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Initialising .Net 6 Web Api Serilog database connection after EF database creation

When starting up my .Net 6 Web Api project, in the program.cs I am using Two-stage initialisation from serilog-aspnetcore to initially output to console, and then in the second phase, output logs to a database.
Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
.MinimumLevel.Override("Microsoft", Serilog.Events.LogEventLevel.Information)
.Enrich.FromLogContext()
.WriteTo.Console()
.CreateBootstrapLogger();
// down from the above, the proper logging configuration
// add logging
builder.Host.UseSerilog(
(context, services, configuration) =>
configuration.ReadFrom
.Configuration(context.Configuration, "Serilog")
.ReadFrom.Services(services)
.Enrich.FromLogContext()
);
Inside my configuration I am calling
"autoCreateSqlTable": true,
The problem is, it is not until after I have run var app = builder.Build(); that I have initialised my database (migrating via EF).
// execute database initialiser to ensure database is current
using (var scope = app.Services.CreateScope())
{
var services = scope.ServiceProvider;
var initialiser = services.GetRequiredService<DbInitialiser>();
initialiser.Run();
}
This is causing errors as serilog is attempting to create the logging table before I have created the database.
Is there a way to delay transitioning to using the proper serilog configuration until after I have initialised the database successfully?
I could create the logging table via EF, but I would still be using the second stage config before the setup completes (i.e. I only want console logging until database logging occurs).
I have attempted running the two phase initialisation as per instructions and it is attempting to create the log table before ef initialisation.
I have attempted to manually create the logger after initialisation via:
Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
.ReadFrom
.Configuration(builder.Configuration, "Serilog")
.ReadFrom.Services(app.Services)
.Enrich.FromLogContext()
.CreateLogger();
But then no logs are created in the database.

How to create a serilog logger file using docker in C# console Application with .Net3.1

I want to create serilog logger file using docker image. I am able to create a file in console app but not able to create using docker.
Here is my sample code,
Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
.MinimumLevel.Debug()
.WriteTo.Console()
.WriteTo.File(fileName, rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day)
.WriteTo.File(#"C:\log.txt", rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day)
.CreateLogger();

In short, the docker idea is to isolate the application from the host it is running on. Your app is trying to access the 'c:\log.txt' file which resides on host, not the container. You can write to the file inside the container by specifying the path like '/app/log.txt' (note the linux-style).
If you really need the host-side log file, the more complicated approaches are required - this SO answer may help:
Expose log file outside docker container

How to Run a windows service as console application on client machine

I have a self hosted windows service application with output type as Console application. I have added some console logs in that service. I need to view those logs in console window, without writing log file in local.

Use the Debug.WriteLine in your code and view all these Strings using the DbgView and this will not need the Console to be open.
Simple as
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Your Debug String Here");

this i how I do it
#if DEBUG
var log = new LoggerConfiguration()
.ReadFrom.Configuration(config)
.WriteTo.Console()
.MinimumLevel.Debug()
.CreateLogger();
#else
var log = new LoggerConfiguration().ReadFrom.Configuration(config).CreateLogger();
#endif

Serilog: How to log, log message with different "origins" to different files

I want to log Information - Fatal with Serilog in my ASP.NET Core Web Application, using .NET Core 3.0
I want to log this data in different files (which was already asked and answered but my case is a little different I think):
information.log => information about what the application did (only
using the automatic logging of Serilog / Microsoft)
error.log => All errors / unhandled exceptions that happen
other_information.log => (don't really have a name for this one) information about the program BUT only log messages created by me
I just can't figure out how to distinguish between information logs from Microsoft and my own.
I have found a question / answer on how to disable logging from Serilog / Microsoft but doing so it deactivates it for all LogWriters, How to turn off the logging done by the ASP.NET core framework
.
Then I found an answer to another question which maybe is exactly what I'm looking for, but I don't understand what happens so I prefer to not use it, because I don't like magic because if there is a problem, fixing it is a lot more time-consuming, Can I log to separate files using Serilog?.
I also found another question that looks similar: Serilog : Log to different files
but I don't understand this one either.
So if one of those really is the solution to my Problem I would be grateful if someone could explain it to me.
This is the Logger Configuration that I have until now, all it does is log all Information in one file and all errors in the other one.
using Serilog;
using Serilog.Events;
...
Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
.MinimumLevel.Information()
.WriteTo.Console()
.WriteTo.Logger(l => l
.Filter.ByIncludingOnly(e => e
.Level == LogEventLevel.Information)
.WriteTo.File(#"Logs\Info.log"))
.WriteTo.Logger(l => l
.Filter.ByIncludingOnly(e => e
.Level == LogEventLevel.Error)
.WriteTo.File(#"Logs\Error.log"))
.CreateLogger();
And as I said, this works just fine to log all the information in one file and all the Errors in the other, but I don't know how to continue.
EDIT: I found the configurations I have at the moment from an answer to this question: Serilog - multiple log files‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌

I believe you just need to filter your log based on the property SourceContext, which is explained here: Filter Serilog logs to different sinks depending on context source?

Rolling file from Serilog not working in macOs

I'm trying to implement Serilog in a .Net Core library to have a good abstraction for this Third party and be able to use it on different project that are in my Solution.
So I configure Serilog like the example in their GitHub
if(Log.Logger == null){
Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
.MinimumLevel.Information()
.WriteTo.LiterateConsole()
.WriteTo.RollingFile("logs/myUsefullLogs.txt")
.CreateLogger();
}
And I log an information like this :
Log.Information(message,ex,source);
Log.CloseAndFlush();
If I put a breakpoint all seems to work perfectly but when I search the file I'm not able to find it.
Somebody already face to this in macOS?

Log.Logger will never have the value null, so your configuration code above will never run.
When logging is not configured, Log.Logger is assigned an instance of the (internal) SilentLogger class: https://github.com/serilog/serilog/blob/dev/src/Serilog/Log.cs#L43.