Akka.Net logging to file - nlog

Question

I am trying to follow this tutorial:
to add logging to my Akka.Net application but the log file is not being created.
Below is my App.config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="akka" type="Akka.Configuration.Hocon.AkkaConfigurationSection, Akka" />
</configSections>
<akka>
<hocon>
<![CDATA[
akka
{
loglevel = INFO
loggers = ["Akka.Logger.NLog.NLogLogger, Akka.Logger.NLog"]
}
]]>
</hocon>
</akka>
</configuration>
and this is my NLog.config file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<targets>
<target name="file" xsi:type="File" fileName="C:\Users\User\Documents\logs\test.log" />
</targets>
<rules>
<logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="file" />
</rules>
</nlog>
Program.cs
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ActorSystem actorSystem = ActorSystem.Create("IMSIFilteringActorSystem");
IActorRef fileSearcherActor = actorSystem.ActorOf(Props.Create(() => new FileSearcherActor()), "fileSearcherActor");
ILoggingAdapter logger = Logging.GetLogger(actorSystem, actorSystem, null);
actorSystem.Scheduler.ScheduleTellRepeatedly(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), fileSearcherActor, engineParams, ActorRefs.NoSender);
logger.Info("Sending messages from logging");
}
Any help is appreciated, Thank you

Answer 1

I think you miss the NLog configuration. Try something like this:
var config = new LoggingConfiguration();
var fileTarget = new FileTarget("fileTargetName")
{
FileName = "Absolute path to your log file.",
// The layout I once composed. Use yours or remove this property initialization at all.
Layout = #"[${level}][${longdate}][${stacktrace:format=Flat}]${literal:text=[Exception\: :when=length('${exception}')>0}${exception}${literal:text=]:when=length('${exception}')>0} <${message}>",
};
config.AddTarget(fileTarget);
config.AddRuleForAllLevels(fileTarget);
LogManager.Configuration = config;
To view all log entries (including those generated by Akka.NET itself), use the following configuration in your App.config:
akka
{
loggers = ["Akka.Logger.NLog.NLogLogger, Akka.Logger.NLog"]
loglevel = debug
log-config-on-start = on
actor
{
debug
{
receive = on # log any received message
autoreceive = on # log automatically received messages, e.g. PoisonPill
lifecycle = on # log actor lifecycle changes
event-stream = on # log subscription changes for Akka.NET event stream
unhandled = on # log unhandled messages sent to actors
}
}
}