birbmap/Birdmap.API/nlog.config

<?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="${basedir}Log/internal-nlog.txt"
      throwConfigExceptions="true">

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

  <!-- the targets to write to -->
  <targets async="true">
    <default-target-parameters xsi:type="File" keepFileOpen="false" maxArchiveFiles="10" archiveAboveSize="1048576"/>
    <target xsi:type="File" name="allFile" fileName="${basedir}Log/birdmap-all-${shortdate}.log"
            layout="${longdate} [${threadname:whenEmpty=${threadid}}] ${uppercase:${level}} ${logger} - ${message} ${exception:format=tostring}" />

	<target xsi:type="File" name="mqttFile" fileName="${basedir}Log/birdmap-mqtt-${shortdate}.log"
			layout="${longdate} [${threadname:whenEmpty=${threadid}}] ${uppercase:${level}} ${logger} - ${message} ${exception:format=tostring}" />

    <!-- another file log, only own logs. Uses some ASP.NET core renderers -->
    <target xsi:type="File" name="ownFile" fileName="${basedir}Log/birdmap-own-${shortdate}.log"
            layout="${longdate} [${threadname:whenEmpty=${threadid}}] ${uppercase:${level}} ${callsite} - ${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 Mqtt logs-->
	<logger name="*.*Mqtt*.*" minlevel="Trace" maxlevel="Warning" writeTo="mqttFile" final="true"/>

    <!--Skip non-critical Microsoft logs-->
    <logger name="Microsoft.*" maxlevel="Info" final="true" />

    <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="ownFile" />
  </rules>
</nlog>