Transfer all your logs to the Azure Table or Blob Storage via Appender for log4Net
Add To project via NuGet:
- Right click on a project and click 'Manage NuGet Packages'.
- Search for 'log4net.Appender.Azure' and click 'Install'.
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" />
<!-- 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 (see here). - PartitionKeyType(optional):
Default "LoggerName": (each logger gets his own partition in Table Storage)
"DateReverse": order by Date Reverse to see the latest items first (How to order elements by date reverse)
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
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
You can take a look on this Site to use one of this tools based on your selected appender.