log4net AdoNetAppender in .Net core 2.0 not supported?

Question

I\'m implementing log4net AdoNetAppender in asp.net core 2.0, but I guess it is not supporting. I have implemented log4net RollingF

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I've fixed it in the following way:

Add log4net.config.xml file to the ASP.NET Core project with appenders. In this file for AdoNetAppender you can specify connectionString or connectionStringName but it doesn't make sense because the connection will be null.

So, add connection string to appsettings.json instead

"ConnectionStrings": {
   "Log": "Data Source=localhost\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Log.Database;User ID=sa;Password=;MultipleActiveResultSets=True"
}

Then configure

ILoggerRepository logRepository = log4net.LogManager.GetRepository(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
XmlConfigurator.Configure(logRepository, new FileInfo("log4net.config"));\

and assign connection string manually

ILog _databaseLogger = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger("DBLogger");
var repository = _databaseLogger?.Logger.Repository;
if (repository != null) 
{
    _adoAppender = repository.GetAppenders()
        .FirstOrDefault(a => a is AdoNetAppender) as AdoNetAppender;

    if (_adoAppender != null && string.IsNullOrEmpty(_adoAppender.ConnectionStringName)) 
    {
        _adoAppender.ConnectionString = "some connection string from appsettings.json";
        _adoAppender.ActivateOptions();
    }
}

The ActivateOptions() calls for reinitialize the appender.