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Logging and error reporting

Logging

Winsw supports several different ways to capture stdout and stderr from the process you launch.

Log directory

The <logpath> element specifies the directory in which the log files are created. If this element is absent, it'll default to the same directory where the configuration file resides.

Append mode (default)

In this mode, myapp.out.log and myapp.err.log (where myapp is the base name of the executable and the configuration file) are created and outputs are simply appended to these files. Note that the file can get quite big.

<log mode="append"/>

Reset mode

Works like the append mode, except that every time the service starts, the old log files are truncated.

<log mode="reset"/>

Ignore mode

Throw away stdout and stderr, and do not produce any log files at all.

<log mode="none"/>

Roll mode

Works like the append mode, but in addition, if the log file gets bigger than a set size, it gets rolled to myapp.1.out.log, myapp.2.out.log and so on. The nested <sizeThreshold> element specifies the rotation threshold in KB (defaults to 10MB), and the nested <keepFiles> element specifies the number of rolled files to keep (defaults to 8.)

<log mode="roll-by-size">
  <sizeThreshold>10240</sizeThreshold>
  <keepFiles>8</keepFiles>
</log>

Roll by time mode

Works like the roll mode, except that instead of using the size as a threshold, use the time period as the threshold.

This configuration must accompany a nested <pattern> element, which specifies the timestamp pattern used as the log file name.

<log mode="roll-by-time">
  <pattern>yyyyMMdd</pattern>
</log>

The syntax of the pattern string is specified by DateTime.ToString(String). For example, in the above example, the log of Jan 1, 2013 gets written to myapp.20130101.out.log and myapp.20130101.err.log.

Roll by size and time mode

Works in a combination of roll size mode and roll time mode, if the log file gets bigger than a set size, it gets rolled using <pattern> provided.

<log mode="roll-by-size-time">
  <sizeThreshold>10240</sizeThreshold>
  <pattern>yyyyMMdd</pattern>
  <autoRollAtTime>00:00:00</autoRollAtTime>
</log>

The syntax of the autoRollAtTime is specified by TimeSpan.ToString(String). For example, in the above example, at the start of the day it will roll the file over.

Automatic archiving of logs

⚠️ This feature is reported to be broken in recent WinSW versions. It is a potential subject for removal.

<log mode="roll-by-size-time">
  <zipOlderThanNumDays>5</zipOlderThanNumDays>
  <zipDateFormat>yyyyMM</zipDateFormat>
</log>

The zipOlderThanNumDays can only be used in conjection with autoRollAtTime, provide the number of days of files to keep.

<log mode="roll-by-size-time">
  <autoRollAtTime>00:00:00</autoRollAtTime>
  <zipOlderThanNumDays>5</zipOlderThanNumDays>
</log>

The zipDateFormat can only be used in conjection with autoRollAtTime, provide the zip file format using the TimeSpan.ToString(String).

<log mode="roll-by-size-time">
  <autoRollAtTime>00:00:00</autoRollAtTime>
  <zipDateFormat>yyyyMM</zipDateFormat>
</log>

Error reporting

WinSW exits with code 0 on success. Any positive exit code is a system error code.

When winsw is running as a service, more detailed error information is reported to the Windows event log.

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