Config.json - Adding database connection strings in ASP.NET vNext

Question

I am involved in the learning process of ASP.NET vNext. I need to save two connection strings in config.json file. How to store them? Can i do this:

config.json

{ "connectionStrings" : { "connection-1" : "server=...", "connection-2" : "server=..." } } 

I could not find the schema for config.json . For this reason, I was not sure how to do this. I have seen using IConfiguration here . However, I was not sure how Configuration is available in the application.

Answer 1

This is the official configuration repo and, this is a great blog post explaining the configuration system.

In short:

• You need one or more Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel.* NuGet packages in your application . List of available packages here .
• Add the necessary configuration sources
• Create configuration file (s)
• Read configuration sources

Answer 2

Here's how you can do it:

  { "Data": { "connection-1": { "ConnectionString": "Server=..." }, "connection-2": { "ConnectionString": "Server=..." } } }