Using Log4Net in a C# web application

I came to Log4Net because I really loved Log4j , but I must say the documentation on this project is simply crappy, and half of the links in the project page are broken (conveniently , to all the examples…) .

After I’ve lost countless hairs on this should-have-been trivial thing , here’s what I’ve got:

(Note: I’ve tried to add the configuration to web.config , and later to just another App.config file with it , but to no avail - Log4Net ignored it . If you managed , please tell me how!)

1. Create a configuration file (Lets call it My_Log4Net.config).
   This is a very basic configuration:</p>
   version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
   </span>
     </span>
       <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
     </configSections>  
     </span>
       </span>
         <level value="ALL" />
         <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />      
       </root>    
   
       <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
         <param name="File" value="BCThresholdUpdater.log" />
         <param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
         <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
           <param name="Header" value="" />
           <param name="Footer" value="" />
           <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [%t] %-5p %m%n" />
         </layout>
       </appender>  
     </log4net>  
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2. Add the reference to the configuration file in the assembly file:
   Add this line to the  AssemblyInfo.cs file:</p>
   [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "My_Log4Net.config", Watch = true)]
3. All you have to do now is use the logger in your file . I usually use it like this:
   private static readonly ILog Logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof({NAME_OF_CURRENT_CLASS}));
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