An abstracted logging platform for .NET. It can help you collect reliable logs for your application regardless of its size or complexity with minimal performance implications.
- cdmdotnet.Logging - core library with Console and Trace based outputs
- cdmdotnet.Logging.Azure - an azure based package to allow configuration settings to be set via the Azure portal
- cdmdotnet.Logging.Sql - a SqlServer based package to store outputs in SqlServer.
A CorrelationId is an identifier used to group together logs. This might be all logs as a result of calling a webform or MVC controller action. To use it add the following to your global.asax.cs, replacing NinjectDependencyResolver with your dependency resolver of choice.
protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
NinjectDependencyResolver.Current.Resolve<ICorrelationIdHelper>().SetCorrelationId(Guid.NewGuid());
}
There are three built-in ICorrelationIdHelper implementations, CorrelationIdHelper, WebCorrelationIdHelper and NullCorrelationIdHelper
WebCorrelationIdHelper is for use on a website.
CorrelationIdHelper is for use in a console app, windows service, winform or other such application not managed by IIS.
NullCorrelationIdHelper is for use in unit and integration tests. It always returns Guid.Empty