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As @nibblebit@programming.dev said you can use multiple configuration providers. We usually have local
appsettings.json
files, even per machineappsettings.<HOSTNAME>.json
and then use Environment Variables that are stored in a vault for the production environment. We add theappsettings.<HOSTNAME>.json
files to.gitignore
so that they don’t get checked in.var env = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT"); configuration.AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env}.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: true); configuration.AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{Environment.MachineName}.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: true); configuration.AddEnvironmentVariables();
Then you can provide the secrets as environment variables in the form of
DATA__ConnectionString