How to configure log4net to print to console in debug mode

Question

Is there a way to configure log4net to print logs both to console and to files during debug?

I am trying to find a way to debug my software efficiently by observing

Answer 1

It looks like you've forgotten to hook your appender up to the root logging:

<root>
  <level value="DEBUG" />
  <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" />
  <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
</root>

Answer 2

You need to have both appenders declared in your <root> section.

Configure your log4net like this:

<log4net>
    <appender name="Console" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
            <conversionPattern value="%date %-5level: %message%newline" />
        </layout>
    </appender>

    <appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
        <file value="Log.txt" />
        <appendToFile value="false" />
        <rollingStyle value="Size" />
        <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
        <maximumFileSize value="50MB" />
        <staticLogFileName value="true" />
        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
            <conversionPattern value="%date %-5level[%logger]: %message%newline" />
        </layout>
    </appender>

    <root>
        <level value="INFO" />
        <appender-ref ref="Console" />
        <appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />        
    </root>
</log4net>