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Therefore, it is important that you setup a variable for this. The variable should follow the following formatvariables: 

<MainApplicationname>_LOGSTATE 

For instance: 

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• LOGSTATE

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• • TRUE
    The logger will create a log entry
  • FALSE
    The logger will not create any logs at all
• APP_INSIGHT_KEY
  • Containing the insight key that can be found on the appinsight app hosting page on Azure.

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To set the variables one should do the following:

1. Go to the application hosting where you have implemented logging.
2. Click on Containers in the left most menu
3. In the middle of the screen click 'Environment Variables'
4. Add the variables
5. Click 'Save as new revision'

The application will restart and is now ready for use.

Code

The Logging functionality can be accessed from the static class simply called Log.cs. 

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string invoker = "IntegrationApi"; 									    /*The name of the application using the log*/
string environmentVariableToggle = "INTEGRATIONAPI_LOGSTATE";			/*The environment variable name on the hosting of the invoking application*/
string appInsightsKey = "InstrumentationKey=xxxx";

Log.Initialize(invoker); 											/*The app insight key. This can be found in the appinsight application on the hosting environment*/

Log.Initialize(invoker, environmentVariableToggle, appInsightsKey); 	/*Initializing the logger, making it ready for use*/
Log.LogInfo("Integration api started.");								
Log.LogInfo("Logger running");											

When wanting to create a logentry do the following in the code:

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