How to change variables in config files with custom element tags from custom sections?

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In my App.config I have custom sections of types System.Configuration.NameValueFileSectionHandler. And in each file, have key value settings.

File App.config

<section name="customElement" type="System.Configuration.NameValueFileSectionHandler, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"/>


<customElement configSource="CustomElement.config"></customElement>

File CustemElement.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<customElement>
	  <add key="Key1" value="Value1"></add>
	  <add key="Key2" value="Value2"></add>
</customElement>

How can Octopus Deploy update these variables, since “No matching setting or connection string names were found.” in this case?

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Hi Achvaicer,

Thanks for getting in touch!

We cover the standard scenarios of AppSettings and Connection Strings, for custom config sections you’re probably best off using either config transform files or a custom powershell script (if your variables are sensitive). We’ve got some doco here http://docs.octopusdeploy.com/display/OD/Configuration+files

Hope that helps!

Damian

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Thanks Damian,

For now, I’m using transformation.