Can you update the web.config file for an Azure web app without redeploying?

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dhughes picture dhughes · Oct 25, 2016 · Viewed 41.4k times · Source

I would like to update a database connection string in the web.config file for an application that is currently hosted in Azure as a web app.

Seems that you can RDP into an Azure cloud service role but not a web app. If you can't RDP into an Azure web app, is there another way to update the connection string without redeploying?

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Russell Young picture Russell Young · Oct 25, 2016

You can use the portal, there is a tool called "App Service Editor" in preview that lets you edit any of the files you've deployed. I do wonder why you want to do this though, it's not considered good practice to modify source files on the fly like this! Config and app settings are exposed via the portal as well and can be modified without dropping to the app service editor tool. (under Settings/Application Settings in portal). Updating these does not update the web.config but will override web.config settings.

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