Let's create a folder for our project. I am going to name it nlog_console.
$mkdir nlog_console $cd nlog_console
Now we create dotnet core console app project and if you have Visual Studio Code installed run the second command below.
$dotnet new console $code . &
Now lets add nlog package to a project.
$dotnet add package nlog
This will add the following code to our project file.
Nlog framework requires configuration file 'nlog.config' to specify logger tagerts and rules. We can copy paste the sample nlog.config file from this github page or use one below.
'nlog.config' file need to be copied to destination directory during project build. To achieve it add the code below to a project file.
Now we need to add actual logging code to a program. Copy paste the Program class code below.
To build and run our console app run code below or add launch.json config to Visual Studio Code.
$dotnet build $dotnet run
You should see the following output and log file created in the same directory as our console app.
2018/06/19 18:48:13.130|TRACE|Loggin trace. |nlog_console.Program|
