How to configure log4net for WCF

Question

On my asp webforms app I would do the log4net initialization;

log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();

on global.asax on Application_Sta

Answer 1

Adding:

XmlConfigurator.Configure();

to the constructor of each of service classes did the trick for me.

Answer 2

I usually do this in the constructor of my service class, but I check if log4net is already configured:

if (!LogManager.GetRepository().Configured)  
{  
  // configure log4net...  
} 

I think if you really want to avoid this you would have to write your own service factory and perform the configuration there.

Answer 3

Same thing: Application_Start. After all it is an ASP.NET application. For self hosting services you could configure log4net just before starting the host.