<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net"/>
  </configSections>
  <startup> 
      <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
  </startup>
  <log4net debug="true">
    <appender name="SplunkAppender" type="splunk4net.SplunkAppender,splunk4net">
      <index>splunk4net-test</index>
	  <!-- all config is optional here; however if you don't configure here or
			in code at runtime, you obviously can't expect logging to work -->
	  <!-- configured for a local splunk instance; your url should be different -->
      <remoteUrl>https://localhost:8089</remoteUrl>
      <login>SomeUser</login>
      <password>SomePassword</password>
      <!-- optional: default is true. Forward-stored logs are buffered to a sqlite
			database until they are sent. Disable if you don't care and don't
			want a sqlite database to be generated. The generated database lives
			under ApplicationData\LogBuffer with a name generated by hashing the
			path to your application's entry point -->
      <storeForward>true</storeForward>
      <!-- the buffer store is trimmed when it reaches this size, with older
            items being evicted first. It will only reach this size if log items
            cannot be sent to Splunk: when everything is working as expected, the
            store should be empty between logging times -->
      <maxStore>1024</maxStore>
    </appender>
    <root>
      <level value="DEBUG"/>
      <appender-ref ref="SplunkAppender" />
    </root>
  </log4net>
</configuration>

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = (sender, certificate, chain, errors) => true;

        XmlConfigurator.Configure();
        ManuallyConfigureSplunkAppender();

        // start application logic here
    }

    private static void ManuallyConfigureSplunkAppender()
    {
        // you probably don't want to put sensitive data in some app configs (eg,
        //  on a client app), so you can configure with logic similar to this:
        var heirachy = (Hierarchy) LogManager.GetRepository();
        foreach (var appender in heirachy.Root.Appenders)
        {
            if (appender.Name == "SplunkAppender")
            {
                appender.SetProperty<string>("Login", "admin");
                appender.SetProperty<string>("Password", "P4$$w0rd");
            }
        }
    }
}

public static class ObjectExtensions
{
    public static void SetProperty<T>(this object obj, string propertyName, object value)
    {
        var propInfo = obj.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName);
        if (propInfo == null)
            return;
        if (!typeof (T).IsAssignableFrom(propInfo.PropertyType))
            return;
        propInfo.SetValue(obj, value);
    }
}