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How to remove a section from a spwebconfigmodification?
A “section” is an empty element, and removing the SPWebConfigModification won’t remove the element, so I don’t use it. An XPath expression pointing the modification’s parent. The name of the modification. If the type is EnsureChildNode, it’s an XPath executed on the parent and used to locate the node when it needs to be removed.
Why do I need to change SharePoint web config file?
For example, administrators sometimes need to modify the web.config files that govern the behavior of SharePoint Web Applications, or need to modify IIS settings, registry keys, or files on multiple SharePoint servers.
How to change web config file across farm?
What we need is a way to modify the web.config for a Web Application across the farm in a single stroke. Enter SPWebConfigModification. This object contains properties for making changes to web.config files for an associated Web Application.
How to make web config changes in PowerShell?
With SPWebConfigModification, web.config changes no longer need to involve directly touching files or settings on any server. So how can you create and apply these changes via Windows PowerShell? There are three steps to follow: Construct and configure the SPWebConfigModification object.
Although you could edit the web.config file manually, in an Enterprise environment with multiple servers and multiple WebApplications this would quickly become an unsupportable and cumbersome technique. To overcome this the SharePoint API includes the SPWebModification class to apply modification to elements or attributes in the web.config.
Is it safe to modify web.config manually?
No one should be allowed to modify the web.config manually, or via means other than SPWebConfigModifications – even other programs or via the IIS console. Inconsistency can ruin the modifications, as they might be applied differently to different servers around your farm.
What are the actions in a supplemental config file?
Supplemental config files have an actions element with three types of actions, add, update and remove. As you can see from this short example, the path attribute is a XPath for the element that is being added, updated or removed.