How do I write logs from within Startup.cs?

Question

In order to debug a .NET Core app which is failing on startup, I would like to write logs from within the startup.cs file. I have logging setup within the file that can be u

Answer 1

The official solution is currently to setup a local LoggerFactory like this:

    using var loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(builder =>
    {
        builder.SetMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Information);
        builder.AddConsole();
        builder.AddEventSourceLogger();
    });
    var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger("Startup");
    logger.LogInformation("Hello World");

See also: https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/9337#issuecomment-539859667