nlog.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      autoReload="true"
      internalLogLevel="Warn"
      internalLogFile="Logs\internal-nlog.log"
      maxArchiveFiles="30"
      archiveEvery="Day"
      archiveFileName="Logs\internal-nlog-archive-${shortdate}.log">

  <!-- enable asp.net core layout renderers -->
  <extensions>
    <add assembly="NLog.Web.AspNetCore"/>
  </extensions>

  <!-- the targets to write to -->
  <targets async="true">

    <!-- another file log, only own logs. Uses some ASP.NET core renderers -->
    <target xsi:type="File"
            name="ownFile-web"
            fileName="Logs\rdpmon-${shortdate}.log"
            maxArchiveFiles="30"
            archiveEvery="Day"
            archiveFileName="Logs\rdpmon-archive-${shortdate}.log"
            layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id}|${uppercase:${level}}|${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}|url: ${aspnet-request-url}|controller: ${aspnet-mvc-controller}|action: ${aspnet-mvc-action}|TraceId: ${aspnet-traceidentifier}"
    />

    <!--Log to VS output window-->
    <target name="debugger" xsi:type="Debugger" layout="${logger}::${message}"/>

    <!--<target name="log4view" xsi:type="NLogViewer" address="tcp://127.0.0.1:878"
                 KeepConnection="false" OnConnectionOverflow="Block" MaxConnections="5" />-->
  </targets>

  <!-- rules to map from logger name to target -->
  <rules>
    <!--Log to VS output window-->
    <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="debugger" />

    <!--Skip non-critical Microsoft logs and so log only own logs-->
    <logger name="Microsoft.*" maxlevel="Info" final="true" />

    <logger name="*" minlevel="Warn" writeTo="ownFile-web"></logger>

    <!--<logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="log4view" />-->
  </rules>
</nlog>