Sends log messages over the network.

For SOAP-based webservice support over HTTP use WebService target.

Supported in .NET, Silverlight, Compact Framework and Mono. ##Configuration Syntax

<targets>
  <target xsi:type="Network"
          name="String"
          onOverflow="Enum"
          newLine="Boolean"
          lineEnding="CRLF|LF|CR|None"
          layout="Layout"
          maxMessageSize="Integer"
          encoding="Encoding"
          connectionCacheSize="Integer"
          maxConnections="Integer"
          maxQueueSize="Integer"
          keepConnection="Boolean"
          onConnectionOverflow="Enum"
          address="Layout" 
/>
</targets>

Read more about using the Configuration File. ##Parameters ###General Options name - Name of the target. ###Layout Options onOverflow - Action that should be taken if the message is larger than maxMessageSize.
Possible values:

• Discard - Discard the entire message.
• Error - Report an error.
• Split - Split the message into smaller pieces.

newLine - Indicates whether to append newline at the end of log message. Boolean Default: False

layout - Layout used to format log messages. Layout Required. Default: ${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message}

maxMessageSize - Maximum message size in bytes. Integer Default: 65000

encoding - Encoding to be used. Encoding Default: utf-8

lineEnding - Line Ending to be used if newLine is set to true. LineEndingMode Default: CRLF. Not used if newLine is false. Introduced in 4.3.8. Possible values:

• CRLF - Carriage Return and Line Feed. (default)
• CR - Carriage Return.
• LF - Line Feed.
• None - No end of line characters.

###Connection Options connectionCacheSize - Size of the connection cache (number of connections which are kept alive). Integer Default: 5

keepConnection - Indicates whether to keep connection open whenever possible. Not used for stateless protocols (= http, https) Boolean Default: True

maxConnections - Maximum current connections. 0 = no maximum. Integer Default: 0. Not used if keepConnection is true. Introduced in NLog 4.2.1

onConnectionOverflow - Action that should be taken if the will be more connections than maxConnections . Introduced in NLog 4.2.1. Possible values:

• AllowNewConnnection - Just allow it. (default)
• Block - Block until there's more room in the queue.
• DiscardMessage - Discard the connection item.

maxQueueSize - Maximum queue size. Only used for TCP (not http/https/udp). Will removes messages when if too many. 0 is no max. Integer. Default: 0

address - Network address. Layout
The network address can be:

• tcp://host:port - TCP (auto select IPv4/IPv6) (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
• tcp4://host:port - force TCP/IPv4 (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
• tcp6://host:port - force TCP/IPv6 (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
• udp://host:port - UDP (auto select IPv4/IPv6, not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
• udp4://host:port - force UDP/IPv4 (not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
• udp6://host:port - force UDP/IPv6 (not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
• http://host:port/pageName - HTTP using POST verb
• https://host:port/pageName - HTTPS using POST verb