Joshua Chini

I am currently researching the new ASP.NET 5 configuration system. Microsoft has re-architected it to provide the following features.

• Strongly typed classes for configuration values
• Automatic type conversion from configuration store to class properties
• Default values for configuration values
• Optional encryption of individual keys using the user secrets store
• Support for multiple configuration objects simultaneously
• Support for multiple environments (development, staging, production)
• Support for environment variables

My company currently uses an internally built configuration library that offers many of these features, but I am happy to see that we can probably retire our library and use the existing config system in ASP.NET 5 now.

Links Gathered During Research

ASP.NET 5

• ASP.NET Docs – Configuration
• DNX Secret Configuration
• Strongly typed AppSettings Configuration in ASP.NET 5
• ASP.NET Docs – Working with Multiple Environments

Other Guidance

• Twelve-Factor App – Config
• Configuration and Config Vars
• Managing Heroku environment variables for local development
• Environment Variables And Why You Shouldn’t Use Them