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Setting configuration variables with dots in names via env vars in Linux
See original GitHub issueDescribe the bug
Can’t configure using environment variables when configuration variable name contains a dot on Linux. An example of the need for this is setting the log level of classes in nested namespaces
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Running the project in logging_env_test.tar.gz
with:
Logging__LogLevel__logging_env_test=Trace Logging__LogLevel__logging_env_test_nested=Error dotnet run
prints:
[...]
trce: logging_env_test.nested.LoggedClass[0]
LogTrace
dbug: logging_env_test.nested.LoggedClass[0]
LogDebug
info: logging_env_test.nested.LoggedClass[0]
Information
warn: logging_env_test.nested.LoggedClass[0]
LogWarning
fail: logging_env_test.nested.LoggedClass[0]
LogError
crit: logging_env_test.nested.LoggedClass[0]
LogCritical
[...]
Tested on aspnet core 2.1
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 5 years ago
- Reactions:2
- Comments:6 (1 by maintainers)
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You need to replace
.with double underscore__AND you can only have 2 levels of nesting. See #3095Closing in favor of https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/35989. Refer to comment https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/35989#issuecomment-619257166