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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/CustomData/appsettings.json

• Environment variables

• Command line arguments

• <installdir>/Configuration/CustomData/protectedsettings.json

Default The default configuration is stored in <installdir>/appsettings.json file and it is not recommended to change. Any change should be specified in <installdir>/Configuration/appsettings.json or <installdir>/Configuration/Data/appsettings.json or other layers.

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Any environment variable that starts with "AK_" prefix overrides the configuration entries in appsettings.json file. For example, the host configuration connection can be specified as an environment variable;

AK_DbProvider = "Postgres"
AK_DbConnStr = "Host=myserver;Database=emakin;Username=emakin;Password=mypassword;"

Configuration sub-section entries can be overridden with “__” (double underscores) separators. For example, if you want to change the webserver port you may define an environment variable as follows;

AK_WEB__KESTREL__ENDPOINTS__HTTP__URL=http://*:81

Command Line Arguments

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.

• <installdir>/Configuration/CustomData/protectedsettings.json

For example, the database connection string can be set with;

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