config.json - Adding database connection strings in ASP.NET vNext

Question

I am in the process of learning ASP.NET vNext. I need to store two connection strings in the config.json file. How do I store those? Can I do this:

config.json

{
  "connectionStrings" : {
    "connection-1" : "server=...",
    "connection-2" : "server=..."
  }
}

I have not been able to find a schema for config.json. For that reason, I wasn't sure how to do it. I saw the use of IConfiguration here. Still, I wasn't sure how Configuration was available in the app.

Answer 1

This is the official Configuration repo and this is a great blog post explaining the configuration system.

Long story short:

1. You need one or more Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel.* NuGet packages in your application. The list of available packages is here.
2. Add the configuration sources that you need
3. Build the config file(s)
4. Read the configuration sources

Answer 2

Here is how you can do it:

 {   
      "Data": {
        "connection-1": {
          "ConnectionString": "Server=..."
        },
        "connection-2": {
          "ConnectionString": "Server=..."
        }   
}

}