I've just came across with problem of web.config transformation in asp.net core.
There are two files: base web.config and web.prod-zone-a.config. My aim is to use transformation inside web.prod-zone-a.config when publishing my project. I have the following "prod-zone-a" configuration settings in .csproj:
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'prod-zone-a|AnyCPU' ">
<IntermediateOutputPath>obj\Debug\netcoreapp1.1</IntermediateOutputPath>
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;NETCOREAPP1_1</DefineConstants>
<Configuration>prod-zone-a</Configuration>
</PropertyGroup>
web.prod-zone-a.config looks like:
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified" />
</handlers>
<aspNetCore>
<environmentVariables xdt:Transform="Replace">
<environmentVariable name="ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT" value="prod-zone-a" />
</environmentVariables>
</aspNetCore>
</system.webServer>
I tried to run publish by two commands:
dotnet msbuild /t:Publish /p:OutputPath=c:\delivery /p:Configuration=prod-zone-a
and
dotnet publish --configuration prod-zone-a --output c:\delivery
But no transformation applies to web.config on output - just the default value. Do I miss something in configuration or command executing?
There is a well-documented tool on github for xdt-transformations.
Also it doesn't depend on command, both of dotnet publish
and dotnet msbuild
works fine