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John Code
John Code

Reputation: 675

Can't access User Secrets in ASP.net core 3.0

My question is simple. I have an ASP.net core 3.0 app, I added secrets using visualstudio and pasted my secrets into the secret file normally. Then inside my Program.cs, I added a call to addusersecrets as follows:

...
...
.AddUserSecrets<Startup>()

But while calling my secrets like Configuration["Authentication:Secret"] as I used to do when it was in appsettings.json, I get a null value in return.

I went through stackoverflow and tried solutions like changing my addsecrets as follows:

.AddUserSecrets("fds...-...-...askd")

//OR

.AddUserSecrets(typeof(Startup).Assembly, true, reloadOnChange: true)

BUt none of then works.

I wonder if this secret stuff even works on asp.net core, because I don't see any reason my code doesn't work. please if someone gets it, can you tell me a solution ? Thanks.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 12041

Answers (5)

avr-girl
avr-girl

Reputation: 557

In Asp.Net MVC 5, add this to Program.cs:

public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args) =>
            Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
                .ConfigureAppConfiguration((hostingContext, configuration) =>
                {
                    configuration.Sources.Clear();
                    configuration.AddEnvironmentVariables();
                    configuration.AddUserSecrets(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(), true, true);
                    
                })
                .UseSystemd()
                .UseSerilog((context, service, configuration) => {
                    configuration
                    .MinimumLevel.Warning()
                    .Enrich.FromLogContext()
                    .WriteTo.Console();

                })
                .ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder =>
                {
 
                    webBuilder.UseStartup<Startup>();
                });
                
    }

Upvotes: 1

ΩmegaMan
ΩmegaMan

Reputation: 31576

For .Net 6 that doesn't use Startup one loads the assembly such as

build.AddUserSecrets(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly())

Upvotes: 2

Talley Ouro
Talley Ouro

Reputation: 319

User secrets are stored now in csproj project file. This is how you can read it(see image). I am using asp.net core 5 instructions

Upvotes: -2

CodeRed
CodeRed

Reputation: 51

Be sure to check that you've set the "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT" variable to "Development", else your app wont add your user secrets.

  • in powershell:

    $Env:ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT = "Development"

  • cmd:

    setx ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT "Development"

Upvotes: 5

Tony
Tony

Reputation: 20082

Did your code look like this ?

public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
{
    var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
        .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
        .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", 
                     optional: false, 
                     reloadOnChange: true)
        .AddEnvironmentVariables();

    if (env.IsDevelopment())
    {
        builder.AddUserSecrets<Startup>();
    }

    Configuration = builder.Build();
}

Upvotes: 4

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