Appsettings.json Configuration

[timmhagen]

I am trying to configure via appsettings.json and it works if I use full connection string. However the documentation says that you can specify the name of the connection string used in connection strings settings, but it doesn't seem to work or I have something wrong.

This works...

"ConnectionStrings": {
"MYDB": "Data Source=XXX;Initial Catalog=XXXX;Integrated Security=True",
},
"Serilog": {
"MinimumLevel": {
"Default": "Verbose",
"Override": {
"Microsoft": "Warning",
"System": "Warning"
}
},
"WriteTo": [
{
"Name": "MSSqlServer",
"Args": {
"restrictedToMinimumLevel": "Verbose",
"connectionString": "Data Source=XXX;Initial Catalog=XXXX;Integrated Security=True",
"tableName": "Logs"
}
}
]
}
}

However based on my understanding, this is supposed to work...
"To use a connection string from the element of your application config file, specify its name as the value of the connection string."

"ConnectionStrings": {
"MYDB": "Data Source=XXX;Initial Catalog=XXXX;Integrated Security=True",
},
"Serilog": {
"MinimumLevel": {
"Default": "Verbose",
"Override": {
"Microsoft": "Warning",
"System": "Warning"
}
},
"WriteTo": [
{
"Name": "MSSqlServer",
"Args": {
"restrictedToMinimumLevel": "Verbose",
"connectionString": "MYDB",
"tableName": "Logs"
}
}
]
}
}

What am I not understanding or is this not supported?

[nblumhardt]

Hi - I'd guess this might be a limitation in the Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration support; I know connection string names work for the full framework/<appSettings>, but haven't seen the equivalent tested for .NET Core etc.