Is .NET Core 2.0 logging broken?

Question

I can\'t seem to get Trace level log information outputted after upgrading to .NET Core 2.0 (+ASP.NET Core 2.0).

In fact, if I do a dotnet new webprojec

Answer 1

The following structure of appsettings.json seems to work fine:

{
  "Logging": {
    "LogLevel": {
      "Default": "Information",
      "System": "Information",
      "Microsoft": "Information"
    },
    "Console":
    {
      "IncludeScopes": true
    }
  }
}

Taken from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/logging/?view=aspnetcore-2.1

Also, see what your start up calls are, I find the following works for me:

public class Startup
{
    public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
    {

        var logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
                .MinimumLevel.Information()
                .WriteTo.Sink(jsonSink)
                .Enrich.WithExceptionDetails()
                .CreateLogger();

        Log.Logger = logger;
    }
}