Host config file

A WCF service is configurable using the. NET Framework configuration technology. Most commonly, XML elements are added to the Web.

The elements allow you to change details such as the endpoint addresses the actual addresses used to communicate with the service on a machine-by-machine basis. In addition, WCF includes several system-provided elements that allow you to quickly select the most basic features for a service. Starting with. In practice, writing configuration is a major part of programming WCF applications. For more information, see Configuring Bindings for Services. For a list of the most commonly used elements, see System-Provided Bindings.

When deploying side by side scenarios where two different versions of a service are deployed, it is necessary to specify partial names of assemblies referenced in configuration files.

This is because the configuration file is shared across all versions of a service and they could be running under different versions of the. NET Framework. When configuring a service in Visual Studio, use either a Web. The choice of the configuration file name is determined by the hosting environment you choose for the service. If you are using IIS to host your service, use a Web.

If you are using any other hosting environment, use an App. In Visual Studio, the file named App. The final name actually used for the configuration depends on the assembly name.

For example, an assembly named "Cohowinery. However, you only need to modify the App. Changes made to that file are automatically made to the final application configuration file at compile time. In using an App. This mechanism allows machine-wide settings to be defined in the Machine. The App. In the Web. For more information about configuration and the setting priorities, see topics in the System.

Configuration namespace. The services element contains the specifications for all services the application hosts. In Windows 10, you must access text editor as an administrator to carry out the necessary changes to the hosts file.

To do that, you may have to log-in as an administrator to be able to save your changes. The IP address is easily traceable. It is located within the cPanel through the following steps:.

After getting the IP address from the cPanel, add a few lines to your hosts file, including the IP address and domain name. It will look like.

The hosts file configuration is complete. Now that everything is complete, it is time to test the changes.

Type in the URL and see if you are redirected to your new site. In case the site does not reflect any changes after being moved, run a ping test to ensure it is directing to the correct IP address.

Hosts file is a powerful tool that you can use to manipulate Domain Name Resolution to suit your needs. Attribute validation is done when parsing the XML to get a section from the file, and when calling the configuration API to set values. If validation fails, it fails the desired operation getting the section or setting the invalid value. Each attribute may associate one validator for its value. This is done by specifying the appropriate validator name in the validationType, and additional parameters in the validationParameter in the attribute schema.

Every configuration file is an XML file and may optionally include the following line as the first line:. The rest of this document walks through the rest of the sections in the file.

This is the very first section in the file. It contains a list of all other sections in the file. Note that other configuration files may have a section as well, at the very top of the file.

This may be useful to register sections at levels lower than the global level. These sections will be registered for that scope of the namespace only.

The sections are structured by their hierarchy of containing section groups. Each section registration specifies the section name; the managed-code type of the section handler this has no meaning in this file and will get removed after beta2 — it is used only by System.

Configuration, so it will still exist in machine. Section is the basic unit of deployment, registration, locking, searching and containment of configuration settings. Every section belongs to one section group "immediate parent". Section group is a container of logically-related sections, and is used solely for purposes of structured hierarchy. No operations can be done on section groups. Section groups cannot have configuration settings directly the settings belong to sections.

Section groups may be nested; section cannot. The recommended way to unlock sections is by using tags, as follows:. The above location tag unlocks the section for the default web site only. To unlock it for all sites, specify this in applicationHost. They refer to the current level in the hierarchy. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.