Start with Elasticssearch, Kibana and ASP.NET Core

mkdir aspnet.elk.sample
cd aspnet.elk.sample

dotnet new mvc

dotnet add package Serilog -v 2.4.0
dotnet add package Serilog.Extensions.Logging -v 1.4.0
dotnet add package Serilog.Sinks.ElasticSearch -v 5.1.0
dotnet restore

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Serilog;
using Serilog.Events;
using Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch;

namespace aspnet.elk.sample
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
                .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true)
                .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true)
                .AddEnvironmentVariables();

            // Create Serilog Elasticsearch logger
            Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
               .Enrich.FromLogContext()
               .MinimumLevel.Debug()
               .WriteTo.Elasticsearch().WriteTo.Elasticsearch(new ElasticsearchSinkOptions(new Uri("http://localhost:9200"))
               {
                   MinimumLogEventLevel = LogEventLevel.Verbose,
                   AutoRegisterTemplate = true,
               })
               .CreateLogger();

            Configuration = builder.Build();
        }

        public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; }

        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            // Add framework services.
            services.AddMvc();
        }

        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
        {
            // loggerFactory.AddConsole(Configuration.GetSection("Logging"));
            loggerFactory.AddDebug();

            if (env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
                app.UseBrowserLink();
            }
            else
            {
                app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
            }

            // Add serilog
            loggerFactory.AddSerilog();

            app.UseStaticFiles();

            app.UseMvc(routes =>
            {
                routes.MapRoute(
                    name: "default",
                    template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
            });
        }
    }
}

docker pull nshou/elasticsearch-kibana
docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -p 5601:5601 nshou/elasticsearch-kibana

dotnet run