Getting started with ASP.NET Core 2

⚠️ Missing the trace/debug logs in .NET Core 2? Check your appsettings.json

ℹ️ See also example in GitHub

This tutorial is for ASP.NET Core 2.

For ASP.NET Core 6, check Getting started with ASP.NET Core 6
For ASP.NET Core 5, check Getting started with ASP.NET Core 5
For ASP.NET Core 3, check Getting started with ASP.NET Core 3
For ASP.NET Core 1? Go here!

Note: .NET 4.6+ or .NET standard 2 are required

0. Create a new ASP.NET Core project

In Visual Studio 2017.

1. Add dependency in csproj manually or using NuGet

Install the latest:

NLog.Web.AspNetCore 4.8+
Update the NLog package if possible

in csproj:

<PackageReference Include="NLog.Web.AspNetCore" Version="4.*" />
<PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.*" />

2. Create a nlog.config file.

Create nlog.config (lowercase all) file in the root of your project.

We use this example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      autoReload="true"
      internalLogLevel="Info"
      internalLogFile="c:\temp\internal-nlog.txt">

  <!-- enable asp.net core layout renderers -->
  <extensions>
    <add assembly="NLog.Web.AspNetCore"/>
  </extensions>

  <!-- the targets to write to -->
  <targets>
    <!-- write logs to file  -->
    <target xsi:type="File" name="allfile" fileName="c:\temp\nlog-all-${shortdate}.log"
            layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}" />

    <!-- another file log, only own logs. Uses some ASP.NET core renderers -->
    <target xsi:type="File" name="ownFile-web" fileName="c:\temp\nlog-own-${shortdate}.log"
            layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}|url: ${aspnet-request-url}|action: ${aspnet-mvc-action}" />
  </targets>

  <!-- rules to map from logger name to target -->
  <rules>
    <!--All logs, including from Microsoft-->
    <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="allfile" />

    <!--Skip non-critical Microsoft logs and so log only own logs-->
    <logger name="Microsoft.*" maxlevel="Info" final="true" /> <!-- BlackHole without writeTo -->
    <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="ownFile-web" />
  </rules>
</nlog>

More details of the config file are here.

If you like to include other targets or layout renderers, check the Platform support table, as there is a limited set implemented. Check the column NetStandard. To read more about NetStandard, see the docs from Microsoft

3. Enable copy to bin folder

Enable copy to bin folder for nlog.config

NLogConfig

or edit .csproj file manually and add:

  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Update="nlog.config" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
  </ItemGroup>

4. Update program.cs

Update the program.cs

using NLog.Web;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // NLog: setup the logger first to catch all errors
    var logger = NLog.LogManager.Setup().RegisterNLogWeb().GetCurrentClassLogger();

    try
    {
        logger.Debug("init main");
        CreateWebHostBuilder(args).Build().Run(); 
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        //NLog: catch setup errors
        logger.Error(ex, "Stopped program because of exception");
        throw;
    }
    finally
    {
        // Ensure to flush and stop internal timers/threads before application-exit (Avoid segmentation fault on Linux)
        NLog.LogManager.Shutdown();
    }
}

public static IWebHostBuilder CreateWebHostBuilder(string[] args) =>
    WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
        .UseStartup<Startup>()
        .ConfigureLogging(logging =>
        {
            logging.ClearProviders();
            logging.SetMinimumLevel(Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.LogLevel.Trace);
        })
        .UseNLog();  // NLog: setup NLog for Dependency injection

5. Configure appsettings.json

The Logging configuration specified in appsettings.json overrides any call to SetMinimumLevel. So either remove "Default": or adjust it correctly to your needs.

{
    "Logging": {
        "LogLevel": {
            "Default": "Trace",
            "Microsoft": "Information"
        }
    }
}

Remember to also update any environment specific configuration to avoid any surprises. Ex appsettings.Development.json

6. Write logs

Inject the ILogger in your controller:

using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    private readonly ILogger<HomeController> _logger;

    public HomeController(ILogger<HomeController> logger)
    {
        _logger = logger;
    }

    public IActionResult Index()
    {
        _logger.LogInformation("Index page says hello");
        return View();
    }

