fabbbiob / nlog.webviewer

Web interface for viewing NLog files with specific format on remote server.

NLog WebViewer

Web interface for viewing NLog files with specific format on remote server.

Usage sample

Add in web.config configSections

<section name="nlog.webviewer" type="NLog.WebViewer.Config, NLog.WebViewer" />

Sample configuration section:

<nlog.webviewer
    Fields="Date|Level|Logger|IpAddress|Message"
    Separator="|"
    FileFormat="{0:yyyy-MM-dd}.txt"
    Path="~/App_Data/Logs" />

is valid for following NLog target:

<target name="logfile" type="File" encoding="utf-8"
    fileName="${basedir}/App_Data/Logs/${shortdate}.txt"
    layout="${longdate}|${uppercase:${level}}|${logger}|${aspnet-request:serverVariable=remote_addr}|${message}${onexception:${newline}${exception:format=tostring}}" />

Following handler in system.webServer\handlers could be used to access logs page:

<add name="LogsViewHandler" verb="*" path="Logs.axd"
     type="NLog.WebViewer.LogViewerHandler, NLog.WebViewer"
     resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Read" />

Then log page will be available via link: your_site_name/Logs.axd