log4net.Ext.AwsKinesis

A log4net appender that writes to an AWS Kinesis stream.

Getting Started

Installing

Get the NuGet package: log4net.Ext.AwsKinesis

Configuring

The library takes advantage of the AWS and log4net configurations. A basic setup might look like the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
    <section name="aws" type="Amazon.AWSSection, AWSSDK" />
  </configSections>
  <aws profileName="development" />
  <log4net>
    <appender name="AwsKinesis" type="log4net.Ext.Appender.AwsKinesisAppender, log4net.Ext.AwsKinesis">
      <streamName value="MyStream" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    <root>
      <appender-ref ref="AwsKinesis" />
    </root>
  </log4net>
</configuration>

Configuration Links:

• log4net
• AWS .NET SDK Credentials