Use Serilog to get better looking logs

SAPPub.Web/Program.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 using SAPPub.Web.Middleware;
 using SAPPub.Web.Models.Config;
 using SAPSec.Web.Middleware;
+using Serilog;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Globalization;
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
     {
         var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
+        builder.Host.UseSerilog((ctx, config) => config.ReadFrom.Configuration(ctx.Configuration));
+
         builder.Services.Configure<AnalyticsOptions>(builder.Configuration.GetSection("Analytics"));
 
         builder.Services.AddHttpClient<IPostcodeLookupService, PostcodeLookupService>();

SAPPub.Web/SAPPub.Web.csproj

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.22.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design" Version="8.0.23" />
     <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="10.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="10.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Formatting.Compact" Version="3.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="10.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

SAPPub.Web/appsettings.Development.json

@@ -7,5 +7,19 @@
   },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "PostgresConnectionString": "Host=localhost;Port=5432;Database=SAPData;Username=postgres;Password=postgres"
+  },
+  "DetailedErrors": true,
+  "Serilog": {
+    "MinimumLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Override": {
+        "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+      }
+    },
+    "WriteTo": [
+      {
+        "Name": "Console"
+      }
+    ]
   }
 }

SAPPub.Web/appsettings.Production.json

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "Logging": {
+    "LogLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+    }
+  },
+  "Serilog": {
+    "WriteTo": [
+      {
+        "Name": "Console",
+        "Args": {
+          "formatter": "Serilog.Formatting.Compact.CompactJsonFormatter, Serilog.Formatting.Compact"
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}

SAPPub.Web/appsettings.json

@@ -5,5 +5,19 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   },
-  "AllowedHosts": "*"
+  "AllowedHosts": "*",
+  "Serilog": {
+    "MinimumLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Override": {
+        "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
+      }
+    },
+    "WriteTo": [
+      {
+        "Name": "Console"
+      }
+    ],
+    "Enrich": [ "FromLogContext" ]
+  }
 }