public void Init() { var layout = new PatternLayout("%utcdate %-5level - %message%newline"); layout.ActivateOptions(); var appender = new Log4NetAppender { Layout = layout, Server = TestSettings.Instance.MetricsLoggingUrl, AccessKey = TestSettings.Instance.AccessKey, ApplicationKey = AppKey, }; appender.ActivateOptions(); _tracker = appender.Tracker; var appender2 = new TraceAppender { Layout = layout, }; BasicConfigurator.Configure(appender); BasicConfigurator.Configure(appender2); }