Log4Net Azure Storage Appender

 Install

Add To project via NuGet:

Right click on a project and click 'Manage NuGet Packages'.
Search for 'log4net.Appender.Azure' and click 'Install'.

Configuration

Table Storage

Every log entry is stored in a separate row.

<appender name="AzureTableAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AzureTableAppender, log4net.Appender.Azure">

   <param name="TableName" value="testLoggingTable"/>

   <!-- You can either specify a connection string or use the ConnectionStringName property instead -->

   <param name="ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true"/>

   <!--<param name="ConnectionStringName" value="GlobalConfigurationString" />-->

   <!-- You can specify this to make each LogProperty as separate Column in TableStorage, 

Default: all Custom Properties were logged into one single field -->

   <param name="PropAsColumn" value="true" />

   <param name="PartitionKeyType" value="LoggerName" />

 </appender>

TableName:

Name of the table in Table Storage

ConnectionString:

the full Azure Storage connection string

ConnectionStringName:

Name of a connection string specified under connectionString

PropAsColumn(optional):

Default: all properties were written in a single field(default).

If you specifiy this with the value true then each custom log4net property is logged as separate column/field in the table.

Remember that Table storage has a Limit of 255 Properties.

PartitionKeyType(optional):

Default "LoggerName": (each logger gets his own partition in Table Storage)

"DateReverse": order by Date Reverse 

BlobStorage

Every log Entry is stored as separate XML file.

<appender name="AzureBlobAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AzureBlobAppender, log4net.Appender.Azure">

  <param name="ContainerName" value="testloggingblob"/>

  <param name="DirectoryName" value="logs"/>

  <!-- You can either specify a connection string or use the ConnectionStringName property instead -->

  <param name="ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true"/>

  <!--<param name="ConnectionStringName" value="GlobalConfigurationString" />-->

</appender>

ContainerName:

Name of the container in Blob Storage

DirectoryName:

Name of the folder in the specified container

ConnectionString:

the full Azure Storage connection string

ConnectionStringName:

Name of a connection string specified under connectionString

AppendBlobStorage

Every log Entry is stored as separate XML file.

<appender name="AzureAppendBlobAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AzureAppendBlobAppender, log4net.Appender.Azure">

  <param name="ContainerName" value="testloggingblob"/>

  <param name="DirectoryName" value="logs"/>

  <!-- You can either specify a connection string or use the ConnectionStringName property instead -->

  <param name="ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true"/>

  <!--<param name="ConnectionStringName" value="GlobalConfigurationString" />-->

</appender>

ContainerName:

Name of the container in Blob Storage

DirectoryName:

Name of the folder in the specified container

ConnectionString:

the full Azure Storage connection string

ConnectionStringName:

Name of a connection string specified under connectionString