Configuration Files/web.config

This is the main configuration file of the web service (since Version 2.4.3 - Server). The web service is configured using this main configuration file and the specific files.

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• Sections
• Example

Sections

appSettings

See Configuration Files/AppSettings.config.

loggingConfiguration

See Configuration Files/Logging.config.

system.web

This does not have to be edited in general.

  <system.web>
    <customErrors mode="Off"/>
    <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="65536" />
    <compilation debug="true" defaultLanguage="c#" targetFramework="4.0" />
  </system.web>

system.webServer

This does not have to edited in general, except the setting for the maximum allowed size of received content. This can be changed by editing the value maxAllowedContentLength within the section requestFiltering/requestLimits.

  <system.webServer>
    <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
    <directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
    <security>
      <requestFiltering>
        <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="524288000"/>
      </requestFiltering>
    </security>
  </system.webServer>

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
        <configSections>
                <section name="loggingConfiguration" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Configuration.LoggingSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging, Version=5.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="true" />
                <section name="exceptionHandling" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling.Configuration.ExceptionHandlingSettings, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling, Version=5.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" requirePermission="true" />
        </configSections>
        <loggingConfiguration configSource="Web.Logging.config" />
        <exceptionHandling>
                <exceptionPolicies>
                        <add name="System.Exception">
                                <exceptionTypes>
                                        <add name="All Exceptions" type="System.Exception, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
                                                        postHandlingAction="None">
                                                <exceptionHandlers>
                                                        <add name="System.Exception" type="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling.Logging.LoggingExceptionHandler, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling.Logging, Version=5.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
                                                                        logCategory="EXCEPTION" eventId="100" severity="Error" title="System.Exception"
                                                                        formatterType="Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling.TextExceptionFormatter, Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.ExceptionHandling, Version=5.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
                                                                        priority="0" />
                                                </exceptionHandlers>
                                        </add>
                                </exceptionTypes>
                        </add>
                </exceptionPolicies>
        </exceptionHandling>
        <appSettings  configSource="Web.AppSettings.config" />
        <runtime configSource="Web.Runtime.config" />
        <system.web>
                <customErrors mode="Off"/>
                <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="65536" />
                <compilation debug="true" defaultLanguage="c#" targetFramework="4.0" />
        </system.web>
        <system.serviceModel>
                <behaviors>
                        <serviceBehaviors>
                                <behavior name="httpBehavior">
                                        <!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
                                        <serviceMetadata httpsGetEnabled="true" httpGetEnabled="true" />
                                        <!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true.  Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
                                        <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="true" />
                                        <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="10000000"/>                                     
                                </behavior>
                        </serviceBehaviors>
                        <endpointBehaviors>
                                <behavior name="httpBehavior">
                                        <webHttp />
                                        <dataContractSerializer maxItemsInObjectGraph="10000000"/>
                                </behavior>
                        </endpointBehaviors>
                </behaviors>
                <bindings configSource="Web.Bindings.config" />
                <serviceHostingEnvironment multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService="0" />  
                <services configSource="Web.Services.config" />
                <client configSource="Web.Client.config" />
        </system.serviceModel>
        <system.webServer>
                <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
                <directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
                <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
                <security>            
                        <requestFiltering>
                                <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="524288000"/>
                        </requestFiltering>                    
                </security>            
        </system.webServer>
        <runtime>
                <assemblyBinding>
                        <dependentAssembly>
                                <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Http" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" culture="neutral" />
                                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.5.0.0" newVersion="5.0.0.0" />
                        </dependentAssembly>
                </assemblyBinding>
        </runtime>
</configuration>

See also

• Configuration Files
• Web Service Configuration