web-config Archives - Page 2 of 18

Within an web.config-file in an ASP.NET-application some sections of config, like appSettings and connectionStrings, supports the attributes file and configSource.

Setting up connection string in ASP.NET to SQL SERVER

September 3, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m trying to set up a connecting string in my web.config file (Visual Studio 2008/ASP.NET 3.5) to a local server (SQL server 2008).

Forms authentication timeout vs sessionState timeout

September 3, 2022 by Magenaut

I have code that i am looking through regarding session time outs of the website. In the web.config i came across this code.

Adding machineKey to web.config on web-farm sites

September 3, 2022 by Magenaut

We (our IT partner really) recently changed some DNS for a web farmed site we have, so that the two production server have round-robin DNS switching between them. Prior to this switch we didn’t really have problems with WebResource.axd files. Since the switch, when we hit the live public URL, we get an error:

How to prevent an ASP.NET application restarting when the web.config is modified?

September 3, 2022 by Magenaut

I’m hosting the ASP.NET runtime via the ApplicationHost.CreateApplicationHost method. When I modify the web.config while the application is running, i see lots of first chance ThreadAbortExceptions thrown. This is right before my application comes crashing down. I’m assuming this is because the runtime has detected changes to the configuration and wants to restart.

IIS URL Rewrite and Web.config

September 2, 2022 by Magenaut

I don’t understand anything about IIS, but am trying to solve this problem of redirecting all visitors to domain.com/page to domain.com/page.html