Learning dotnet user-secrets Tools

1. Create dotnet console project with command

mkdir learning-user-secrets
cd learning-user-secrets
dotnet new console
dotnet add package Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration
dotnet add package Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets

2. Add UserSecretsId node to learning-user-secrets.csproj

<PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
    <RootNamespace>learning_user_secrets</RootNamespace>
    <UserSecretsId>4270b588-c2ce-4c08-91bb-58aa1901134c</UserSecretsId>
</PropertyGroup>

3. Add new user secret

dotnet user-secrets set ConnectionString "server=localhost;dabase=test;"
Successfully saved ConnectionString = server=localhost;dabase=test; to the secret store.

4. Check user secrets

dotnet user-secrets list
ConnectionString = server=localhost;dabase=test;

5. Get Secrets in program.cs

var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
builder.AddUserSecrets<Program>();
var configuration = builder.Build();
Console.WriteLine(configuration["ConnectionString"]);

6. run

dotnet run
Hello World!
server=localhost;dabase=test;