Optional: Enable editing of Configuration Sections from the UI

It is possible to edit config sections from the web.config directly from the Aligned Elements UI. This has the advantage that modifications can be made without having to re-start the application (as when you edit web.config directly) and can be made without direct access to the server.

This feature is limited to the sections:

• OpenAIConfigurationSection

• IssueProxyConfigurationSection

• ServerHintConfigurationSection

• ServerTemplateConfigurationSection

• ExternalFontConfigurationSection

• AutomationScriptsConfigurationSection

The editing of these sections is only allowed for the web-admin and is done without any input validation from the application. Incorrect values may cause the application from not running properly.

To enable editing for a section:

In the web.config configSections part, add the attribute 'restartOnExternalChanges' = false. E.g for issue proxies:

<section name="elementIssueProxy" type="ElementsSPA.Controllers.IssueProxyConfigurationSection" restartOnExternalChanges="false" />

Then further down in the config, define the path to the external file (need to be created):

<elementIssueProxy configSource="config\issueProxies.config" />

and move the section content to the defined path:

//in the file issueProxies.config
<elementIssueProxy>
  <issueProxies >
    <add key="1" projectName="PROJ" typeName="Ticket" userName="USR" psw="123" isPswEncrypted="true" />
  </issueProxies>
</elementIssueProxy>