Re: log4net -- Is it the best?

I've used it right out of the box on quite a few projects that are in
production...error free. There is a new Enterprise Framwork from MS
that you might want to test out too, matter of fact today is the
release day :)

stephen


On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:09:57 -0500, Jeremy Lew <jlew@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Speaking of log4net, I would like to choose one of the free logging
> frameworks for use in a commercial ASP.NET app. Is log4net well
> regarded, are there any other choices which I might consider?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of building .NET applications targeted for the Web
> [mailto:DOTNET-WEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Patten
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 1:18 AM
> To: DOTNET-WEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WEB] log4net
> 
>         <appender name="SmtpAppender"
> type="log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender">
>                 <param name="To" value="STEPHEN@PATTEN" />
>                 <param name="From" value="PatriotProtector@xxxxxxx" />
>                 <param name="Subject" value="logging message" />
>                 <param name="BufferSize" value="512" />
>                 <param name="SMTPHost" value="YOURMAILSERVER" />
>                 <param name="Lossy" value="false" />
>                 <param name="LocationInfo" value="true" />
>     <filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelMatchFilter">
>         <param name="LevelToMatch" value="FATAL" />
>     </filter>
>                 <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
>                         <conversionPattern
> value="%d{yyyMMdd:HHmmss.fffff} [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n" />
>                 </layout>
>         </appender>
> 
>         <!-- Setup the root category, add the appenders and set the
> default level -->
>         <root>
>                 <level value="ALL" />
>                 <appender-ref ref="FileAppender" />
>                 <!--            <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
> -->
>                 <appender-ref ref="SmtpAppender" />
>         </root>
>         </log4net>
> 
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:48:43 -0800, jeff hughes <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Here is what I use for logging with log4net. This includes the
> remoting
> > appender configuration and SMTP server.
> >
> > HTH
> > JJ
> >
> > <!--   log 4 net configuration settings   -->
> >
> >    <configSections>
> >     <section name="log4net"
> > type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler"/>
> >   </configSections>
> >
> >         <log4net debug="false">
> >
> >                 <!--
> >                 ******************************** SMTP Appender
> > ***************************
> >                 -->
> >
> >                 <appender name="SMTPAppender"
> > type="log4net.Appender.SMTPAppender">
> >
> >                         <!--
> >                         this filter will only log events that are
> > between and include
> >                         LevelMin and LevelMax
> >                         -->
> >
> >                         <filter
> type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
> >                                 <param name="LevelMin" value="WARN"/>
> >                                 <param name="LevelMax" value="FATAL"/>
> >                         </filter>
> >
> >                         <!-- semi colon delimited to addressee -->
> >                         <param name="To" value=""/>
> >                         <param name="From" value="<user@domain>"/>
> >                         <param name="Subject" value="test logging
> > message"/>
> >                         <param name="SMTPHost" value="<SMTP
> > SERVERNAME>"/>
> >                         <param name="LocationInfo" value="false"/>
> >                         <param name="BufferSize" value="512"/>
> >                         <param name="Lossy" value="true"/>
> >                         <evaluator type="log4net.spi.LevelEvaluator">
> >                                 <param name="Threshold" value="WARN"/>
> >                         </evaluator>
> >                         <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
> >                                 <param name="ConversionPattern"
> > value="%n%d [%t] %-5p %c [%x] - %m%n%n%n"/>
> >                         </layout>
> >                 </appender>
> >
> >                 <!--
> >                 **************************** Remoting Appender
> > ***************************
> >                 -->
> >
> >                 <appender name="RemotingAppender"
> > type="log4net.Appender.RemotingAppender">
> >
> >                         <!--
> >                         this filter will only log events that are
> > between and include
