ASP.NET Core debug logging

This article provides information on how to access ASP.NET Core debug logs.

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ASP.NET Core debug logs

If unexpected exceptions have occurred in your ASP.NET Core application and you need to check debug logs where these exceptions are logged by default. You can easily enable debug mode from our hosting Control panel.

1) Control panel

Go to Detailed Settings of your Website and click on Logs in menu on left. Here in AspNetCore logs section enable Debug logs and click Save.

This setting enables ASP.NET Core application to start saving output logs to .\logs\stdout files on FTP.

After changing this setting we recommend restart AppPool for take to effect.

2) WebFTP access

Now your application is storing debug logs on FTP and you need to access and view these log files. Easiest way to do this is to use WebFTP access. Click on Files in menu on left and there click on WebFTP icon.

3) WebFTP interface

After opening WebFTP interface, navigate to /wwwroot/logs/ directory and you will find there ASP.NET Core debug log files, which you can view directly using Edit option.

Debug logging is performance and disk intensive. It is important to turn it OFF again when you are finished.