7. Example Output

When starting the ASP.NET Core website, we get two files:

nlog-own-2017-10-10.log

2017-10-10 23:40:29.5143||DEBUG|ASP.NET_Core_2___VS2017.Program|init main |url: |action: 
2017-10-10 23:40:32.1326|0|INFO|ASP.NET_Core_2___VS2017.Controllers.HomeController|Hello, this is the index! |url: http://localhost/|action: Index

nlog-all-2017-10-10.log

2017-10-10 23:40:29.5143||DEBUG|ASP.NET_Core_2___VS2017.Program|init main 
2017-10-10 23:40:30.9739|0|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.KeyManagement.XmlKeyManager|User profile is available. Using 'C:\Users\j.verdurmen\AppData\Local\ASP.NET\DataProtection-Keys' as key repository and Windows DPAPI to encrypt keys at rest. 
2017-10-10 23:40:30.9897|37|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Repositories.FileSystemXmlRepository|Reading data from file 'C:\Users\j.verdurmen\AppData\Local\ASP.NET\DataProtection-Keys\key-bfd1ce07-8dc6-4eef-a51a-d21ddb547109.xml'. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0004|18|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.KeyManagement.XmlKeyManager|Found key {bfd1ce07-8dc6-4eef-a51a-d21ddb547109}. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0124|13|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.KeyManagement.DefaultKeyResolver|Considering key {bfd1ce07-8dc6-4eef-a51a-d21ddb547109} with expiration date 2017-12-28 19:01:07Z as default key. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0422|0|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.TypeForwardingActivator|Forwarded activator type request from Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.XmlEncryption.DpapiXmlDecryptor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60 to Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.XmlEncryption.DpapiXmlDecryptor, Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0422|51|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.XmlEncryption.DpapiXmlDecryptor|Decrypting secret element using Windows DPAPI. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0422|0|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.TypeForwardingActivator|Forwarded activator type request from Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AuthenticatedEncryption.ConfigurationModel.AuthenticatedEncryptorDescriptorDeserializer, Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60 to Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AuthenticatedEncryption.ConfigurationModel.AuthenticatedEncryptorDescriptorDeserializer, Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0422|4|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AuthenticatedEncryption.CngCbcAuthenticatedEncryptorFactory|Opening CNG algorithm 'AES' from provider '(null)' with chaining mode CBC. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0543|3|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.AuthenticatedEncryption.CngCbcAuthenticatedEncryptorFactory|Opening CNG algorithm 'SHA256' from provider '(null)' with HMAC. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0543|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.KeyManagement.KeyRingProvider|Using key {bfd1ce07-8dc6-4eef-a51a-d21ddb547109} as the default key. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.0543|0|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Internal.DataProtectionStartupFilter|Key ring with default key {bfd1ce07-8dc6-4eef-a51a-d21ddb547109} was loaded during application startup. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.4080|3|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Hosting starting 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.5508|4|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Hosting started 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.5508|0|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Loaded hosting startup assembly ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.5526|0|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Loaded hosting startup assembly Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.5526|0|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Loaded hosting startup assembly Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.6909|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK64" started. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.6909|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK65" started. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.7418|19|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK65" reset. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.7418|10|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK65" disconnecting. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.7418|7|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK65" sending FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.7591|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK65" stopped. 
2017-10-10 23:40:31.8153|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/   
2017-10-10 23:40:31.8607|4|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|The request path / does not match a supported file type 
2017-10-10 23:40:32.0160|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.RouteBase|Request successfully matched the route with name 'default' and template '{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}'. 
2017-10-10 23:40:32.1120|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker|Executing action ASP.NET_Core_2___VS2017.Controllers.HomeController.Index (ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017) 
2017-10-10 23:40:32.1326|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker|Executing action method ASP.NET_Core_2___VS2017.Controllers.HomeController.Index (ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017) with arguments ((null)) - ModelState is Valid 
2017-10-10 23:40:32.1326|0|INFO|ASP.NET_Core_2___VS2017.Controllers.HomeController|Hello, this is the index! 
2017-10-10 23:40:32.1620|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker|Executed action method ASP.NET_Core_2___VS2017.Controllers.HomeController.Index (ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017), returned result Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewResult. 
2017-10-10 23:40:32.1620|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorViewEngine|View lookup cache miss for view 'Index' in controller 'Home'. 
2017-10-10 23:40:33.6906|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal.RazorViewCompiler|Compilation of the generated code for the Razor file at 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\Views\Home\Index.cshtml' started. 
2017-10-10 23:40:35.7180|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal.RazorViewCompiler|Compilation of the generated code for the Razor file at 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\Views\Home\Index.cshtml' completed in 2024.1338ms. 
2017-10-10 23:40:35.7988|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal.RazorViewCompiler|Compilation of the generated code for the Razor file at 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\Views\_ViewStart.cshtml' started. 
2017-10-10 23:40:35.8637|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal.RazorViewCompiler|Compilation of the generated code for the Razor file at 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\Views\_ViewStart.cshtml' completed in 63.9912ms. 
2017-10-10 23:40:35.8710|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Internal.ViewResultExecutor|The view 'Index' was found. 
2017-10-10 23:40:35.8710|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Internal.ViewResultExecutor|Executing ViewResult, running view at path /Views/Home/Index.cshtml. 
