Instance log and diagnostics files not written to configured location #5248
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…initialization across all services
…erviceControl.Audit, and ServiceControl.Monitoring
mauroservienti
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During smoketesting of v6.9.0, we noticed that after deployed on a Windows VM, the logs were not written to the expected location.
Symptoms
The configured log path is not used, and logs are instead written to the installation directory of the instance
Who's affected
Users hosting ServiceControl, Audit, or Monitoring as a Windows service
Root cause
All instances invoke
ExeConfiguration.PopulateAppSettingsbut that happens AFTER logging is initialized. This causes the internalLogPathsetting to not be initialized correctly.Confirmed workarounds
None
Resolution
Invoking
ExeConfiguration.PopulateAppSettingsbefore logging it initialized.