.NET Core with Serilog

config.json

{
  "Serilog": {
    "Using": [ "Serilog.Sinks.Console" ],
    "MinimumLevel": {
      "Default": "Verbose"
    },
    "WriteTo": [
      { "Name": "Console" }
    ],
    "Enrich": [ "FromLogContext", "WithMachineName", "WithThreadId" ]
  }
}

Program.cs

namespace SerilogTest
{
    using System;
    using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
    using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ServiceProvider services = ServiceProviderBuilder.Build();
            
            ILogger<Program> logger = services.GetService<ILogger<Program>>();
            
            logger.LogTrace("0 LogTrace");
            logger.LogDebug("1 LogDebug");
            logger.LogInformation("2 LogInformation");
            logger.LogWarning("3 LogWarning");
            logger.LogError("4 LogError");
            logger.LogCritical("5 LogCritical");

            Console.WriteLine("\nPress enter to exit");
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

SerilogTest.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
    <ApplicationIcon />
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <StartupObject />
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" Version="2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions" Version="2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="2.5.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Logging" Version="2.0.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="2.4.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="3.1.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <None Update="config.json">
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </None>
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

ServiceProviderBuilder.cs

namespace SerilogTest
{
    using System.IO;
    using System.Reflection;
    using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
    using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
    using Serilog;
    using Serilog.Core;

    public class ServiceProviderBuilder
    {
        public static ServiceProvider Build()
        {
            string location = Path.GetDirectoryName(
                Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);

            IConfigurationRoot config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
               .SetBasePath(location)
               .AddJsonFile("config.json", false, false)
               .Build();

            ServiceProvider serviceProvider = new ServiceCollection()
                .AddLogging(builder =>
                {
                    IConfigurationSection serilogOptions =
                        config.GetSection("Serilog");

                    Logger logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
                        .ReadFrom.ConfigurationSection(serilogOptions)
                        .CreateLogger();

                    builder.AddSerilog(logger, true);
                })
                .BuildServiceProvider();

            return serviceProvider; 
        }
    }
}