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Wiebe Tijsma 16 posts 92 karma points

Apr 16, 2014 @ 20:18

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Configuration management when deploying to azure using GIT

Using Umbraco 7

Hi,

I just started to use Umbraco, and I have a test/staging/production environment that I deploy as an Azure website using git.

Azure allows me to specify different appSettings and connectionStrings from the management console, but how about the umbraco settings that are different per environment, such as the FileSystemProviders.config?

Is there a way that the path to FileSystemProviders.config file used can be specified in the appSettings, or can I use variables from the appSettings in the FileSystemProviders.config?

What's the recommended approach here?

Thanks,

Wiebe

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Wiebe Tijsma 16 posts 92 karma points

Apr 17, 2014 @ 10:47

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Is it possible perhaps to configure the FileSystemProviders in code somewhere?

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Wiebe Tijsma 16 posts 92 karma points

Apr 23, 2014 @ 18:05
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If anyone's interested, I've found this excellent article that helped me set up the configuration management:

http://brian.vallelunga.com/blog/chaining-azure-web-config-transforms-when-deploying-from-source-control

Basically, you can 'chain' web config transformations and pick one based on a setting you can configure in the Azure control panel:

Add this and for example a Web.Staging.config and a config\FileSystemProviders.Staging.config to your project file:
```
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
    <TransformXml Condition=" '$(Environment)' != '' " Source="Web.config" Transform="Web.$(Environment).config" Destination="Web.config" />
</Target>
```
The configure this as an 'App Setting' in the Azure control panel:
```
key:SCM_BUILD_ARGS value: /p:Environment=Staging 
```
note that I explicitly had to add a space in front of the /p to prevent getting a build error

Then I have this in my Web.Staging.config:
```
 <umbracoConfiguration>
    <FileSystemProviders configSource="config\FileSystemProviders.Staging.config" xdt:Transform="Replace" />
  </umbracoConfiguration>
```
And miraculously it worked.

Though I would like to still hear if there's a place that allows me to to Umbraco service configuration in code.

Cheers!

Wiebe
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