HostingEnvironmentSection Class

Defines configuration settings that control the behavior of the application hosting environment.

Syntax

class HostingEnvironmentSection : ConfigurationSection

The following table lists the methods exposed by the HostingEnvironmentSection class.

Name	Description
GetAllowDefinition	(Inherited from ConfigurationSection.)
GetAllowLocation	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)
RevertToParent	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)
SetAllowDefinition	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)
SetAllowLocation	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)

The following table lists the properties exposed by the HostingEnvironmentSection class.

Name	Description
`IdleTimeout`	An optional read/write `datetime` value that specifies the interval of time that is allowed to pass before an inactive application is unloaded. The default is infinite.
`Location`	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.) A key property.
`Path`	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.) A key property.
`SectionInformation`	(Inherited from `ConfigurationSection`.)
`ShadowCopyBinAssemblies`	An optional read/write `boolean` value. `true` if the assemblies of an application in the Bin directory are shadow copied to the application's ASP.NET Temporary Files directory; otherwise, `false`. The default is `true`.
`ShutdownTimeout`	An optional read/write `datetime` value that specifies the amount of time allowed for an application to gracefully shut down. The default is 30 seconds.

This class contains no subclasses.

HostingEnvironmentSection

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0
MOF file	WebAdministration.mof