Azure Functions - Logging not working correctly in local

Question

I have a simple dotnet-isolated Azure function written in .Net 8 which has 1 Http trigger function. I have another custom database logger which is added to this function to enable database logging.

When I am executing the function, none of the Microsoft related logging are getting filtered and it's logging hundreds of entries in my database. I have already tested my custom logger with a simple console application where the logging filtering works correctly. What's interesteing is apart from my own custom logger, the console logs are also not getting filtered.

This is how my Program.cs looks:-

var host = new HostBuilder()
    .ConfigureFunctionsWebApplication()
    .ConfigureAppConfiguration((context, builder) =>
    {
        builder.SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
               .AddJsonFile("local.settings.json", optional: true);
    })
           .ConfigureLogging((builder, logging) =>
               {
                   logging.AddConsole();
                   logging.AddDbLogger(options =>
                     {
                       builder.Configuration.GetSection("Database")
                              .GetSection("Options").Bind(options);
                           });
                       })
    .ConfigureServices(services =>
    {
        services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetryWorkerService();
        services.ConfigureFunctionsApplicationInsights();
    })
    .Build();

I have added the resp. logging in host.json file:-

{
    "version": "2.0",
    "logging": {
      "applicationInsights": {
        "samplingSettings": {
          "isEnabled": true,
          "excludedTypes": "Request"
        },
        "enableLiveMetricsFilters": true
      },
      "logLevel": {
        "default": "Information",
        "Microsoft": "Error"
      },
      "Database": {
        "logLevel": {
          "default": "Error"
        }
      },
      "console": {
        "logLevel": {
          "default": "Error"
        }
      }
    }
}

Still it shows Log entries in Console and Database.

Is there anything wrong with my host.json?

Answer 1

Hey @Singh, Rahul

When it comes to logging for dotnet-isolated, have a look at Managing log levels in under Guide for running C# Azure Functions in an isolated worker process | Microsoft Learn. Log levels are separate between Application Insights and the host.What I suggest doing is setting the default to warning or error to prevent excessive logging and adjust logging for Host.

{
  "logging": {
    "fileLoggingMode": "debugOnly",
    "logLevel": {
      "default": "Warning",
      "Host.Aggregator": "Trace",
      "Host.Results": "Information",
      "Function": "Information"
    }
  }
}

You can also look at filtering specific namespaces that you're not interested in seeing logged.

    .ConfigureLogging(logging =>
    {
        // Disable IHttpClientFactory Informational logs. 
        logging.AddFilter("System.Net.Http.HttpClient", LogLevel.Warning);
    })

You can also remove message handlers, see https://github.com/aspnet/HttpClientFactory/issues/196#issuecomment-432755765.