NLog: rules and filters

In Confirmit we use NLog library for logging in .NET applications. Although there is a documentation for this library, I found it hard to understand how the loggers work. In this article, I’ll try to explain, how rules and filters are used by NLog. Let’s start.

Log level per request

Some time ago I was reading Technology Radar of ThoughtWorks. And there was a technique called "Log level per request". Here in Confirmit, we use logging widely. So I was wondering how to implement a similar solution. And now I'm ready to show you one possible implementation.