Network target

Sends log messages over the network. 

Configuration Syntax

Parameters

• General Options
• name - Name of the target.
• Layout Options
• onOverflow - Action that should be taken if the message is larger than maxMessageSize.
  Possible values:
  • Discard - Discard the entire message.
  • Error - Report an error.
  • Split - Split the message into smaller pieces.
• newLine - Indicates whether to append newline at the end of log message.Boolean Default: False
• layout - Layout used to format log messages.Layout Required. Default: ${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message}
• maxMessageSize - Maximum message size in bytes.Integer Default: 65000
• encoding - Encoding to be used.Encoding Default: utf-8
• Connection Options
• 
  connectionCacheSize - Size of the connection cache (number of connections which are kept alive).Integer Default: 5

  This parameter is not supported in:

  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Compact Framework 1.0
  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Compact Framework 2.0
  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 1.0
  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 1.1
  • NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 2.0
• keepConnection - Indicates whether to keep connection open whenever possible.Boolean Default: True
• address - Network address.Layout
  The network address can be:

  • tcp://host:port - TCP (auto select IPv4/IPv6) (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
  • tcp4://host:port - force TCP/IPv4 (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
  • tcp6://host:port - force TCP/IPv6 (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
  • udp://host:port - UDP (auto select IPv4/IPv6, not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
  • udp4://host:port - force UDP/IPv4 (not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
  • udp6://host:port - force UDP/IPv6 (not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
  • http://host:port/pageName - HTTP using POST verb
  • https://host:port/pageName - HTTPS using POST verb

  For SOAP-based webservice support over HTTP use WebService target.