Log4Net configuration and use

1. First download the log4net.dll file.

2. Copy \bin\net\4.0\release\log4net.dll into your project.

3. Add a reference to log4net.dll to your project.

4. Add configuration in Web.Config (or App.Config). (Create a new log4net configuration file Log4Net.config in the project)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  
<configuration>  
  <configSections>  
    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net" />  
  </configSections>  

<log4net>
    <!-- OFF, FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, ALL -->
    <!-- Set root logger level to ERROR and its appenders -->
    <root>
      <level value="ALL"/>
      <appender-ref ref="SysAppender"/>
    </root>

    <!-- Print only messages of level DEBUG or above in the packages -->
    <logger name="WebLogger">
      <level value="DEBUG"/>
    </logger>

    <appender name="SysAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender,log4net" >
      <param name="File" value="App_Data/" />
      <param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
      <param name="RollingStyle" value="Date" />
      <param name="DatePattern" value=""Logs_"yyyyMMdd".txt"" />
      <param name="StaticLogFileName" value="false" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout,log4net">
        <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
        <param name="Header" value="
----------------------header--------------------------
" />
        <param name="Footer" value="
----------------------footer--------------------------
" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    <appender name="consoleApp" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender,log4net">
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout,log4net">
        <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
  </log4net>