Prevent web.config transformation

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Prevent web.config transformation

kade 11

Hello, I am trying to prevent web.config transformation on one of the projects that I am working on it. According to the documentation, I should the argument /p:IsWebConfigTransformDisabled=true with dotnet publish command.

After deploying the app with this argument, I did not see any difference and I don't know if it is working or not.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <location path="." inheritInChildApplications="false">
    <system.webServer>
      <handlers>
        <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModuleV2" resourceType="Unspecified" />
      </handlers>
      <aspNetCore processPath="dotnet" arguments=".\Xproject.dll" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" hostingModel="OutOfProcess" />
    </system.webServer>
  </location>
</configuration>

Anonymous

2023-12-14T08:19:53.6966667+00:00

Hi @Kade,

Could you please tell me how you run this command inside the cmd or VS? Besides, what's your web.Release.config` file? Do you mean if you used the `dotnet publish /p:IsWebConfigTransformDisabled=true command the web.config will be still modified by the web.Release.config file?
kade 11 Reputation points

2023-12-14T17:52:06.93+00:00
This is how I am using this command with azure pipeline. The build file contains this command:

dotnet build --configuration Release -p:WarningLevel=1 -p:DeployOnBuild=true -p:WebPublishMethod=Package

kade 11

The build file contains this command:

I have also used this in my csproj but there is no changes.
<PropertyGroup>   <IsTransformWebConfigDisabled>true</IsTransformWebConfigDisabled> </PropertyGroup>


dotnet build --configuration Release -p:WarningLevel=1 -p:DeployOnBuild=true -p:WebPublishMethod=Package

Anonymous

2023-12-15T09:43:29.61+00:00

Did you test it inside the local development environment? Have you faced the same issue or not?
kade 11 Reputation points

2023-12-15T14:47:25.1466667+00:00

I dont get any error message but it is not preventing transforming web config. I dont know why it is not applying the custom build. Yes I am testing in one of my environments.
Anonymous

2023-12-18T11:05:26.01+00:00

According to this article, transformations to the web.config file can be applied automatically when an app is published based on the configuration. So build command is not working for it, you could try publish command.

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Anonymous

2023-12-14T08:19:53.6966667+00:00

Hi @Kade,

Could you please tell me how you run this command inside the cmd or VS? Besides, what's your web.Release.config` file? Do you mean if you used the `dotnet publish /p:IsWebConfigTransformDisabled=true command the web.config will be still modified by the web.Release.config file?
kade 11 Reputation points

2023-12-14T17:52:06.93+00:00

This is how I am using this command with azure pipeline. The build file contains this command:

dotnet build --configuration Release -p:WarningLevel=1 -p:DeployOnBuild=true -p:WebPublishMethod=Package
kade 11 Reputation points

2023-12-14T17:53:02+00:00

The build file contains this command:

I have also used this in my csproj but there is no changes. <PropertyGroup> <IsTransformWebConfigDisabled>true</IsTransformWebConfigDisabled> </PropertyGroup> dotnet build --configuration Release -p:WarningLevel=1 -p:DeployOnBuild=true -p:WebPublishMethod=Package
Anonymous

2023-12-15T09:43:29.61+00:00

Did you test it inside the local development environment? Have you faced the same issue or not?
kade 11 Reputation points

2023-12-15T14:47:25.1466667+00:00

I dont get any error message but it is not preventing transforming web config. I dont know why it is not applying the custom build. Yes I am testing in one of my environments.
Anonymous

2023-12-18T11:05:26.01+00:00

According to this article, transformations to the web.config file can be applied automatically when an app is published based on the configuration. So build command is not working for it, you could try publish command.

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