I have an ASP.NET MVC web application deployed to Azure. I'm reading my setting using the GetEnvironmentVariable(...) method.
The problem is that I can't find a way to define this environment variable in Azure Portal. Where can I do that?
I don't want to have this stuff in a file. Data that will be there are credentials.
I assume you are using Azure App Service (formerly known as Azure Websites).
To define your own environment variable, click to your site → All Settings → Application settings:
Add an app setting in the "App settings" section:
You can verify the value from the debug console.
Going to https://{your site name}.scm.azurewebsites.net/DebugConsole:
In the new version 2021 go to the resource -> Configuration.
Then click on "New application settings".
Then add "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT" as key and click on OK then Save.
Note that you must have the appsettings.(environment).json file for .Net Core.
I came across this question when facing the same problem myself. Well, just to give a clearer answer which I found at blog.elmah.io.
All you need to do is:
Include the new appsetting.{env}.json in the publishOptions in file project.json.
Go to Azure Portal and open the web application.
Select application settings.
Add an entry for ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT and set it to whatever you want.
That's it.
I know OP specified in the portal, but command line is more repeatable. To do it using Azure CLI:
az webapp config appsettings set -n $webappname -g $resourceGroupName --settings ConnectionStrings__Default=$connectionString
To set an environment variable ConnectionStrings__Default to the variable $connectionString
(2019 version) Navigate to your AppService in the Azure cloud portal then Configuration.
Actually this solves my problem (which I found yesterday - and it's on Scott Hanselman's blog also):
Best practices for private config data and connection strings in configuration in ASP.NET and Azure
TLDR;
Put settings in a separate file that doesn't go to the repository and are not being deployed to the server. Next define missing variables in app settings like Xiaomin Wu showed.
In these modern times, when publishing from Visual Studio 2019, on the publish page there is a link called "Manage Azure App Service settings". In there you can create and define environment variables that get set when you publish. Very easy if you know where to look!
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I have reached the point where I have to get my Service Fabric Cluster deployed to Azure :) Besides the the stateful/stateless services I have 2 MVC applications. I currently have a few settings in the web.config files (mostly connection strings).
I plan to configure continuous build / deploy using Visual Studio Online, but have not dogged into to doing that yet.
Where are the recommended place to store the configuration settings. I will need settings for 3 different environments (dev/test/prod).
I found a reference, at some point, to store the settings on the build definition which sounds like a better place to store production credentials than in config files that are being part of the source code for the applications. I need to limit access to values for the production environment and having them in the config files that all developers has access to does not sound like the best way to do this.
Any white papers or best practices regarding this I should be aware of?
You can use de publish profiles and application parameters of the service fabric project to store your settings for each environment.
In my case i have a dev, a homolog and a production environment with different database connection strings, so i created publish profiles named Cloud.Homolog.xml, Cloud.Production.xml and for dev environment i'm still using Local.5Node.xml.
Then, when i want to deploy in some of this environments i choose the correct publish profile.
Here is the documentation for multiple environment management:
Link
I already have a website running and want to install JIRA Server on it. So how do I add a sub directory to my main website, example www.mywebsite.com is my actual website so want www.mywebsite.com/Jira how do I achieve this?
I had downloaded the windows JIRA Installer and ran it locally connecting to the database hosted on my server and it worked using localhost(http://localhost:8080/secure/Dashboard.jspa) however now I want to access it through the web link i.e base URL.
I am new to this so any help would be really appreciated.
Well I understand you do have a domain and you want to run your JIRA with context path /jira un that domain. If that's the case, you may need to consider running your JIRA behind proxy. Take a look at Atlassian documentation since it contains all the information that you need for this:
https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/proxying-atlassian-server-applications-with-apache-http-server-mod_proxy_http-806032611.html
I have a cloud service project. I have two web projects and 4 class libraries.
I want to, on azure publish, change connection string automatically for web roles and also for the class libraries.
I have two deployment slots: one for staging and other for production. I want to select automatically connectionstrings for staging when it's running on staging and production when running on production.
I found a lot of solutions on the net but it doesn't show how to change connection string for projects other than web roles (class libraries).
I understand that you are using Web Apps, since you mention Deployment Slots. Each slot has their own Application Settings sections, all you need to do is go to the Slot and set the Connection String you want to use and check the "Slot Setting" mark.
This will make sure that, even if you Swap, that setting (the Connection String) remains fixed to that Slot.
For your requirement, you should create 2 set of configuration files (Web.config). One for Staging and other for production. While publishing your web project, choose the profile in publish dialog box accordingly(For Staging / Production). Visual studio will take of your configuration to be deployed in server.
