Sitecore native UDP log streaming

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Sitecore native UDP log streaming

Add the config file to your local Sitecore instances and then run UDP.ps1, no more fiddling around with finding and reloading the current log file for each instance.

Enjoy :)

Logging.config

<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
  <sitecore>
    <log4net>
      <appender name="UdpAppender" type="log4net.Appender.UdpAppender, Sitecore.Logging">
        <remoteAddress value="127.0.0.1" />
        <remotePort value="9000" />
        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout, Sitecore.Logging">
          <conversionPattern value="%a @@@ %d{ABSOLUTE} @@@ %t @@@ %p @@@ %c @@@ %m" />
        </layout>
      </appender>
      <root>
        <priority value="INFO">
          <patch:attribute name="value">DEBUG</patch:attribute>
        </priority>
        <appender-ref ref="UdpAppender" />
      </root>
    </log4net>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>

UDP.ps1

CLS
$ErrorActionPreference = "STOP"

$splitString = " @@@ "
$port = 9000
$colors = @{"ERROR" = [ConsoleColor]::Red;
            "FATAL" = [ConsoleColor]::Red;
            "DEBUG" = [ConsoleColor]::White; 
            "WARN" = [ConsoleColor]::Yellow;
            "INFO" = [ConsoleColor]::Gray; }

$levels = @{"ERROR" = "ERR";
            "FATAL" = "FTL";
            "DEBUG" = "DBG";
            "WARN" = "WRN";
            "INFO" = "NFO";}

try 
{
    $endpoint = New-Object Net.IPEndPoint ([IPAddress]::Any, $port)
    $client = New-Object Net.Sockets.UdpClient $port
    
    while($true)  
    {
        $line = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($client.Receive([ref]$endpoint))
        
        if($line.IndexOf($splitString) -eq -1)
        {
           continue;
        }
        
        $segments = $line -split $splitString
        $name = $segments[0]
        
        try
        {
            $time = [DateTime]::Parse($segments[1])
        }
        catch
        {   
            $time = [DateTime]::MinValue
        }

        $thread = $segments[2].Replace("Heartbeat", "HB").Replace("ManagedPoolThread #", "MPT#")
        $level = $segments[3]
        $logger = $segments[4]
        $message = $segments[5]
     
        $widestName = @{ $true = $name.Length; $false = $widestName }[$name.Length -gt $widestName]
        $widestThread = @{ $true = $thread.Length; $false = $widestThread }[$thread.Length -gt $widestThread]               
        $color = @{ $true = [ConsoleColor]::Green; $false = $colors[$level] }[$level -eq "INFO" -and $message -match "AUDIT"]
           
        Write-Host ("[{0, -$widestName}] " -f $name) -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Gray
        Write-Host ("{0} " -f $time.ToLongTimeString()) -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Gray
        Write-Host ("[{0}] " -f $levels[$level]) -NoNewline -ForegroundColor $color
        Write-Host ("[{0, -$widestThread}] " -f $thread) -NoNewline -ForegroundColor $color
        Write-Host ("{0}: " -f $logger) -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Gray
        Write-Host ("{0} " -f $message) -NoNewline -ForegroundColor $color          
        Write-Host ""                    
    } 
}
finally 
{
    if($client -ne $null)
    {
        $client.Close()
        $client = $null
    }
}

streaming.gif

TIP: You can write anything instead of %a (AppDomain ID) in the conversionPattern for the appender, for example the project name that the instance belongs to,