how to get configured values from log4net.config / app.confi

Question

Hi all,

I'm using log4net for logging of my web stuff. I use a remoting appender and I have a little console application that receives the messages and writes them to the log file. It's all working fine. I'm now in the process of converting the console application to a windows service and like to retrieve some settings from the the log4net configuration so when the service starts, I can write this info in the event log. What I like to get out are the name of the logfile as well as the remoting port. Any help is highly appreciated.

App.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

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<configuration>
 
  <!-- Register a section handler for the log4net section -->
  <configSections>
    <section name="log4net" type="System.Configuration.IgnoreSectionHandler" />
  </configSections>
  <!-- This section contains the log4net configuration settings -->
  <log4net>
    <appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender">
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <!--
        %ndc is only for backward compatibility; see http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/manual/contexts.html
        %ndc always seems to be null
                <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger (%property{log4net:HostName}) [%ndc] - %message%newline" />
        -->
        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger (%property{log4net:HostName}) - %message%newline" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
      <file value="dsrp.log" />
      <!--
      this might be a typo in the original
      <sppendToFile value="true" />
      -->
      <appendToFile value="true" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <header value="FILE HEADER&#13;&#10;" />
        <footer value="FILE FOOTER&#13;&#10;" />
        <!--
        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger (%property{log4net:HostName}) [%ndc] - %message%newline" />
        -->
        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger (%property{log4net:HostName}) - %message%newline" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
      <file value="dsrp.log" />
      <appendToFile value="true" />
      <rollingStyle value="Date" />
      <datePattern value="yyyyMMdd" />
      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
        <!--
        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
        -->
        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger (%property{log4net:HostName}) - %message%newline" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    <root>
      <level value="DEBUG" />
      <!--<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />-->
      <!--<appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />-->
      <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" />
    </root>
  </log4net>
  <system.runtime.remoting>
    <application name="Log4netRemotingServer">
      <!-- We need to define the remoting channels on which we will publish
           the remote logging sink. -->
      <channels>
        <channel displayName="Server Channel" ref="tcp server" port="8085" />
      </channels>
    </application>
  </system.runtime.remoting>
   
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
  </startup>
</configuration>

I've tried a couple of things; for the filename, I have managed to get the appender name (using GetRepository() and getAppenders()) but got stuck after that. For the second one, I have had no success. For both I've also tried the ConfigurationManager without success.

I clearly don't know how this stuff works ;) I do not necessarily need a pre-chewed code (although it might make it easier for me to understand how this stuff works), just some pointers as on how to access those keys / values can do for now.

Thanks in advance.