Viewing ELMAH logs through the web interface on a Live application

Question

I have included elmah.mvc into an Asp.Net MVC application for logging exceptions and custom error logs. It is working fully as intended and I can view the logs within my ELMAH_Error table using a SQL Server, and as well from the web interface through local host URL(http://localhost:20086/elmah).

My question is: How, if possible, can I view my logs through the web interface on a live site and not "http://localhost:20086/elmah". I want to be able to view the Logging information when necessary from any computer. I have implemented Roles and Authentication, so I should be able to go to the correct URL, login with the appropriate credentials, then view the logs.... right? Is this possible??

Answer 1

No problem. You can use ASP.NET authentication to secure your logs. Basically you want something like this:

<location path="elmah.axd">
    <system.web>
        <httpHandlers>
            <add verb="POST,GET,HEAD"
                 path="elmah.axd"
                 type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" />
        </httpHandlers>
        <authorization>
            <allow roles="admin" />
            <deny users="*" />
        </authorization>
    </system.web>
    <system.webServer>
        <handlers>
            <add name="ELMAH"
                 verb="POST,GET,HEAD"
                 path="elmah.axd"
                 type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah"
                 preCondition="integratedMode" />
        </handlers>
    </system.webServer>
</location>

There's some more details in this ELMAH Tutorial.

It looks like you're using the Elmah.MVC package. With this package you have another option:

<add key="elmah.mvc.requiresAuthentication" value="true" />
<add key="elmah.mvc.allowedRoles" value="admin" />