How do I configure an Azure App Service setting that isn't in the section of the web.config?

Question

I'm using deployment slots in an Azure App Service and overriding several web.config values by using Application Settings in each slot.

I have a setting for Raygun, an error tracking service that is in a special section of the web.config. The Raygun key is stored in a <RaygunSettings> section.

The Azure section for Application settings corresponds to key-value pairs in the <appSettings> section.

Connection strings correspond to named connection strings in the <connectionStrings> section.

Here is a screen shot of a web.config file that illustrates the issue I'm trying to resolve:

How can I override the RaygunSettings section in the Azure App Service Application Settings?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '19 at 06:45

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This is not possible from within the Azure app settings page. See: How to override web.config values in custom section in Azure Web App?

An alternative would be to set this in your deployment pipeline. For example: This can be done using a variable in the release stage, if you use Azure Dev Ops.

Other pipelines will have their own methods too.

answered Dec 11 '19 at 06:45

Karl Gjertsen

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I was afraid this would be the answer. It would be so nice if we could do this using Azure app settings. – Jon Crowell Dec 11 '19 at 21:39
Are you using a deployment pipeline? – Karl Gjertsen Dec 11 '19 at 21:40
We are. I'll take a look at that approach. Thanks for your help. – Jon Crowell Dec 12 '19 at 00:20

How do I configure an Azure App Service setting that isn't in the section of the web.config?

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