Logging to elmah.io from a running website on IIS

Adding elmah.io on a running website isn't the recommended way to install. It should be used if you are unable to deploy a new version only.

To enable error logging to elmah.io, you usually install one of our client integrations through PowerShell or Visual Studio and deploy a new version of your website to a web server. Sometimes you need to monitor an already running website or don't want logging logic as part of your repository. elmah.io can be added to a running website by following this guide.

Run the following command somewhere on your computer:

nuget install elmah.io

It is recommended to run this locally to avoid having to install nuget.exe on the machine running IIS (typically a production environment). If you don't have NuGet installed, there are a range of download options available here.

From the folder where you ran the command, copy the following files to the bin folder of your running website:

elmah.corelibrary.x.y.z\lib\Elmah.dll
elmah.io.x.y.z\lib\net45\Elmah.Io.dll
Elmah.Io.Client.x.y.z\lib\<.net version your website is using>\Elmah.Io.Client.dll
Newtonsoft.Json.x.y.z\lib\<.net version your website is using>\Newtonsoft.Json.dll

Configure elmah.io in Web.config as described here: Configure elmah.io manually (you don't need to call the Install-Package command). Notice that the AppDomain will restart when saving changes to the Web.config file.

If the website doesn't start logging errors to elmah.io, you may need to restart it.

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