Specifies the node configuration in the server farm. Generally, it contains the application host connection and other network-related configuration settings. Agent configuration uses the layered configuration in the following order;
<installdir>/appsettings.json<installdir>/Configuration/appsettings.json<installdir>/Configuration/Custom/appsettings.jsonEnvironment variables
Command line arguments
<installdir>/Configuration/Custom/protectedsettings.json
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Any environment variable that starts with "AK_" prefix overrides the configuration entries in appsettings.json file. For example, host configuration connection can be specified as an environment variable;
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AK_DbProvider = "Postgres" AK_DbConnStr = "Host=myserver;Database=emakin;Username=emakin;Password=mypassword;" |
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Any command line argument to the agent executable overrides the configuration entries.
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Encrypting Configuration Settings
By default, all configuration parameters are stored in plain text json JSON files but sensitive settings like database connection string can be encrypted if needed.
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Encrypted configuration settings can be only written and cannot be read back. If you lost this file all values are cannot be retrieved. |
For example, the database connection string can be set with;
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