My favorite log4net config file

gistfile1.txt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>

  <configSections>
    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
  </configSections>
  
  <log4net>
    <!-- always have a trace appender for the debugger -->
    <appender name="TraceAppender" type="log4net.Appender.TraceAppender" >
      <threshold value="DEBUG"/>
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p %m%n" />
      </layout>
    </appender>

    <appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender" >
      <threshold value="INFO"/>
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p %m%n" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    
  
    <!-- Rolling File appender to track everything-->
    <appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
    <threshold value="DEBUG"/>
      <file type="log4net.Util.PatternString"
            value="%appdomain_%property{log4net:HostName}.log"/>
      <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%date %-5level: %message%newline" />
      </layout>
      <rollingStyle value="Composite"/>
      <datePattern value="yyyyMMdd"/>
      <maxSizeRollBackups value="100"/>
      <maximumFileSize value="15MB"/>
    </appender>

    <root>
      <level value="ALL" />
      <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
      <appender-ref ref="TraceAppender" />
      <appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender"/>
    </root>
  </log4net>

</configuration>