Serilog logger for each plugin DLL in One Application

Question

My use-case is multiple unrelated DLLs running as plugins in AutoCAD. Each one has the static global Serilog Logger as described at https://github.com/serilog/serilog/wiki/Lifecycle-of-Loggers#in-all-apps. They are all configured to write to Rolling Files.

I have now realised this has created an odd race-condition where the actual logger could be any one, and only one, of the Loggers declared in each plugin DLL (probably depending on which one declared it last).

How do I have a separate Rolling File Logger for each plugin?

Is the best practise for this use-case to use a separate internal static ILogger for each plugin and write to that static logger?

The logger-per-plugin approach sounds like the way to go, yes. — Nicholas Blumhardt, Oct 24 '17 at 23:57
Didn't want to shut down the discussion in case there were better suggestions floating around out there :-) — Nicholas Blumhardt, Oct 25 '17 at 01:26
No worries. I'll upvote those & accept a better one if it comes in. — CAD bloke, Oct 25 '17 at 01:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '17 at 01:26

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The logger-per-plugin approach sounds like the way to go, yes.

answered Oct 25 '17 at 01:26

Nicholas Blumhardt

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Serilog logger for each plugin DLL in One Application

How do I have a separate Rolling File Logger for each plugin?

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