WCF Tracing
WCF Tracing can be configured at three different levels.
1. WCF Verbose Traces: Recommended for DEV issue (captures activities and messages).
INCLUDE THIS SECTION INSIDE CONFIGURATION FILE OF WCF SERVICE / CLIENT APPLICATION.
IF ALREADY A SIMILAR SECTION IS AVAILABLE, THEN DELETE THE EXISTING SECTION FIRST.
SET VALUE OF 'initializeData' UNDER '<sharedListeners>' TO POINT AT AN ABSOLUTE FOLDER PATH. EXAMPLE : C:\TEMP\app_messages.svclog
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<system.diagnostics>
<sources>
<source name="System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging" switchValue="Verbose,ActivityTracing">
<listeners>
<add type="System.Diagnostics.DefaultTraceListener" name="Default">
<filter type="" />
</add>
<add name="ServiceModelMessageLoggingListener">
<filter type="" />
</add>
</listeners>
</source>
<source name="System.ServiceModel" switchValue="Verbose,ActivityTracing"
propagateActivity="true">
<listeners>
<add type="System.Diagnostics.DefaultTraceListener" name="Default">
<filter type="" />
</add>
<add name="ServiceModelTraceListener">
<filter type="" />
</add>
</listeners>
</source>
</sources>
<sharedListeners>
<add initializeData="web_messages.svclog"
type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
name="ServiceModelMessageLoggingListener" traceOutputOptions="LogicalOperationStack, DateTime, Timestamp, ProcessId, ThreadId, Callstack">
<filter type="" />
</add>
<add initializeData="web_tracelog.svclog"
type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
name="ServiceModelTraceListener" traceOutputOptions="LogicalOperationStack, DateTime, Timestamp, ProcessId, ThreadId, Callstack">
<filter type="" />
</add>
</sharedListeners>
</system.diagnostics>
THIS PART WILL GO INSIDE <system.servicemodel> SECTION
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<diagnostics>
<messageLogging logEntireMessage="true" logMalformedMessages="true"
logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true" logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true"
maxSizeOfMessageToLog="52428800" />
</diagnostics>
EXAMPLE :
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<system.serviceModel>
<diagnostics>
<messageLogging logEntireMessage="true" logMalformedMessages="true"
logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true" logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true"
maxSizeOfMessageToLog="26214445" />
</diagnostics>
<bindings>
.
.
2. WCF Activity Traces: Recommended for Performance issues (captures only activities).
INCLUDE THIS SECTION INSIDE CONFIGURATION FILE OF WCF SERVICE / CLIENT APPLICATION.
IF ALREADY A SIMILAR SECTION IS AVAILABLE, THEN DELETE THE EXISTING SECTION FIRST.
SET VALUE OF 'initializeData' UNDER '<sharedListeners>' TO POINT AT AN ABSOLUTE FOLDER PATH. EXAMPLE : C:\TEMP\web_tracelog.svclog
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<system.diagnostics>
<sources>
<source name="System.ServiceModel" switchValue="Verbose,ActivityTracing"
propagateActivity="true">
<listeners>
<add type="System.Diagnostics.DefaultTraceListener" name="Default">
<filter type="" />
</add>
<add name="ServiceModelTraceListener">
<filter type="" />
</add>
</listeners>
</source>
</sources>
<sharedListeners>
<add initializeData="web_tracelog.svclog"
type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
name="ServiceModelTraceListener" traceOutputOptions="LogicalOperationStack, DateTime, Timestamp, ProcessId, ThreadId, Callstack">
<filter type="" />
</add>
</sharedListeners>
</system.diagnostics>
3. WCF Warning level traces: Recommended for Production server (captures only warning/exceptions).
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/wcf/diagnostics/tracing/recommended-settings-for-tracing-and-message-logging
Special: WCF+System.Net Traces
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.diagnostics>
<sources>
<source name="System.ServiceModel" switchValue="Verbose, ActivityTracing" propagateActivity="true" >
<listeners>
<add name="xml"/>
</listeners>
</source>
<source name="System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging">
<listeners>
<add name="xml"/>
</listeners>
</source>
<source name="System.Net">
<listeners>
<add name="System.Net"/>
</listeners>
</source>
<source name="System.Net.HttpListener">
<listeners>
<add name="System.Net"/>
</listeners>
</source>
<source name="System.Net.Sockets">
<listeners>
<add name="System.Net"/>
</listeners>
</source>
<source name="System.Net.Cache">
<listeners>
<add name="System.Net"/>
</listeners>
</source>
</sources>
<sharedListeners>
<add name="xml"
type="System.Diagnostics.XmlWriterTraceListener"
initializeData="C:\temp\WCFTraces.svclog" />
<add name="System.Net" type="System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener"
initializeData="c:\temp\SNtrace.log" traceOutputOptions = "DateTime" />
</sharedListeners>
<switches>
<add name="System.Net" value="Verbose" />
<add name="System.Net.Sockets" value="Verbose" />
<add name="System.Net.Cache" value="Verbose" />
<add name="System.Net.HttpListener" value="Verbose" />
</switches>
</system.diagnostics>
<system.serviceModel>
<diagnostics>
<messageLogging logEntireMessage="true" logMalformedMessages="true"
logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true" logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true" />
</diagnostics>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
I hope this helps!
Thanks
Saurabh Somani