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>
