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Dynamic Console Logging

This logging provider is a wrapper around the Microsoft Console Logger. It allows you to:

  • Query the active loggers and their minimum levels
  • Modify the levels dynamically at runtime using the loggers actuator
Caution

External tool integration involves sending the fully-qualified logger name over HTTP. Avoid using colons in the name of a logger to prevent invalid HTTP requests.

Using Dynamic Console Logging

Before starting to use Steeltoe provider, you should know how Logging in .NET works; Steeltoe provides nothing more than a wrapper around the existing Microsoft console logger.

To use the Steeltoe logging provider:

  1. Add the appropriate NuGet package reference to your project.
  2. Configure logging settings.
  3. Add the dynamic logging provider to the logging builder.

Add NuGet References

To use the logging provider, add a reference to the Steeltoe.Logging.DynamicConsole NuGet package.

Configure Settings

The Steeltoe Logging provider is a wrapper around the Microsoft Console logging provider, so you can configure it the same way you would the Microsoft provider. For more details about how to do this, see Configure logging.

Add the Logging Provider

To use the provider, add it to the logging builder by using the AddDynamicConsole() extension method:

using Steeltoe.Logging.DynamicConsole;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
builder.Logging.AddDynamicConsole();
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