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log4net not appending to azure blob

I want to append logs to azure blob storage. So i added nuget package called log4net.appender.azure.
Wrote following in app.config
<log4net>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="AzureBlobAppender" />
</root>
<appender name="AzureBlobAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AzureBlobAppender, log4net.Appender.Azure">
<param name="ContainerName" value="myConatiner"/>
<param name="DirectoryName" value="myFolder/logs.txt"/>
<param name="ConnectionString" value="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=XXXX;AccountKey=Ngqa/KvLxL4zpxdPDv8Opm29JCOXTJuJsF8FrzFQZpWCOcoFm1EI+mvFu+7AJvaWEU3jDffYrf4rGOKPJu/ObA==;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net" />
<param name="AsText" value="true" />
</appender>
this is how i defined connection string
<configSections>
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
then i wrote below in class file
log4net.ILog log =
log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
log.Info("I am being tested");
but when i run program i dont see anything logged in azure blob. What am i missing?

Looks to me like your configuration is wrong. According to the examples in the README...
<appender name="AzureBlobAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AzureBlobAppender, log4net.Appender.Azure">
<param name="ContainerName" value="testloggingblob"/>
<param name="DirectoryName" value="logs"/>
<!-- You can either specify a connection string or use the ConnectionStringName property instead -->
<param name="ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true"/>
<!--<param name="ConnectionStringName" value="GlobalConfigurationString" />-->
<param name="AsText" value="true" />
</appender>
myContainer should be ContainerName
MyFolder should be DirectoryName
AzureBlobConnectionString should be ConnectionStringName

Try following steps and proceed to next only if previous one is fine.
You need to check if the Logger property in debugger mode and examine the ConfigurationMessages property to see if any errors are reported.
First try adding a file appender to see if log4net is working fine or not.
<appender name="fileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="log-file.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<maximumFileSize value="1000KB" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
With this, you can go to Kudo in Azure portal's webapp and see the physical file being written atleast.
Second, see if you are initializing the config properly with
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
Third, check if the region of the storage account is the same as the web app or not.

How to read log4Net from web.config

I am using log4net to perform daily logging.
I realize that log4net doesn't support deleting old files in this fashion.
I am trying to write my own method to accomplish this task, however I am no sure how to read the log4net settings from the web.config file.
I've tried:
var log4NetData = ConfigurationManager.GetSection("log4net");
However I get this as my results:
The type 'System.Configuration.ConfigXmlElement' exists in both 'System.Configuration.dll' and 'System.dll'
How can I read the log4net node from my web.config?

Actually Log4Net can update the same file always (this way, there is no need to delete it and create another one).
I'm using log4Net to log always the same file n times in a hour. My configurations:
private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
app.config:
<configSections>
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net"/>
</configSections>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0"/>
</startup>
<log4net>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="MyFileAppender" />
</root>
<appender name="MyFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
<file value="application.log" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date %level - %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
</log4net>

Log4Net - Log to Azure Blob Storage doesn't create logs

I'm trying to log information to Azure Blob Storage using this Nuget libraries:
log4net (2.0.3)
log4net.Appender.Azure (1.3.0.19665)
My app.config file contains:
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" name="log4net" />
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="StorageConnectionString" connectionString="!##$%^&*()" />
</connectionStrings>
...
<log4net>
<appender name="AzureBlobAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AzureBlobAppender, log4net.Appender.Azure">
<param name="ContainerName" value="Logs"/>
<param name="DirectoryName" value="logs"/>
<param name="ConnectionStringName" value="StorageConnectionString" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline"/>
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="AzureBlobAppender" />
</root>
Appender creates storage container but it's always empty. What am I doing wrong?

If you are currently doing development on development PC, better use the cloud emulator by inserting this line as your connection string
<param name="ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true" />
If you are currently testing directly into the cloud, you can put the connection string which you can get in your azure portal.

