Is it possible to separate ConnectionStrings and mailSettings from web.config?
Devel environment has different IP addresses for connectionstrings and smtp mails because of development and testing. We dont want to do tests and devel using live machines and live IP addresses.
Is it possible?
I found the answer on MSDN:
<configuration>
<connectionStrings configSource="connections.config"/>
</configuration>
With file connections.config containing
<connectionStrings>
<add name="name" connectionString="conn_string" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="name2" connectionString="conn_string2" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
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So I have a web.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Version" value="3.0.0.0" />
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<connectionStrings>
<clear />
<add name="AS400" providerName="System.Data.ProviderName" connectionString="DataSource=REDACTED; UserID=REDACTED; Password=REDACTED; InitialCatalog=REDACTED; DataCompression=True; CheckConnectionOnOpen=True; CharBitDataAsString=True; Naming = System" />
</connectionStrings>
...
And I'm trying to figure out how to encrypt the connectionStrings section, following this documentation.
I navigated to the location of the published web app and ran the following command as an admin: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis -pe "connectionStrings" -app / -prov "RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider"
The command output the following:
Microsoft (R) ASP.NET RegIIS version 4.0.30319.0
Administration utility to install and uninstall ASP.NET on the local machine.
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Encrypting configuration section...
Succeeded!
...But it didn't seem to do anything! The web.config is unchanged.
I'm probably missing something obvious here but I've never used aspnet_regiis before so I have no idea how to proceed.
I got it. Running it with an app of \ in the correct location isn't good enough. (Likewise, for some reason, navigating to just C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319 then running aspnet_regiis doesn't work). Need to fully-qualify both paths:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis -pef "connectionStrings" "C:\Atlassian\bamboo-home\xml-data\build-dir\4587526-3997713"
Fairly new to MVC so this probably seems like a fairly newbie question.
I've been developing my application using a SQLExpress instance/LocalDb, I'm now ready to deploy my site to production, so my question is how do I configure my web.config file for this environment?
My database has been created in production, I'm just struggling with establishing the connection strings.
I'm using a host that I think does not support LocalDB (GearHost), but sources seem to suggest this is possible (even though I've not found any decent examples).
My current development connection strings are below.
Thanks
<connectionStrings>
<add name="DefaultConnection" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDb)\v11.0;Initial Catalog=aspnet-MyApp-20160204160648;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnet-MyApp-20160204160648.mdf" />
<add name="MyEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/Models.Model1.csdl|res://*/Models.Model1.ssdl|res://*/Models.Model1.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string="data source=MyPC\SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=MyDB;integrated security=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework"" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
</connectionStrings>
I have a MVC project.I use two conectionString as following
<add name="matematikEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/Model1.csdl|res://*/Model1.ssdl|res://*/Model1.msl;provider=MySql.Data.MySqlClient;provider connection string="server=MYSERVERNAMEONHOST;user id=MYUSERID;password=MYPASSWORD;persistsecurityinfo=True;database=MYDBNAME"" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
<add name="matematikEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/Model1.csdl|res://*/Model1.ssdl|res://*/Model1.msl;provider=MySql.Data.MySqlClient;provider connection string="server=localhost;user id=root;password=MYPASSWORD;persistsecurityinfo=True;database=MYDBNAME"" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
When i publish the project,i comment first one and second is active,when i work on my PC i comment second and first one is active.This works.
I'm trying to modify the web.config with powershell to add a smtp section. I saw this post :
http://ybbest.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/how-to-add-configuration-settings-using-spwebconfigmodification-and-powershell-script/#comment-1070
which add some appsettings defining smtp section. But I want to know if these line:
<add key="businessSupportEmailAddress" value="contosointergenfax#gmail.com" />
<add key="copyMoveTempFolder" value="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS\SharePointProducts" />
<add key="faxEmailAddress" value="contosointergenfax#gmail.com" />
<add key="fromEmailAccount" value="contosoAdmin" />
<add key="fromEmailAddress" value="contosointergenfax#gmail.com" />
<add key="smtpServerName" value="build.contoso.local" />
<add key="smtpServerPort" value="25" />
are the same as this :
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp deliveryMethod="Network" from="testuser#domail.com">
<network defaultCredentials="true" host="localhost" port="25" userName="kaushal" password="testPassword"/>
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
Thanks
Nope.
First block represents key,value pairs that will be loaded in the default hash by the Configuration Manager (appSettings, see http://odetocode.com/Articles/345.aspx).
The other one is the .NET system config for mailing, mostly used in ASP webapps : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/w355a94k.aspx
Thanks for visiting my blog and my solution is specific to a SharePoint project we are working on.In the end we actually end up putting the configuration settings into a list as we need the SharePoint timer job to access the configuration settings too.
If your solution is asp.net application , you should use the latter.
I have a Web.config file and a Web.Debug.Config file. My Web.Debug.Config file is practically empty and I would like to add to it a connectionstrings section to override the one in the Web.Config file. I tried just adding the connectionstrings section in the config file but it didn't pick it up. I know there are some commands I need to use in one or both config files but am not sure what they are. Can someone help me out please?
Thanks,
Sachin
You should be able to do the following (not tested, but should work) to replace the Web.Config file's connectionStrings section:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
<connectionStrings xdt:Transform="Replace">
<add name="AuthenticationDatabase" connectionString="connection-string-here" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="OtherDatabase" connectionString="connection-string-here" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
If you're just looking to update an existing connectionString:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
<connectionStrings>
<add xdt:Transform="SetAttributes" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" name="AuthenticationDatabase" connectionString="new-string-here" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
I have a config that has multiple connection strings. They all point to the same database server. Is there a way to replace a portion of the web.config, i.e.
<connectionStrings>
<add name="Conn1" connectionString="...DataSource=server1;Initial Catalog=DBName..." />
<add name="Conn2" connectionString="...DataSource=server1;Initial Catalog=DBName2..." />
</connectionStrings>
I want to change server1 with server 2. I could do this...
<add xdt:Transform="SetAttributes" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" name="Conn1" connectionString="...DataSource=server2;Initial Catalog=DBName..." />
<add xdt:Transform="SetAttributes" xdt:Locator="Match(name)" name="Conn2" connectionString="...DataSource=server2;Initial Catalog=DBName..." />
but wanted to see if there was a more all-inclusive way.
According the msdn documentation of web.config transformation there is no possibility for this kind of transformation. You can only do Replace, Insert, InsertBefore, InsertAfter, Remove, RemoveAll, RemoveAttributes and SetAttributes transformations.