Is there any way for a custom log4net implementation on the server side?

Serphimera · January 2016

Hi.

is it possible to use a custom log4net implementation on the server side and to force the default logging of photon to use this implementation?

I get it up and running so far that I can use my own log4net logger but the logs from photon itself do not show up as if I use the ExitGames.Logging.LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger()...

Any help would be very nice.

chvetsov · January 2016

hi, Serphimera
did you see InitLogging method?
did you set your logger factory?
how do you setup your logger? I mean config file

Serphimera · January 2016

Hi chvetsov, I see no InitLogging method - there is nothing from photon itself in my logs. I have no logger factory. This is what I use:

using System.IO;
using log4net;
using log4net.Config;
using Photon.SocketServer;
using Photon.SocketServer.ServerToServer;

namespace PhotonServerFramework.Application.Implementations
{
    public class PhotonServerApplication : ApplicationBase
    {
        private static ILog Log { get; set; }
        .
        .
    protected override void Setup()
        {
            #region Log4Net configuration
            GlobalContext.Properties["AppPath"] = BinaryPath;
            GlobalContext.Properties["LogName"] = ApplicationName;
            XmlConfigurator.ConfigureAndWatch(new FileInfo(Path.Combine(BinaryPath, "log4net.config")));
            Log = LogManager.GetLogger(ApplicationName);
            
            #endregion

            Log.DebugFormat("Setting up PhotonServerApplication {0}", ApplicationName);
        }

So with that in place I get an log with the Debug message but nothing else. My config file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="log4net4" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net"/>
  </configSections>
  <log4net>
    <appender name="DebugLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
      <file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%property{AppPath}\Logs\%property{LogName}.debug.txt" />
      <appendToFile value="true" />
      <rollingStyle value="Composite" />
      <datePattern value=".yyyyMMdd" />
      <maxSizeRollBackups value="-1" />
      <maximumFileSize value="1KB" />
      <preserveLogFileNameExtension value="true" />
      <staticLogFileName value="false" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%date{ISO8601} [%thread] [%logger] [%level] [%method:%line]: %message%newline%exception" />
      </layout>
      <filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelMatchFilter">
            <levelToMatch value="DEBUG" />
            <acceptOnMatch value="true" />
        </filter>
    </appender>
    <appender name="ProdLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appnder.RollingFileAppender">
      <file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%property{AppPath}\Logs\%property{LogName}.prod.txt" />
      <appendToFile value="true" />
      <rollingStyle value="Composite" />
      <datePattern value=".yyyyMMdd" />
      <maxSizeRollBackups value="-1" />
      <maximumFileSize value="1KB" />
      <preserveLogFileNameExtension value="true" />
      <staticLogFileName value="false" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%date{ISO8601} [%thread] [%logger] [%level] [%method:%line]: %message%newline%exception" />
      </layout>
      <filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
        <levelMin value="INFO" />
        <levelMax value="FATAL" />
      </filter>
    </appender>
    <appender name="ErrorLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
      <file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%property{AppPath}\Logs\%property{LogName}.error.txt" />
      <appendToFile value="true" />
      <rollingStyle value="Composite" />
      <datePattern value=".yyyyMMdd" />
      <maxSizeRollBackups value="-1" />
      <maximumFileSize value="1KB" />
      <preserveLogFileNameExtension value="true" />
      <staticLogFileName value="false" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%date{ISO8601} [%thread] [%logger] [%level] [%method:%line]: %message%newline%exception" />
      </layout>
      <filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
        <levelMin value="ERROR" />
        <levelMax value="FATAL" />
      </filter>
    </appender>
    <appender name="PhotonLogger" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
      <file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="%property{AppPath}\Logs\Photon\PhotonLogger.txt" />
      <appendToFile value="true" />
      <rollingStyle value="Composite" />
      <datePattern value=".yyyyMMdd" />
      <maxSizeRollBackups value="-1" />
      <maximumFileSize value="1KB" />
      <preserveLogFileNameExtension value="true" />
      <staticLogFileName value="false" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%date{ISO8601} [%thread] [%logger] [%level] [%method:%line]: %message%newline%exception" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    <root>
      <level value="DEBUG"/>
      <appender-ref ref="DebugLogFileAppender" />
      <appender-ref ref="ProdLogFileAppender" />
      <appender-ref ref="ErrorLogFileAppender" />
    </root>
    <logger name="Photon" additivity="false">
      <level value="DEBUG" />
      <appender-ref ref="PhotonLogger" />
    </logger>
    <logger name="Photon.SocketServer" additivity="false">
      <level value="DEBUG"/>
      <appender-ref ref="PhotonLogger" />
    </logger>
  </log4net>
</configuration>

Serphimera · September 2016

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Is there any way for a custom log4net implementation on the server side?

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