Azure Worker Role Config File Transformations

Question

I\'ve setup a new worker role and setup a couple of new config transforms for it via SlowCheetah. When I build the project with one of the new configs selected, I do in fact see

Answer 1

Make sure you Cloud Service configurations are set up. Right-click the cloud project and you should see the configurations you are trying to package. For example, I rename and use Local, TEST & PROD configurations. Your Cloud Service project should then contain 3 config files:

• ServiceConfiguration.Local.cscfg
• ServiceConfiguration.PROD.cscfg
• ServiceConfiguration.TEST.cscfg

Right-click the Cloud Service project and select "Package" and select the correct Service & Build configurations for your deployment.

Note: app.configs aren't transformed in the build process unless you add an MS - See this SO answer for a technique to do a transform in the build process. Howerver, for cloud deployments, you are better off using ServiceConfiguration.*.cscfg files in combination with CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("settingsKey") - CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting was added in SDK 1.7 - if in Role, it gets the value from ServiceConfig else get from web.config/app.config appSettings