Creating a release web.config file

Question

im new to this transformations, and I dont full understand how to implement it. None of the guides make sense.

I want to add

 <identity impersonate="true" userName="asecret" password="mysecurepassword"/>

To the release config.

I put it in web.release.config after <system.web> but it does not generate as so.

What else are you suppose to do.

Answer 1

You're probably missing the actual action to take place using the xdt:Transform attribute.

Try:

<identity impersonate="true" userName="asecret" password="mysecurepassword" xdt:Transform="Insert"/>

The Insert should add the new element into the web.config under the <system.web> section.

If the <identity /> element already exists in the main web.config file, you probably need to use xdt:Transform="Replace" which will replace the entire element in the main web.config with the one in your Web.Release.config. Or you can use xdt:Transform="SetAttribute({comma listed attributes to set here})", which will set the value of the attributes you specify.

As always, you can read all the options for transformations on MSDN.