nopSolutions#5002 Move 'appsettings.json' file to the App_Data directory

src/Libraries/Nop.Services/Configuration/NopConfigurationDefaults.cs

@@ -16,5 +16,10 @@ public static partial class NopConfigurationDefaults
         public static CacheKey SettingsAllAsDictionaryCacheKey => new CacheKey("Nop.setting.all.dictionary.", NopEntityCacheDefaults<Setting>.Prefix);
 
         #endregion
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the path to file that contains app settings
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string AppSettingsFilePath => "App_Data/appsettings.json";
     }
 }

src/Presentation/Nop.Web/Program.cs

@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
 using Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Nop.Services.Configuration;
 
 namespace Nop.Web
 {
     public class Program
     {
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            CreateHostBuilder(args).Build().Run();
-        }
-
-        public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args)
-        {
-            return Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
+            Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
                 .UseServiceProviderFactory(new AutofacServiceProviderFactory())
-                .ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder =>
-                {
-                    webBuilder
-                        .UseStartup<Startup>();
-                });
+                .ConfigureWebHostDefaults(webBuilder => webBuilder
+                    .ConfigureAppConfiguration(configuration => configuration.AddJsonFile(NopConfigurationDefaults.AppSettingsFilePath, false, true))
+                    .UseStartup<Startup>())
+                .Build()
+                .Run();
         }
     }
-}
+}

upgradescripts/upgarade_to_4.40_and_above_readme.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Steps:
 1. Make a backup of everything on your site, including the database. This is extremely important so that you can roll back to a running site no matter what happens during migration.
-2. Remove all files from the previous version except \App_Data\dataSettings.json and \App_Data\plugins.json (move them to the safe place).
+2. Remove all files from the previous version except JSON files in the 'App_Data' directory (dataSettings.json, plugins.json, appsettings.json), move them to the safe place.
 3. Upload new site files
-4. Copy back \App_Data\dataSettings.json and \App_Data\plugins.json files.
+4. Copy back JSON files in the 'App_Data' directory.
 5. Ensure that everything is OK
 
 Notes: