Log4net is not logging anything - asp.net

Question

I cannot get log4net working on my ASP.NET project. My web.config looks like this:
<configSections>
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net"/>
</configSections>
<log4net debug="true">
<appender name="console" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %level %logger - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="file" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="CardGame.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="5" />
<maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %level %logger - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL"/>
<appender-ref ref="console" />
<appender-ref ref="file" />
</root>
</log4net>
And my LogHelper class looks this:
public class LogHelper
{
private static LogHelper _instance = new LogHelper();
private static volatile object _lock = new object();
public ILog Logger;
public static LogHelper Instance
{
get
{
lock (_lock)
{
if (_instance == null)
{
_instance = new LogHelper();
}
}
return _instance;
}
}
private LogHelper()
{
Logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(LogHelper));
Logger.Debug("Debug message");
Logger.Warn("Warn message");
Logger.Error("Error message");
Logger.Fatal("Fatal message");
}
}
I have also added the line
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
to Application_Start in global.asax.cs
However none of the loggings in the constructor works and I am running out of ideas on why it does not work.

Answer 1

Make sure that the user running the app has write permissions on the target folder.
I always test that case by adding everyone and restarting the pool. If it works you know it's a permissions issue, otherwise check the code/config.

Answer 2

Which version are you using ? this is setting from my web.config
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<param name="File" value="Log.txt" />
<param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
<rollingStyle value="Size" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="30" />
<maximumFileSize value="15MB" />
<staticLogFileName value="true" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<!--<conversionPattern value="%-5p %d %5rms [%thread] %-22.22c{1} %-18.18M - %m%n" />-->
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<!-- Options are "ALL", "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "ERROR", "FATAL" and "OFF". -->
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>