README.md

nlog-targets-loggly

An NLog Target For Loggly.

Install via nuget with

Install-Package nlog.targets.loggly

See the Demo project in the solution for a working sample. Be sure to create your own config file which is not included in the repo. Try something like this:

C:\nlog-targets-loggly> copy .\src\Demo\example.loggly.user.config .\src\Demo\loggly.user.config

Example Config

This NLog target project reads the loggly-csharp configuration, so be sure to add the Loggly config section as well as NLog config.

See below for sample NLog config (loggly config not shown).

<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"  throwExceptions="true">
	<extensions>
	  <add assembly="NLog.Targets.Loggly" />
	</extensions>
	<variable name="DefaultLayout" value="${longdate} | ${level:uppercase=true:padding=5} | ${message} | ${exception:format=type,tostring}" />
	<variable name="AppName" value="Loggly NLog Target Demo" />

	<targets async="true">
	  <target name="ColorConsole" xsi:type="ColoredConsole" layout="${DefaultLayout}" />
	  <target name="Loggly" xsi:type="Loggly" layout="${message}" />
	</targets>
	<rules>
	  <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="ColorConsole,Loggly" />
	</rules>
</nlog>

Suppression

Sometimes you might emit something to a flat file log that doesn't make sense in loggly, such as a delimiting line of dashes: ---------

Add a property to your nLog event with the name syslog-suppress to filter these out so they don't transmit to loggly.

NLog Version

This package references NLog 2.1. Users of NLog 3 can use a binding redirect like this:

<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity name="NLog" publicKeyToken="5120e14c03d0593c" culture="neutral" />
    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.1.0.0" newVersion="3.1.0.0" />
  </dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>