This link will be helpful for you:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kwybya3w(v=vs.110).aspx
I'm hosting a project on my Jenkins server. That project has a GitHub repo and I have it set up so it automatically builds new commits. In order for that to work, I need to input credentials for a github account that has full access to the repo.
The problem is, that if I want him to add his login info to the credentials list, I'd have to give him acces to all credentials on the server (I don't want that).
I tried using the credentials under "{username}" > "Credentials", but those didn't show up in the project setup (even with 100% access to everything on the server).
Is there a way for the user to store his credentials and use them for the project without giving him full access to all credentials on the server?
Add the user's credentials under Global security and then allow project based Matrix Authorization Strategy per project as shown:
I found the answer in this mailing list entry:
In short: You need to
install and activate the Authorize Projects Plugin,
enable "run as specific user" strategy in global security settings,
enable this for the project in question.
This allows you to use the credentials for this specific user.
Enabling ssh-agent is the final step to make this work conveniently.
How does ASP.NET MVC, if at all, deal with or provide ways to create your application using multiple environments? For example:
Development environment (local machine, probably run via the built-in web server and talking to a local database)
Testing (runs against a preloaded databse with example data, although this part could be skipped and mocks could be used)
Production database on a real server with real data
Ruby on Rails has the concept of environments and "automagically" can deduce if you're in development or production, so you can specify your connection information (connection string) in a config file and the framework dynamically pulls the appropriate one. Is there a similar way of doing things with .NET MVC? If not then how are professional developers using .NET MVC handling different environments?
The only way I can think of is to manually add an "environment" global method (or use an enum, or something like that, maybe this is a use for something like the State pattern?) and store the different connection strings in the web.config file, and then create a base class which all data access classes derive from which provides a way to obtain the connection string for the current environment; this would then have to be set to production when the time comes to put the application live.
Is there another way? Most of the .NET MVC videos and articles I've seen don't even bother with separate environments but only use a development database and don't indicate how you do it in production.
I'd say this is really a question of your company's internal processes. Since every company is a little bit different it's hard to have a "right" generic way to support dev/test/alpha/production and/or other environments.
One way: Create a setup program that supplies the correct connection string based on the environment chosen during the setup process.
Another way: System Admin edits web.config file to supply correct connection string during install.
Yet ANother Way: Connection strings are stored in the system registry.
Even Another Odd Way: You have all your connection strings for all environments in web.config, then a setting in appSettings the tells you which one to use.
Depending on the client, I've done all of these. There are more but these are the more popular.
(One client wanted to store the connecting string in the data base itself. Really.)
You can use alias for your database. You just point these aliases to different servers in the different environments. Stored in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\Client\Connect if i remember right. Then you use the alias in the connectionstring.
In response to Jason's response:
We use Enterprise Library Environments to configure the different environment paramters and via msbuild invoke the Merge Configuration Tool that generates the different configs for each environment. The deploy process picks the right config file depending on which environment to install.
I was able to solve a similar situation following these steps:
In your Visual Studio, access Build > Configuration Manager
Click in "new"
Choose a name for your configuration, and then copy settings from an existing config. After the configuration creation, it will be available for you to target as build configuration
Create a Web.{env-name-you-chose}.config in your application folder, along with the original Web.config file.
Open your .csproj file with Visual Studio or any text editor
Search for a section that looks like the following and add the highlighted lines, with the config file name you gave previously:
Open your Visual Studio, reload projects if it's required, and now you are able to choose your configuration via CLI or manual publish using Visual Studio.
There is a Publishing Wizard (in Visual Studio) wich let's you change parts of web.config for release build automaticaly. Wich happens to be the feature you are asking about. No magic thou.
What we have done is during our automated build process (Hudson), we alter values in web.config depending on which environment the build is for. Unfortunately there isn't a magical way to do this.
For deployment, which I assume that is what the op was asking about, one creates multiple configurations and in the publish, picks a different configuration. These are called transforms and they operate on the web.config. One would have at least three publish profiles, one for dev, test and prod. One can change more than just the connection string in this way. One can turn on custom errors, turn off debugging and change values of configuration variables. I highly recommend it.
I have a similar question. I have a log table reader. I want it to read log tables in the development, test and production databases. The major difficulty lies in my user account doesn't have permission to look at test and production. It's some silly security thing. The user that I'm impersonating in the application does have permission. I'm struggling trying to tell MVC to build the test and production models using the impersonated user.