Enable debug log in Azure Storage Emulator

Azure Storage Emulator has logging capability but this is not enabled by default and it does not seem to be available via user interface.

In order to enable the log,

  • Head to the Storage Emulator data directory, which is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\DevelopmentStorage.
  • Edit the the developmentstorage configuration file located in the directory and change the LoggingEnabled to true
  • Restart Strorage Emulator

The logs will appear in the logs directory.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<DevelopmentStorage xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" v
ersion="2009-03-18">
  <SQLInstance>(localdb)\v11.0</SQLInstance>
  <PageBlobRoot>C:\Users\juhap\AppData\Local\DevelopmentStorage\PageBlobRoot</PageBlobRoot>
  <BlockBlobRoot>C:\Users\juhap\AppData\Local\DevelopmentStorage\BlockBlobRoot</BlockBlobRoot>
  <LogPath>C:\Users\juhap\AppData\Local\DevelopmentStorage\Logs</LogPath>
  <LoggingEnabled>true</LoggingEnabled>
</DevelopmentStorage>
Posted on July 29, 2013 by juhap