How to set Environment Name (IHostingEnvironment.EnvironmentName)?

Question

Default ASP.NET Core web project contain such lines in Startup.cs:

if (string.Equals(env.EnvironmentName, \"Development\", StringComparison.Ordi         


        

Answer 1

In ASP.NET Core RC2 the variable name is has been changed to ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT

e.g. In Windows you can execute this command on the staging server (with admin rights)

SETX ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT "Staging" /M

This only has be be executed once and after that, the server will always be considered as the staging server.

When you do a dotnet run in the command prompt on that server you will see Hosting environment: Staging