--- title: Structured Logging with Serilog in ASP.NET Core | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of setting up structured logging in ASP.NET Core using Serilog, covering package installation, integrating UseSerilog into the host builder,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/structured-logging-with-serilog-in-asp-net-core-ynrdhjgif twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Structured Logging with Serilog in ASP.NET Core | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of setting up structured logging in ASP.NET Core using Serilog, covering package installation, integrating UseSerilog into the host builder,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/structured-logging-with-serilog-in-asp-net-core-ynrdhjgif og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yNrDhJgIF.png og:image:alt: Structured Logging with Serilog in ASP.NET Core og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Structured Logging with Serilog in ASP.NET Core **[NikolaTech](https://daily.dev/sources/nikolatech)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of setting up structured logging in ASP.NET Core using Serilog, covering package installation, integrating UseSerilog into the host builder, configuring minimum log levels, enrichers, sinks, and properties both via fluent code in Program.cs and via appsettings.json. It also shows using Serilog through the standard ILogger interface in a minimal API endpoint, with example code for logging errors and information during a product deletion operation. Source code examples are linked at the end. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I configure Serilog to read its settings from appsettings.json instead of code in ASP.NET Core? Call builder.Host.UseSerilog with configuration.ReadFrom.Configuration(context.Configuration), which binds to the Serilog section of your configuration by default. The Serilog section defines Using (sink assemblies), MinimumLevel with per-namespace overrides, WriteTo (sinks like Console and File), Enrich, and Properties for static key-value pairs added to every log. _daily.dev surfaces practical ASP.NET Core logging setups like this for developers configuring Serilog._ ### What does app.UseSerilogRequestLogging() do in ASP.NET Core? It adds middleware that provides smarter HTTP request logging by collecting request details like method, path, timing, status code, and exception information during the request, then writing a single consolidated log event at request completion, instead of multiple separate log entries. _Developers tuning request logging noise in ASP.NET Core can find setups like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Beyond Console.WriteLine: Mastering Structured Logging in .NET](https://daily.dev/posts/beyond-console-writeline-mastering-structured-logging-in-net-hgcoz2ses) · ITNEXT · 10 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenTelemetry Logging .NET: ILogger Integration and Structured Log Export](https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-logging-net-ilogger-integration-and-structured-log-export-5b3h28qfa) · We Are .NET · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Structured Logging in .NET with Serilog and ClickHouse](https://daily.dev/posts/structured-logging-in-net-with-serilog-and-clickhouse-xwwes1xel) · ClickHouse · 12 upvotes · 1 comments - 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