Release Notes: February 2015

This latest version of Stackify includes a number of fixes and improvements along with some enhancements made to the Errors and Logs Dashboards.  Below are some of the new features you might notice in Stackify. New Default Field Settings in Errors Dashboard and Logs Dashboard We now support the ability to have users set default search settings.  These default settings …

Errors and Logs: Overview

Stackify’s Errors and Logs API enables you to get more from what you’re logging. Simply plug in a Stackify appender into your existing framework, or log your messages directly to Retrace without a framework via the Stackify API. Once properly configured, you will be able to get more contextual information about your exceptions, view your app’s log messages, begin correlating exceptions …

Logs: Querying Logs

Retrace’s log management allows you to view and search across all of your logs in one place. Full text indexing powered by Lucene is used to create powerful searching capabilities. Most Lucene style searches are supported. Tips for Searching Through Logs Operators By default searches use the AND operator and must match all terms. These two queries are the same: …

Errors and Logs: Configure log4net

You can get started logging with log4net with minimal changes to your project. You essentially just add a few DLLs to your project and then add some configuration details to your .config file specifying an additional (or replacement) log appender.  The appender is available via Nuget in Visual Studio and additional documentation can be found on our Github page. Getting …

Logs: Filters and Fields

It can be a challenge locating a specific log message when Errors and Logs from different servers, apps, and environments are are constantly being captured by the Errors and Logs Dashboards.  With the improved Filters and Fields solution, you can easily zero in on a certain error or log message by simply applying the right fields and filters to your …