NLog.Extensions.Logging enables NLog as Logging Provider for Microsoft ILogger-abstraction and Dependency Injection.
- Introduces
AddNLog()extension methods to register NLog as LoggingProvider for Microsoft Extension Logging. - Introduces ${configsetting} for doing lookup of appsettings.json configuration settings.
- Adds support for loading NLog Configuration from appsettings.json
Notice the standard NLog NuGet package is enough for using NLog Logger with simple console application on the .NET Core platform.
Just configure NLog using Fluent Setup API or add NLog.config file to the project, and follow the tutorial for using GetCurrentClassLogger().
NLog.Extensions.Hosting introduces UseNLog() as extension-method for the application HostBuilder,
and includes the layoutrenderers ${host-rootdir} + ${host-environment} + ${host-appname}.
Note if using ASP.NET Core then instead install NLog.Web.AspNetCore.