Log4Net error : "Failed to find configuration section log4net"

I'm getting started with log4net.I'm working on a small console project in which i must implement this framework.
At the beginning i created a small console project to see how it works without any other code.
I managed to make it work properly.
Now i try to migrate all the code in my application and i get this error when i execute the .exe of my console application:
"ERROR failed to find configuration section "log4net" in the application's .config
file.Check your .config file for the <log4net> and <configSections> elements. The
configuration section should look like : <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler.log4net"/>
The code:
public class Program
{
private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger
(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Program));
...
The app.config didn't exist yet so its content is the same as the test project i did:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,Log4net" />
</configSections>
<log4net>
<appender name="FileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender,log4net">
<file value="D:\WEB\SAI\log\nas\log.txt" />
<appendToFile value="true" />
<lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %level %logger - %message%newline" />
</layout>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<levelMin value="INFO" />
<levelMax value="FATAL" />
</filter>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="INFO"/>
<appender-ref ref="FileAppender"/>
</root>
</log4net>
</configuration>
After some searches on internet, i added:
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator()]
to my AssemblyInfo.cs as it was suggested but the result is still the same...
Thanks in advance for your help

ADD
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "log4net.config", Watch = true)]
in AsseblyInfo.cs

Log4Net not logging (probably not initialised)

First time playing with Log4Net and I'm running into trouble. I've followed various tutorials but I've been unable to get it to log anything out. Let me show you my code and hopefully you can tell me what I'm doing wrong.
app.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="log4net"
type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
</configSections>
<log4net>
<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="CurrentLog.txt"/>
<staticLogFileName value="true"/>
<appendToFile value="true"/>
<rollingStyle value="Date" />
<datePattern value="yyyyMMdd"/>
<filter type="log4net.Filter.LevelRangeFilter">
<acceptOnMatch value="true" />
<levelMin value="DEBUG" />
<levelMax value="FATAL" />
</filter>
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date{dd MMM yyy HH:mm:ss} %level %message. %newline %exception" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
</root>
</log4net>
</configuration>
AssemblyInfo.cs
[assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(Watch=true)]
Presenter.cs
At the top of the class I have this:
private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
Then I try to use the log variable later in the class:
bool isDebugEnabled = log.IsDebugEnabled;
log.Debug("Failed to save", e);
Whenever I inspect the isDebugEnabled variable, it is false, as are all of the other isBlahEnabled if I inspect the log variable.
My suspicion is that I have not hooked up my app.config file correctly because this is the first time I have tried to use one. I created by right clicking on the project in solution explorer, adding a new item, choosing Application Configuration File and naming it app.config.

This one works for me:
app.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net"/>
</configSections>
<log4net>
<appender name="Main" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
<file value="${USERPROFILE}\My Documents\MyApp\Logs\Main.log" />
<appendToFile value="false" />
<maximumFileSize value="1GB" />
<maxSizeRollBackups value="3" />
<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
<conversionPattern value="%date{ABSOLUTE} %-5level %-18logger %message%newline" />
</layout>
</appender>
<root>
<level value="DEBUG" />
<appender-ref ref="Main" />
</root>
</log4net>
</configuration>
Also be sure the build action on app.config is set to None and Copy to output dir is set to "Copy if newer". You can set these settings in the file properties.
Program.cs
public static ILog Log;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Setup Logging
log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator.Configure();
Log = LogManager.GetLogger("MyAwesomeApp");
// ...
}

Just to add my 2 cents: I had the same Problem, but I use the above config in separate log4net.config (so I have on all apps the same config), but I simply forgot to set the file property on build 'Copy when newer' (or similar wording, have German Version).

Just to add my 2p in case this helps anyone else searching for a resolution to this problem:
In my case I was using the NServicebus.Logging package in addition to Log4net, and this package contains types with the exact same names as those in Log4net, differing only in the namespace.
Fixing the 'using' statements or fully-qualifying the type names resolved it, but it was very hard to spot the problem.