> >                         LevelMin and LevelMax
> >                         -->
> >
> >                         <filter
> type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
> >                                 <param name="LevelMin" value="DEBUG"/>
> >                                 <param name="LevelMax" value="FATAL"/>
> >                         </filter>
> >
> >                         <param name="Sink"
> > value="tcp://<server>:<port>/LoggingSink"/>
> >                         <param name="Lossy" value="false"/>
> >                         <evaluator type="log4net.spi.LevelEvaluator">
> >                                 <param name="Threshold"
> value="DEBUG"/>
> >                         </evaluator>
> >                         <param name="BufferSize" value="95"/>
> >                         <param name="OnlyFixPartialEventData"
> > value="true"/>
> >                 </appender>
> >
> >                 <root>
> >                 <!--
> >                         ALL
> >                         DEBUG
> >                         INFO
> >                         WARN
> >                         ERROR
> >                         FATAL
> >                         OFF
> >                 -->
> >                         <priority value="ALL"/>
> >                         <appender-ref ref="SMTPAppender"/>
> >                         <appender-ref ref="RemotingAppender"/>
> >
> >                 </root>
> >
> >                 <!--logger name="SendEmail">
> >                         <level value="WARN" />
> >                         <appender-ref ref="SMTPAppender" />
> >                 </logger>
> >
> >                 <logger name="RemoteLogger">
> >                         <level value="DEBUG" />
> >                         <appender-ref ref="RemotingAppender" />
> >                 </logger-->
> >
> >         </log4net>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discussion of building .NET applications targeted for the Web
> > [mailto:DOTNET-WEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff
> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:16 PM
> > To: DOTNET-WEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DOTNET-WEB] log4net
> >
> > Anyone get this to work for the fileappender and the smtpappender?  I
> > can't
> > get any emails to get sent out.  I have tried several configurations
> and
> > nothing is working, what am I doing wrong here? I stepped through the
> > code,
> > and it does not even hit the SmtpAppender class.  I am about to give
> up
> > here.  I originally thought it was because that class uses
> > system.web.mail
> > and I don't have smtp service setup on the server, but then when I
> > stepped
> > through the code, I saw that its not even calling this class at all. I
> > even
> > took out the RollingFileAppender configuration from the xml config and
> > just
> > tried the smtp and it still skips over it.
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> >
> > <log4net>
> >
> >       <appender name="RollingFileAppender"
> > type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
> >
> >             <file value="Logs/log.txt" />
> >
> >             <appendToFile value="true" />
> >
> >             <rollingStyle value="Size" />
> >
> >             <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
> >
> >             <maximumFileSize value="100KB" />
> >
> >             <staticLogFileName value="true" />
> >
> >             <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
> >
> >                   <conversionPattern value="%-5l :: %m%n" />
> >
> >             </layout>
> >
> >       </appender>
> >
> >       <appender name="SmtpAppender"
> > type="log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender">
> >
> >             <to value="emailto@xxxxxxxxxx" />
> >
> >             <from value="emailfrom@xxxxxxxxxx" />
> >
> >             <subject value="Site Log" />
> >
> >             <smtpHost value="mail.domain.com" />
> >
> >             <bufferSize value="512" />
> >
> >             <param name="Lossy" value="true" />
> >
> >         <evaluator type="log4net.spi.LevelEvaluator">
> >
> >             <param name="Threshold" value="WARN" />
> >
> >         </evaluator>
> >
> >         <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
> >
> >             <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%n%d [%t] %-5p %c
> > [%x] -
> > %m%n%n%n" />
> >
> >         </layout>
> >
> >     </appender>
> >
> >       <root>
> >
> >             <!--
> >
> >             * ALL
> >
> >             * DEBUG
> >
> >             * INFO
> >
> >             * WARN
> >
> >             * ERROR
> >
> >             * FATAL
> >
> >             * OFF
> >
> >             -->
> >
> >             <level value="ERROR" />
> >
> >             <appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
> >
> >             <appender-ref ref="SMTPAppender" />
> >
> >       </root>
> >
> > </log4net>
> >
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