

Let's start the project to see the value used in the web app: If no environment variable with that name is found, Core automatically uses the value Production. You will still find blog posts referring to the old name.


So how does Core resolve env.EnvironmentName? Simply by looking at an environment variable named ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT.ĪSPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT were called ASPNET_ENV up until the rename of Core. This tell Core to first load appsettings.json and then a settings file of the same name, but with the current environment as part of the file name. To override the value of the Hello setting, add the following to. By specifying sections and variables with the same names as appsettings.json, Core automatically replaces the values. The nice thing about transformations in Core is, that you are no longer required to write cryptic xdt attributes. Notice how the new file is automatically nested beneath appsettings.json (previously this would require an extension for VS): To define another set of variables for the production environment, create a new JSON file named. Let's extend the example from the previous post. JSON is a great format for configuration since it is well supported by Visual Studio and Code and there a log of online tools available like this JSON Validator and Formatter. Luckily, Core introduces a similar concept for its JSON configuration files. Since Core no longer use web.config for application settings, web.config transformations no longer apply. Transformations is primarily used to have sets of variables for different environments like localhost, staging and production. Using a transform XML file, you can replace, insert, remove settings from any XML file. You probably know web.config transformations available in ASP.NET. This is the second part in the series about the configuration system available in Core. We recently started experimenting with ASP.NET Core for some internal services and are planning a number of blog posts about the experiences we have made while developing these services. While they may not be microservices, they are in fact small and each do one thing. Most parts of elmah.io consist of small services. Part 7: ASP.NET Core Health Checks Explained.Part 5: Error Logging Middleware in ASP.NET Core.Part 3: Configuration with Azure App Services and ASP.NET Core.

Part 2: Config transformations in ASP.NET Core.This is part 2 in our series about ASP.NET Core: Written by Thomas Ardal, October 31, 2016
