Logging

powerVault uses Apache log4net as core logging library, and additionally PostSharp Diagnostics for extended Debug logging.

By default, all the logs are stored in a logfile located in 'C:\Users\{USER}\AppData\Local\coolOrange\powerVault\Logs\powerVault.log' and it contains only Infos, Warnings and Errors.

The log4net settings file is located in C:\Program Files\coolOrange\Modules\powerVault\powerVault.log4net.
Further information about log4Net Configurations can be found here.

When you have issues or when you want to get a more detailed knowledge about what went wrong, you can increase the loglevel.

You can see, that there are multiple logging-Appenders used. If you want to change the logging level for the logfile, please visit following appender:

<appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">

In the lines

<root>
	<level value="INFO" />
	<appender-ref ref="FileAppender"/>
	<appender-ref ref="ColoredConsoleAppender" />
</root>

you can configure the logginglevel for all appenders. You could set the level to “DEBUG”, than all the appenders will log in debug.
In the line

<param name="File" value="${LOCALAPPDATA}\coolOrange\powerVault\Logs\powerVault.log" />

you can configure the outputpath and name of the logfile.

powerShell IDEs like powerShell console (and powerShell ISE) are configured to show the logging levels in a different color.

<mapping>
	<level value="DEBUG" />
	<backColor value="White" />
</mapping>
<mapping>
	<level value="INFO" />
	<backColor value="Green" />
</mapping>
<mapping>
	<level value="WARN" />
	<backColor value="Yellow" />
</mapping>
<mapping>
	<level value="ERROR" />
	<backColor value="Red" />
</mapping>
<mapping>
	<level value="FATAL" />
	<backColor value="Red, HighIntensity" />
</mapping>

These and many other options can be configured in the appender named ColoredConsoleAppender.