asp.net core delete appsettings.json for different environments after publish/deploy

Question

Web api is deployed in an on-premise web server. I have setup the release pipeline through azure devops. Now looking for a way to remove appsettings.env.json after deployment is complete

such that:

appsettings.Development.json and appsettings.Staging.json are removed from the target directory of the production environment after the app is deployed.

Answer 1

You can try Delete Files task.

The UI interface operation is as follows, add a Delete files from task to the Deployment group job.

And then add the files you want to delete, that is, the paths specified by appsettings.Development.json and appsettings.Staging.json.

Save and run when you are done.

Answer 2

As long as you have specified the Environment key in the web.config file, other files will not be included. `

public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
{
    var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
        .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
        .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true)
        .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true)
        .AddEnvironmentVariables();

    this.Configuration = builder.Build();
}
...`

So it would be fine even if you will not delete the other files.