olmelabs / nlog.targets.sns

NLog target for Amazon SNS

NLog.Targets.SNS

NLog target for Amazon SNS. This target will publish to specified Amazon SNS. For more information about Targets, read here.

License: MIT.

Example Config

specify topic arn explicitly

<target xsi:type="SNS" 
            name="s" 
            RegionEndpoint ="eu-west-1"
            TopicArn ="arn:aws:sns:eu-west-1:{your-account-number}:{your-topic}"
            AmazonCredentialType="Amazon.Runtime.StoredProfileAWSCredentials, AWSSDK.Core"
            layout="${message}"/>

work out topic by convention.

$"arn:aws:sns:{RegionEndPoint}:{AccountNumber}:{Topic}"

<target xsi:type="SNS"
            name="s"
            RegionEndpoint ="eu-west-1"
            AccountNumber="{your-account-number}"
            Topic="{your-topic}"
            AmazonCredentialType="Amazon.Runtime.StoredProfileAWSCredentials, AWSSDK.Core"
            layout="${message}"/>

posting from and to the same aws, specifying account number is optional. target will try and discover it on your behalf.

<target xsi:type="SNS"
            name="s"
            RegionEndpoint ="eu-west-1"
            AccountNumber="{your-account-number}"
            Topic="{your-topic}"
            AmazonCredentialType="Amazon.Runtime.StoredProfileAWSCredentials, AWSSDK.Core"
            layout="${message}"/>

basic aws credentials with accesskey and secretkey

<target xsi:type="SNS"
            name="s"
            RegionEndpoint ="eu-west-1"
            AccountNumber="{your-account-number}"
            Topic="{your-topic}"
			AccessKey="{your-access-key}"
			SecretKey="{your-secret-key}"
            layout="${message}"/>

Difference between major version 1 and major version 2

Version 1 works with AWSSDK version 2+ which is the older consolidated version of all Amazon's SDK.

Version 2 utlise AWSSDK.SQS subsection version 3. The namespsaces are different.

If you're not already using AWSSDK of a specific version, then the advice is to use major version 2+