Same config for 2 applications

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I am deploying a windows service with 2 instances on the same server, the config for the staging release has a service.exe.staging.config and inside it has an NLog entry which points to a logs folder which is say c:\logs.

What I need to be able to do is deploy the service and then change the log directory on both instances, eg c:\logs\instance1\ and c:\logs\instance2 - so that the logs for one service done write to the same folder as the second service.

Is there a better way than deploying and then hand crafting this change via powershell editng the config?

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Hi,

Thanks for reaching out. The variable Substitution feature might be what you are looking for

This way you can add a variable where the log path goes on your config, and Octopus will replace the value of that variable during the deployment.

Hope that helps,

Dalmiro

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Oh thanks for that not seen this before! - I shall give it a go much appreciated.