Serilog MSSQL Sink doesn't write logs to database

Question

I have created a .Net class library (4.6.2) and created serilog implementation which is called by other interfaces such as console app. Now when I use File sink type, the lo

Answer 1

In my case it was because my database user didn't have the necessary permissions to log to the database schema.table.

I ended up doing something like the following:

/* CREATE A NEW ROLE */
CREATE ROLE db_logger

/* GRANT SELECT, INSERT TO THE ROLE */
GRANT SELECT, INSERT ON [Logging].[Logs] TO db_logger --Allows SeriLog to insert

Curiously "WriteTo" needs the SELECT permissions but "AuditTo" does not. Both methods need the INSERT permission.