when i publish my asp.net core web application to my local file system, it always takes the production-config and the ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT variable with the value = "Production".
how and where do i have to set the value of the ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT variable so that it will be considered not only for debugging, but also for the publishing? i already tried the following options without success:
Other than the options mentioned above, there are a couple of other Solutions.
1. Modifying the project file (.CsProj) file
MSBuild supports the EnvironmentName
Property which can help to set the right environment variable as per the Environment you wish to Deploy. The environment name would be added in the web.config during the Publish phase.
Simply open the project file (*.csProj) and add the following XML.
<!-- Custom Property Group added to add the Environment name during publish
The EnvironmentName property is used during the publish for the Environment variable in web.config
-->
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' Or '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
<EnvironmentName>Development</EnvironmentName>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' != '' AND '$(Configuration)' != 'Debug' ">
<EnvironmentName>Production</EnvironmentName>
</PropertyGroup>
Above code would add the environment name as Development
for Debug configuration or if no configuration is specified. For any other Configuration the Environment name would be Production
in the generated web.config file. More details here
2. Adding the EnvironmentName Property in the publish profiles.
We can add the <EnvironmentName>
property in the publish profile as well. Open the publish profile file which is located at the Properties/PublishProfiles/{profilename.pubxml}
This will set the Environment name in web.config when the project is published. More Details here
<PropertyGroup>
<EnvironmentName>Development</EnvironmentName>
</PropertyGroup>
3. Command line options using dotnet publish
Additionaly, we can pass the property EnvironmentName
as a command line option to the dotnet publish
command. Following command would include the environment variable as Development
in the web.config file.
dotnet publish -c Debug -r win-x64 /p:EnvironmentName=Development