The configuration section 'log4net' cannot be read because it is missing a section declaration
<configuration> <configSections> <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" /> </configSections> <appSettings> </appSettings> <log4net xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://csharptest.net/downloads/schema/log4net.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <file value="logfile.log" /> <appendToFile value="true" /> <rollingStyle value="Date" /> <datePattern value=".yyyyMMdd.lo\g" /> <maximumFileSize value="5MB" /> <maxSizeRollBackups value="-1" /> <countDirection value="1" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPattern value="%date %-5level [%thread] [%aspnet-session{SessionId}] %logger - %message%newline%exception" /> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value="DEBUG" /> <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" /> </root> </log4net>