Serilog and Topshelf

Program.cs

using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Serilog;
using Serilog.Extras.Topshelf;
using Topshelf;
using Topshelf.Logging;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    public class Program
    {
        static int Main(string[] args)
        {
            ILogger configuration = new LoggerConfiguration()
            .WriteTo.ColoredConsole()
                .WriteTo.RollingFile(@"Log-{Date}.txt")
                .CreateLogger();

            StreamWriter writer =
                new StreamWriter(File.Open(@"c:\temp\seriself.txt", FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write,
                    FileShare.ReadWrite));

            Serilog.Debugging.SelfLog.Out = writer;

            Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
            {
                while (true)
                {
                    writer.Flush();
                    Thread.Sleep(1000);
                }
            });

            return (int)HostFactory.Run(x =>
            {
                x.UseSerilog(configuration);
                x.SetDescription("Sample Topshelf Service hosting");
                x.SetDisplayName("Example");
                x.SetServiceName("Example");
                x.Service<ExampleControl>(sc =>
                {
                    sc.ConstructUsing(() => new ExampleControl());
                    sc.WhenStarted((s, hostControl) => s.Start(hostControl));
                    sc.WhenStopped((s, hostControl) => s.Stop(hostControl));
                });
                x.StartAutomatically();
            });
        }
    }

    public class ExampleControl : ServiceControl
    {
        private static readonly LogWriter Log = HostLogger.Get<ExampleControl>();

        public bool Start(HostControl hostControl)
        {
            Log.Info("Starting");
            return true;
        }

        public bool Stop(HostControl hostControl)
        {
            Log.Info("Stopping");
            return true;
        }
    }
}