Quartz.NET - no configuration section <common/logging> found - suppressing logging output

log4net, quartz.net

Solution

first of all check that you have all the packages (assemblies) updates. This is my nuget packages.config:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="Common.Logging" version="2.1.2" targetFramework="net35" />
  <package id="Common.Logging.Log4Net" version="2.0.1" targetFramework="net40" />
  <package id="log4net" version="1.2.10" targetFramework="net40" />
  <package id="Quartz" version="2.1.2" targetFramework="net35" />
</packages>

I reckon that you have to force-update `Common.Logging.Log4Net` cause Quartz.net doesn't download the latest version.

Then check your App.config. You should have this binding:

  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="Common.Logging" publicKeyToken="af08829b84f0328e" culture="neutral" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.1.2.0" newVersion="2.1.2.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>

I think you're using the wrong appender. You seem you want to write your log in a file but you're using EventLogAppender.

If you want to use file system you can try with this config sections:

  <common>
    <logging>
      <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.Log4Net">
        <arg key="configType" value="INLINE" />
        <arg key="level" value="INFO" />
      </factoryAdapter>
    </logging>
  </common>
  <log4net>
    <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
      <param name="File" value="c:\Scheduler.log" />
      <param name="AppendToFile" value="true" />
      <rollingStyle value="Size" />
      <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
      <maximumFileSize value="10MB" />
      <staticLogFileName value="true" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p%d{yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss} – %m%n" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    <root>
      <level value="INFO" />
      <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
    </root>
  </log4net>

You might have problems with permissions trying to write in that folder. If you want to put your logs in the bin folder if your app change this:

<param name="File" value="Scheduler.log" />

Problem

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