Serilog formatter
editSerilog formatter
editThis ITextFormatter
implementation formats a Serilog event into a JSON representation that adheres to the Elastic Common Schema specification.
Installation
editAdd a reference to the Elastic.CommonSchema.Serilog package:
<PackageReference Include="Elastic.CommonSchema.Serilog" Version="8.6.0" />
Usage
editvar logger = new LoggerConfiguration() .WriteTo.Console(new EcsTextFormatter()) .CreateLogger();
In the code snippet above new EcsTextFormatter()
enables the text formatter and instructs Serilog to format the event as JSON. The sample above uses the Console sink, but you are free to use any sink of your choice, perhaps consider using a filesystem sink and Elastic Filebeat for durable and reliable ingestion.
In ASP.NET (core) applications
.UseSerilog((ctx, config) => { // Ensure HttpContextAccessor is accessible var httpAccessor = ctx.Configuration.Get<HttpContextAccessor>(); config .ReadFrom.Configuration(ctx.Configuration) .Enrich.WithEcsHttpContext(httpAccessor) .WriteTo.Async(a => a.Console(new EcsTextFormatter())); })
The WithEcsHttpContext
ensures logs will be enriched with HttpContext
data.
An example of the output is given below:
{ "@timestamp": "2019-11-22T14:59:02.5903135+11:00", "log.level": "Information", "message": "Log message", "ecs": { "version": "1.4.0" }, "event": { "severity": 0, "timezone": "AUS Eastern Standard Time", "created": "2019-11-22T14:59:02.5903135+11:00" }, "log": { "logger": "Elastic.CommonSchema.Serilog" }, "process": { "thread": { "id": 1 }, "executable": "System.Threading.ExecutionContext" } }
Configuration
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A Func that allows you to mutate the EcsDocument before its fully converted. |
ECS Aware Message Templates
editThis formatter also allows you to set ECS fields directly from the message template using properties that adhere to the https://messagetemplates.org/ format.
The available ECS message template properties are listed under LogTemplateProperties.*
e.g LogTemplateProperties.TraceId
Log.Information("The time is {TraceId}", "my-trace-id");
Will override trace.id
on the resulting ECS json document.