NLog is an easy to use logging package that can be plugged into virtually any .net application. In my recent experimentation with the Azure platform, I ran into a few hurdles with NLog integration. Azure is intended to allow for horizontal scaling, so you can’t design for a single ‘box’ running your application. While the benefits are many, the drawback to the architecture is that you can just write a file out to a logs directory on your server. But fear not, friends; there is a fairly easy way to get NLog working with Azure using a few simple config settings.
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