log4net

How to filter by NDC?

In log4net I want to filter log messages by the value of the NDC like this: <filter type="log4net.Filter.PropertyFilter"> <Key value="NDC" /> <stringToMatch value="MyContext" /> </filter> Somehow the above filter is not working like I expected. How do I have to configure a filter for my appender that will only match a ce...

logging in log4net to different appenders based on circumstances

Hi there, I am using log4net and in one class require logging to a RollingFile appender, but then in another class, I wish to log to the event log + rolling file + console appender. What is the best practice? and could I see some sample code? By the way to make things more difficult, I am using Castle Windsor Logging Facility with Log...

Reduce number of config files to as few as possible

For most of my applications I use iBatis.Net for database access/modeling and log4Net for logging. In doing this, I need a number of *.config files for each project. For example, for a simple application I need to have the following *.config files: app.config ([AssemblyName].[Extention].config) [AssemblyName].SqlMap.config [Assembly...

log4net: how do I use a date pattern in a header/footer?

Here's my appender configuration from my app.config. This just prints out the literal string instead of translating it to the date (i.e., it literally prints "[START: %date{MM/dd/yy HH:mm} ]") <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <file value="C:\somelog" /> <appendToFile va...

What is the best pattern for using same Log4net logger across many assemblies in a solution?

I have a solution consisting of a main winforms app, with associated internally written class library dll’s from which I wish to log. This logging should performed by the same logger, regardless of whether the main UI client or the associated dll’s call this. The dll’s may of course be used by other apps that have different loggers in ot...

Can't get log4net to output anything when using NHibernate

I have this in my web.config file (edited to reflect some changes): <configSections> <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net" /> </configSections> <log4net debug="true"> <appender name="DebugAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AspNetTraceAppender"> <layout type="log4net.L...

How do i stop log4net from logging when running tests in NUnit TestRunner

Let me explain my scenario first: I have around 2000 tests to run, which take about 30 seconds in NUnit I want to find out what's taking the time I open Ants Profiler, and get it to profile the NUnit TestRunner, and load my test dll into the TestRunner I then run the tests... However, running the tests whilst profiling takes a lot lo...

Best practice to include log4Net external config file in ASP.NET

I have seen at least two ways to include an external log4net config file in an ASP.NET web application: Having the following attribute in your AssemblyInfo.cs file: [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "Log.config", Watch = true)] Calling the XmlConfigurator in the Global.asax.cs: protected void Application_Start()...

Best Practice to log an a "commercial" transaction object

Hi, I'm supposed to be logging a "commercial" transaction object (e.g. the request/response of a credit card processing gateway). Someone mentioned using log4net to store that... but it just doesn't feel right, especially given that some information (i.e. properties on the object) need to be either omitted entirely or massaged (e.g. on...

log4net Configuration for console app.

can anyone suggest how to configure the log4net for an console app? Or at least how/where to catch the Application_Start event? (It seams that some calls are required at this moment) Thanks in advance! ...

log4net log files disappear when service restarted

We are using log4net to create our logfiles from Windows services, and we are using the RollingFileAppender rolling based on date. The version of log4net we are using is 1.2.9. Now for the issue. We are rolling based on date, and on the days we need to restart a service the log file for that day is not rolled. Example: Say today is ...

how to configure a bufferred and timeout based appender in log4net?

I want to configure a Forwarding-Appender in log4net, that does the following: It buffers up to N messages. When N is reached, its trigger is executed and it forwards its buffer. Not lossy. It forwards its buffered messages if a defined timeout is reached. So the trigger is executed also when a timeout is reached. It forwards its buffe...

Best logging approach for composite app?

I am creating a Composite WPF (Prism) app with several different projects (Shell, modules, and so on). I am getting ready to implement logging, using Log4Net. It seems there are two ways to set up the logging: Let the Shell project do all of the actual logging. It gets the reference to Log4Net, and other projects fire composite events ...

Log4net : How to test UDP Appender quick

Just setup a UPD appender, and its not working, how can I very quickly check if messages are being sent outbound from the app? ...

log4net with .NET 4.0

I've thrown together some code to tinker with the new .Net 4.0/VS 2010 pieces, but I can't seem to find a build of my logging framework of choice (log4net) for 4.0, and I'm getting reference errors with the 2.0 version. Is there a 4.0 version available somewhere? I'm not asking for new features, just a version that's already been rebui...

Log4Net and extra fields

Hi, Is it possible to insert extra fields into the database and use them in log4net? I have a UserId I would like to have in an extra field in the log-table. I have added the field in the log4net.config: <parameter> <parameterName value="@userid" /> <dbType value="guid" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.RawPropertyLayout" /...

Log4Net logging IP address of a single session accross several threads

Please refer to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1340643/how-to-enable-ip-address-logging-with-log4net which explains how to log an IP using log4net. My problem is that in certain cases extra threads are spawned that belong to a session. Now I need log4net to understand (or the thread) to be able to log with the correct IP. Current...

log4net.config file loading when using asp.net development server

So, I have log4net configuration in log4net.config file and I don't want to include it in the web.config. I initialize configuration in Application_Start like this log4net.Util.LogLog.InternalDebugging = true; log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure(new FileInfo("log4net.config")); But looking at the output window I see this '...

Log4Net and logging from parallel instances

Hi. I'm using log4net in my project and there is one problem. The major function of the program takes a long time and I use logging to save information about it. I use FileAppender for saving log to file. My application is on the shared(local) folder and there could be several instances of the application running from one path. In this...

log4net - per user logging

Please help me with this query in using log4net. I am using log4net in mhy we application. I am facing issues in configuring log4net to log errors at user level. That is, If user X logs in, I like to create file name X and all error for user X should be written in X.log. Siilarly if Y user logs in the log file should be in name of Y.l...