I am new in c# .NET and trying to create an application with Log4Net logger, but unable to store log data in JSON format. however, I am able to store logs in the text file.
I have created log4net.config file and below is the configuration I am using. but the logger.log file (which I am expecting to be JSON file) is not creating.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingFile" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="C:\Users\user1\source\repos\Log4netExample\Log4netExample\Logs\log.txt" />
<staticLogFileName value="false" />
<rollingStyle value="Date" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<appender name="JsonLogging" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="C:\Users\user1\source\repos\Log4netExample\Log4netExample\Logs\logger.log" />
<staticLogFileName value="false" />
<rollingStyle value="Date" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.SerializedLayout, log4net.Ext.Json">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
<decorator type="log4net.Layout.Decorators.StandardTypesDecorator, log4net.Ext.Json" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL"/>
<appender-ref ref="RollingFile" />
<appender-ref ref="JsonLogging" />
</root>
</log4net>