0."prefsection" = @P0) AND(T0."deflevel" = @P1)

Tip

You can add other sinks to send logging information to other places, like Azure Application Insights, Elmah, DataDog, or Splunk.