Using serilog with azure application insights and .Net core

Question

Currently, I am using azure application insights directly for logging as given in this link Use latest version of Application Insight with .net core API and everything is working fine.

But I need to use the serilog for logging now with the help of azure application insight. Even I do some R&D about serilog (https://github.com/serilog/serilog-sinks-applicationinsights). But didn't get any idea. Could you please suggest me that how can we achieve that with the .Net core 3.0

What is the problem? You've linked to the Serilog application insights sink which is exactly what you need to add to your project. I speak from experience when I say it works — pinkfloydx33

Ivan Yang Ivan Yang · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-22T07:36:03

Please follow the steps below:

First, in stall the following packages:

Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore, version 2.14.0

Serilog.AspNetCore, version 3.2.0

Serilog.Sinks.ApplicationInsights, version 3.1.0

Serilog.Settings.Configuration, version 3.1.0

In Program.cs:

public class Program
{     
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        CreateHostBuilder(args).Build().Run();
    }

    public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args) =>
        Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
            .ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder =>
            {
                webBuilder.UseStartup<Startup>();
            })
           .UseSerilog((hostingContext, loggerConfiguration) => loggerConfiguration
                    .ReadFrom.Configuration(hostingContext.Configuration)
                    .WriteTo.ApplicationInsights(new TelemetryConfiguration{ InstrumentationKey = "xxxxxxxxx" },TelemetryConverter.Traces)
             );                
}

In controller.cs:

The test result:

Using serilog with azure application insights and .Net core

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