EventLogAppender

The EventLogAppender in log4net logs messages to the Windows Event Log. It is limited to .Net 4.x because it is Windows specific and .netstandard lacks support for writing to the Event Log.

The following example shows how to configure the EventLogAppender to log to the Application event log on the local machine using the event Source of the AppDomain.FriendlyName.

<appender name="EventLogAppender" type="log4net.Appender.EventLogAppender" >
  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
    <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
  </layout>
</appender>

This example shows how to configure the EventLogAppender to use a specific event Source.

<appender name="EventLogAppender" type="log4net.Appender.EventLogAppender" >
  <applicationName value="MyApp" />
  <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
    <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
  </layout>
</appender>