ASP.NET Core 2.0 EventLog change Application name in Event Viewer

Question

I have an ASP.NET Core 2.0 application using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog to log to Windows Event Viewer with

.ConfigureLogging((hostingContext, logging) =>
{
  logging.AddConfiguration(hostingContext.Configuration.GetSection("Logging"));
  logging.AddEventLog();
  logging.AddConsole();
})

On Event Viewer I can see my application working and logging itself to it, but it has the default name of Application under Source, and I'm trying to figure out on how to change it's name so it can Log under a different source name.

It would be a good idea in the future to check the documentation, as you could have found your answer faster and without taking up anyone else's time had you done a little research. — mason, May 29 '18 at 15:44

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 29 '18 at 15:43

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You can control that by passing an EventLogSettings to the extension method that adds logging.

var eventLogSettings = new EventLogSettings
{
    LogName = "Something",
    SourceName = "Something 2"
};

logging.AddEventLog(eventLogSettings);

answered May 29 '18 at 15:43

mason

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Can we make the LogName and SourceName to be read from appSettings.json file? – Quest Aug 11 '19 at 17:07
@Quest sure, why not? – mason Aug 11 '19 at 21:13
Can you tell, how can we read Log and Source name from appSettings.json file? – Quest Aug 12 '19 at 03:35
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@Quest Feel free to ask a separate question. – mason Aug 12 '19 at 12:19
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i tried that, but still logging on Application. Do you know what happening? – Bruno Henri Aug 16 '19 at 21:01
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@BrunoHenri If you tried it, and it's still not working ask a new question. – mason Aug 16 '19 at 21:17

ASP.NET Core 2.0 EventLog change Application name in Event Viewer

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