Where can I log an ASP.NET Core app's start/stop/error events?

Question

In old ASP.NET, in the Global.asax.cs class, I would log when the app starts, stops and throws unhandled exceptions:

• Application_Start()

Answer 1

I didn't like @neustart47 answer as it was unnecessarily complex but he is right that IApplicationLifetime is obsolete.

Taken from the Microsoft Docs

//  1. Add the interface `IHostedService` to the class you would like
//     to be called during an application event. 
internal class LifetimeEventsHostedService : IHostedService
{
    private readonly ILogger _logger;
    private readonly IHostApplicationLifetime _appLifetime;

    // 2. Inject `IHostApplicationLifetime` through dependency injection in the constructor.
    public LifetimeEventsHostedService(
        ILogger logger, 
        IHostApplicationLifetime appLifetime)
    {
        _logger = logger;
        _appLifetime = appLifetime;
    }

    // 3. Implemented by `IHostedService`, setup here your event registration. 
    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        _appLifetime.ApplicationStarted.Register(OnStarted);
        _appLifetime.ApplicationStopping.Register(OnStopping);
        _appLifetime.ApplicationStopped.Register(OnStopped);

        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }

    // 4. Implemented by `IHostedService`, setup here your shutdown registration.
    //    If you have nothing to stop, then just return `Task.CompletedTask`
    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }

    private void OnStarted()
    {
        _logger.LogInformation("OnStarted has been called.");

        // Perform post-startup activities here
    }

    private void OnStopping()
    {
        _logger.LogInformation("OnStopping has been called.");

        // Perform on-stopping activities here
    }

    private void OnStopped()
    {
        _logger.LogInformation("OnStopped has been called.");

        // Perform post-stopped activities here
    }
}

Done!