OpenTelemetry .NET logs

Use OpenTelemetry .NET to collect and export log telemetry data

This section contains information about using OpenTelemetry .NET for logging.

OpenTelemetry .NET Logs provides integration with ILogger to collect, process, and export log data as part of your observability solution.

Getting started with logs - Console

Learn how to use OpenTelemetry Logs in a .NET Console application

Getting started with logs - ASP.NET Core

Learn how to use OpenTelemetry Logs in an ASP.NET Core application

Logging complex objects

Learn how to log complex objects with OpenTelemetry .NET

Log correlation

Learn how to correlate logs with traces in OpenTelemetry .NET

Setting up a dedicated logging pipeline

Learn how to set up a dedicated logging pipeline for specific logs

Log redaction

Learn how to implement log redaction for sensitive data


Last modified August 12, 2025: Add dotnet docs from /docs folder of opentelemetry-dotnet (#7474) (bb927496)