How to configure logging for 1.5.0 version?

[Loydik]

Hello, I've been trying to add logging to testcontainers, I've read the docs and it says

Logging
To enable and configure logging, set the static TestcontainersSettings.Logger property before test execution.

I was struggling to find it, but then I figured out that this functionality is not part of latest release (1.5.0), as this class was added on 24th of July.

Why are there no more releases after 1.5.0? How can we configure logging for 1.5.0?

[HofmeisterAn]

In version 1.5.0 logging was bound to Serilog. You'll need to provide a appsettings.json configuration and the necessary sinks. I recomment the latest snapshot release. It contains a lot improvements incl. TestcontainersSettings.Logger which supports the ILogger.

[Loydik]

Thank you very much!

[Loydik]

One more clarification - we assigned an ILogger instance to a static property Logger in TestcontainersSettings, however it doesn't seem like logging is working out of the box. Nothing is being logged, even though the container was started and disposed.
Are we missing some configuration? Or does it log only errors? (we have loglevel set as trace)
Thank you!

[HofmeisterAn]

Are we missing some configuration?

It's necessary to set the logger before you create the container instance.

Or does it log only errors? (we have loglevel set as trace)

Log level is usually Information, see the tests.

[Loydik]

@HofmeisterAn thanks, that clears things out. Maybe add that point to the Readme? It wasn't so obvious

"It's necessary to set the logger before you create the container instance."

[ssippe]

e.g. TestcontainersSettings.Logger = new Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug.DebugLoggerProvider().CreateLogger("test");
using this nuget package