2017-10-10 23:40:35.9577|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorViewEngine|View lookup cache miss for view '_Layout' in controller 'Home'. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.0454|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal.RazorViewCompiler|Compilation of the generated code for the Razor file at 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\Views\Shared\_Layout.cshtml' started. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.2080|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal.RazorViewCompiler|Compilation of the generated code for the Razor file at 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\Views\Shared\_Layout.cshtml' completed in 161.8031ms. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.2209|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.TagHelpers.HeadTagHelper|Tag helper component 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.JavaScriptSnippetTagHelperComponent' initialized. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.2209|3|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.TagHelpers.HeadTagHelper|Tag helper component 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.JavaScriptSnippetTagHelperComponent' processed. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.2367|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.TagHelpers.BodyTagHelper|Tag helper component 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.JavaScriptSnippetTagHelperComponent' initialized. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.2367|3|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.TagHelpers.BodyTagHelper|Tag helper component 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.ApplicationInsights.HostingStartup.JavaScriptSnippetTagHelperComponent' processed. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.2942|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal.ControllerActionInvoker|Executed action ASP.NET_Core_2___VS2017.Controllers.HomeController.Index (ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017) in 4181.1451ms 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.3036|9|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK64" completed keep alive response. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.3273|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request finished in 4515.4954ms 200 text/html; charset=utf-8 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.3273|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK67" started. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.3273|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK66" started. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.3386|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css   
2017-10-10 23:40:36.3386|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/css/site.css   
2017-10-10 23:40:36.3610|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|Sending file. Request path: '/css/site.css'. Physical path: 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\wwwroot\css\site.css' 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.3610|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|Sending file. Request path: '/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css'. Physical path: 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\wwwroot\lib\bootstrap\dist\css\bootstrap.css' 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4312|9|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK66" completed keep alive response. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4312|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request finished in 90.8043ms 200 text/css 
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2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.js   
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/lib/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js   
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/images/banner2.svg   
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/js/site.js?v=ji3-IxbEzYWjzzLCGkF1KDjrT2jLbbrSYXw-AhMPNIA   
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|1|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK6A" started. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|Sending file. Request path: '/js/site.js'. Physical path: 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\wwwroot\js\site.js' 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|Sending file. Request path: '/lib/jquery/dist/jquery.js'. Physical path: 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\wwwroot\lib\jquery\dist\jquery.js' 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|Sending file. Request path: '/images/banner2.svg'. Physical path: 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\wwwroot\images\banner2.svg' 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4933|9|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK67" completed keep alive response. 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4819|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|Sending file. Request path: '/lib/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js'. Physical path: 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\wwwroot\lib\bootstrap\dist\js\bootstrap.js' 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.4933|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request finished in 20.2541ms 200 application/javascript 
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2017-10-10 23:40:36.5143|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/lib/bootstrap/dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2   
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2017-10-10 23:40:36.5745|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/images/banner3.svg   
2017-10-10 23:40:36.5745|1|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost|Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:56152/images/banner4.svg   
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2017-10-10 23:40:36.6015|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|Sending file. Request path: '/images/banner4.svg'. Physical path: 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\wwwroot\images\banner4.svg' 
2017-10-10 23:40:36.5745|2|INFO|Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.StaticFileMiddleware|Sending file. Request path: '/images/banner3.svg'. Physical path: 'X:\nlog\NLog.Web\examples\ASP.NET Core 2\Visual Studio 2017\ASP.NET Core 2 - VS2017\wwwroot\images\banner3.svg' 
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2017-10-10 23:42:21.6657|6|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK68" received FIN. 
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2017-10-10 23:42:21.6657|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK69" stopped. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|6|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK66" received FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|10|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK66" disconnecting. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6657|7|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK69" sending FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6657|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK67" stopped. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|6|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK6A" received FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|10|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK6A" disconnecting. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|6|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK64" received FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|10|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK64" disconnecting. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|7|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK68" sending FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK68" stopped. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|7|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK66" sending FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6800|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK66" stopped. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6943|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK6A" stopped. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6943|7|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK6A" sending FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6943|7|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK64" sending FIN. 
2017-10-10 23:42:21.6943|2|DEBUG|Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel|Connection id "0HL8G4U42CK64" stopped.

Configure NLog Targets for output

Next step, see Configure NLog with nlog.config

- Troubleshooting Guide - See available NLog Targets and Layouts: https://nlog-project.org/config

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Getting started with ASP.NET Core 2

0. Create a new ASP.NET Core project

1. Add dependency in csproj manually or using NuGet

2. Create a nlog.config file.

3. Enable copy to bin folder

4. Update program.cs

5. Configure appsettings.json

6. Write logs

7. Example Output

nlog-own-2017-10-10.log

nlog-all-2017-10-10.log

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