Viewing event log via a web interface

Question

I'd like to be able to view the event log for a series of asp.net websites running on IIS. Can I do this externally, for example, through a web interface?

Answer 1

Do you want to know if you can home-roll something or are you looking for an app you can get off the shelf?

I'm not a Windows guy, but I think Microsoft's MOM/SCOM solution will probably let you view the event log over a web UI - probably really heavy and expensive if that's all you need though.

A quick google found http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/Event_Logger.aspx which shows that you can get in if you want to roll your own... also an MS tool on msdn

Sorry I can't be more help

Answer 2

No, but there are two solutions I would recommend:

• Adiscon EventLogger is a third-party product that will send your Windows EventLog to a SQL database. You can either send all events or create filters. Of course, once the events are in a SQL database, you can use any of the usual tools to create a web interface.

• You can use ASP.NET's HealthMonitoring configuration section to configure .NET to send all ASP.NET-related events directly to a SQL database. This covers exceptions, heartbeats, and a host of other event types. The SqlWebEventProvider is a cinch to setup.