Custom Provider Registration

We assume that you have successfully create custom logging provider by following writing custom provider. Let's register it so that you can use it.

Steps

• Import SimplePSLogger module
• Import your custom logging provider module
• Create SimplePSLogger instance
• Register your provider using .Register method

Registration

# 1. Import SimplePSLogger module

Import-Module -Name SimplePSLogger

# 2. Import your custom logging provider module

Import-Module -Name CustomeLoggingProvider

# Create SimplePSLogger configuration

$SimplePSLoggerConfig = @{

Name = "config-example"

Providers = @{

Console = @{

LogLevel = "verbose"

Enabled = $false

}

File = @{

LiteralFilePath = "G:\Git\simple-ps-logger\Examples\example-with-config-file\example-with-config.log"

LogLevel = "information"

Enabled = $false

}

AwesomeLogger = @{

Enabled = $true

LogLevel = "information"

Authkey = "key"

}

}

}

# 3. Create SimplePSLogger instance

New-SimplePSLogger -Name "ps-play"

Register-LoggingProvider -Name "AwesomeLogger" `

-FunctionName "ExtProvider" `

-Configuration $SimplePSLoggerConfig.Providers["AwesomeLogger"]

Write-SimpleLog "sgl" "warning"

# Flush logs

Clear-Buffer -Name "ps-play"

# Remove logger instance

Remove-SimplePSLogger -Name "ps-play"

Registration Paramters

1. Customer Logging Provider Name
2. Exported function name which implements SimplePSLogger Provider Interface
3. Configuration object required/defined by custom provider

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