What is the use of webserverlogs folder found in Logs folder?

hannahmontanna

I’ve noticed a folder named "webserverlogs" under the File System logs, which contains both W3C and ASP.NET Core logs. Can anyone clarify what this folder is, its purpose, and how it is configured? Any insights would be appreciated!

Manisha_Decisions

The AspLogs are used to capture logs for all Microsoft services running on ASP.NET. These logs track activity related to ASP.NET applications.

As for the W3CLogs, they record detailed information about the activity performed on your web server. This follows the standard W3C logging practice, which is commonly used to monitor and analyze web server traffic.

Both of these logs are being generated under webserverlogs because in the settings.xml file you might have CaptureASPNetLogs and CaptureW3CLogs set to true. This configuration enables logging for both ASP.NET and W3C activities.

We typically recommend enabling these logs only when our Product Team needs to analyze server-related issues. Additionally, we advise setting CaptureASPNetLogs to false, as leaving it enabled could result in large log files being generated, potentially consuming excessive disk space and causing your server to crash.