Dumping logs from the Azure Development Fabric
How to view Azure logs (RoleManager.WriteToLog ) when running under the Development Fabric:
Open the Development Fabric and get the deployment id. For example, if the deployment title reads "deployment(26)", the id is "26".
To dump the logs to an xml file, from a command prompt run csrun.exe with the dumplogs flag
For example, "csrun /dumplogs:26;." will dump the logs for the deployment (26) into the current directory (.)
A log file will be created for each role. For example:
- deployment(26).PresenceCloud.PresenceService.0.xml
- deployment(26).PresenceCloud.PresenceService_Worker.0.xml
The log contains XML where each <Event> tag corresponds to the calls made by RoleManager.WriteToLog(). For example, the contents of the log look like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ServiceDiagnostics
Service="deployment(26)"
ServiceDeployment="deployment(26)"
Role="PresenceService"
RoleInstance="deployment(26).PresenceCloud.PresenceService.0">
<Events>
<Event
Time="2009-08-13T19:03:11.7620594Z"
Name="Information"
Severity="Info"
ThreadId="5676">
<EventProperty
Name="message">Entered Constructor()</EventProperty>
</Event>
<Event
Time="2009-08-13T19:03:11.7645300Z"
Name="Information"
Severity="Info"
ThreadId="5676">
<EventProperty
Name="message">Returned from Constructor()</EventProperty>
</Event>
</Events>
</ServiceDiagnostics>
Note: csrun.exe is a tool provided by the Windows Azure SDK. By default it is installed to C:\Program Files\Windows Azure SDK\v1.0\bin\csrun.exe