How to load specific environment in web.config at run time without impacting the application life cycle in .net framework

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How to load specific environment in web.config at run time without impacting the application life cycle in .net framework

Vikash Tripathi 1

Hello guys,

How to load the environment specific web.config at run time. At build time we can't specify the environment as the same build output is used for all environments. Also, when trying to replace web.config in global.asax application_start() getting called every time. So please suggest an approach to load environment specific web.config at runtime?

Anonymous

2022-12-05T06:30:10.01+00:00

Hi @Vikash Tripathi ,

when trying to replace web.config in global.asax application_start() getting called every time.

This is by design, which is clearly mentioned in the official documentation, so I'm afraid this requirement cannot be implemented:

So please suggest an approach to load environment specific web.config at runtime?

What is the requirement you are ultimately trying to achieve, maybe there is another way to do it.

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Anonymous

2022-12-05T06:30:10.01+00:00

Hi @Vikash Tripathi ,

when trying to replace web.config in global.asax application_start() getting called every time.

This is by design, which is clearly mentioned in the official documentation, so I'm afraid this requirement cannot be implemented:

So please suggest an approach to load environment specific web.config at runtime?

What is the requirement you are ultimately trying to achieve, maybe there is another way to do it.

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Bruce (SqlWork.com) 77,686 Volunteer Moderator

you should update the web.config on deployment.

by design asp.net reloads the application on web.config changes. asp.net core does not have this restriction (well it does, but uses appsettings.json instead of web.config, which does not trigger a restart).

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