MSMQ target

Writes log message to the specified message queue handled by MSMQ. 

Configuration Syntax

Parameters

• General Options
• name - Name of the target.
• Layout Options
• useXmlEncoding - Indicates whether to use the XML format when serializing message.Boolean Default: False
• encoding - Encoding to be used when writing text to the queue.Encoding
• layout - Layout used to format log messages.Layout Required. Default: ${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message}
• Queue Options
• recoverable - Indicates whether to use recoverable messages (with guaranteed delivery).Boolean Default: False
• createQueueIfNotExists - Indicates whether to create the queue if it doesn't exists.Boolean Default: False
• label - Label to associate with each message.Layout Default: NLog
  By default no label is associated.
• queue - Name of the queue to write to.Layout Required.
  To write to a private queue on a local machine use .\private$\QueueName. For other available queue names, consult MSMQ documentation.

Notes

The MSMQ target requires that:

• NLog.extended.dll be along side the NLog.dll at runtime.
• The machine doing the logging have MSMQ installed with the Active Directory Domain Services Integration option. If the option is not installed, the target will throw an exception.
• The queue being written to is NOT transactional.