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Powershell Logging Module

Features

• Separate thread that dispatch messages to targets to avoid bottleneck in the main script
• Extensible with new targets
• Custom formatting
• Each target can have his own logging level

Installation

PowerShell Gallery

> Install-Module Logging
> Import-Module Logging

GitHub

Clone Repo

> git clone https://github.com/EsOsO/Logging.git
> Import-Module .\Logging\Logging.psm1

Download Repo

• Download the zip
• Ublock the zip file (Unblock-File -Path <path_to_zip>)
• Unzip the content of "Logging-master" to:
  • C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Logging [System wide]
  • D:\Users\{username}\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Logging [User only]

> Import-Module Logging

TL;DR

Set-LoggingDefaultLevel -Level 'WARNING'
Add-LoggingTarget -Name Console
Add-LoggingTarget -Name File -Configuration @{Path = 'C:\Temp\example_%{+%Y%m%d}.log'}

$Level = 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR'
foreach ($i in 1..100) {
    Write-Log -Level ($Level | Get-Random) -Message 'Message n. {0}' -Arguments $i
    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds (Get-Random -Min 100 -Max 1000)
}

Wait-Logging        # See Note

NOTE

When used in unattended scripts (scheduled tasks, spawned process) you need to call Wait-Logging to avoid losing messages. If you run your main script in an interactive shell that stays open at the end of the execution you could avoid using it (keep in mind that if there are messeages in the queue when you close the shell, you'll lose it)