I am trying to use log4net with RollingFileAppender in IIS 7.5 / Server 2008 R2. However, the configuration from my old IIS 6 / Server 2003 window no longer works, I just don’t see any log files being created, here I have the setting:
In Web.config (inside <configSections>)
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net"/>
In the same file (inside <configuration>)
<log4net>
<appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="..\\logs\\App" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Date" />
<param name="StaticLogFileName" value="false" />
<datePattern value=".yyyyMMdd.lo\g" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date | [%thread] | %-5level | %logger | %message %newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<logger name="AppLogger" additivity="false">
<level value="All"/>
<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender"/>
<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender"/>
</logger>
</log4net>
Finally, inside Global.asaxI have:
protected void Application_Start()
{
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
}
This worked on Server 2003, and I can follow the usual procedure to get a link to the registrar and call various methods (Debug, Error, etc.). With IIS 7.5 / Server 2008, all code runs correctly (i.e., all pages still look fine), but there are no logs in the log output log.
Has anyone seen this before / got a workaround?
Thank!