log4net configuration - failed to find section

Question

This is my error message:

log4net:ERROR XmlConfigurator: Failed to find configuration section \'log4net\' in the application\'s .config file. Check your .con         


        

Answer 1

Are you calling XmlConfigurator.Configure() somewhere?

Remove those calls and only add the [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch = true)] attribute.

Normally it is easier to configure log4net in a separate file. Create a file log4net.config and change your attribute to:

[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "Log4Net.config", Watch = true)]

Remove the section in your web.config.

Answer 2

Nothing seems wrong with defining the section under <configSections>.

Try adding [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch = true)] in your AssemblyInfo.cs in the properties folder of your project. This should do the trick in case your configuration is correct under the tag.

EDIT :

XmlElement log4NetSection = (XmlElement)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("log4net");
            log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure(log4NetSection);