Question

I need to create nested sections in my Web.config file, i can’t find any examples that match my requirements.

<IPTests>
    <Environment environment="DEV">
      <Machine machine="Web01">
        <SiteIP site="Sitecore" ip="10.10.2.191">
        </SiteIP>
      </Machine>
    </Environemnt>
</IPTests>

This is used for a “Health Check” for different applications/sites. I need to check all of the resources that different sites use are working. I’ve done this already using DNS, however i now need to do it in our different environments for our different servers by hitting the different servers with an ip address.

Any help would be great!

This is what i have thus far.

public class IPTests : ConfigurationSectionGroup
    {
        [ConfigurationProperty("codeEnvironment")]
        public CodeEnvironmentSection CodeEnvironment
        {
            get { return (CodeEnvironmentSection)base.Sections["codeEnvironment"]; }
        }
    }

    public class CodeEnvironmentSection : ConfigurationSection
    {
        [ConfigurationProperty("environemnt")]
        public ValueElement To
        {
            get { return (ValueElement)base["environemnt"]; }
        }
    }

    public class MachineSection : ConfigurationSection
    {
        [ConfigurationProperty("machine")]
        public ValueElement To
        {
            get { return (ValueElement)base["machine"]; }
        }
    }

    public class SiteIPSection : ConfigurationSection
    {
        [ConfigurationProperty("site")]
        public ValueElement To
        {
            get { return (ValueElement)base["site"]; }
        }

        [ConfigurationProperty("ip")]
        public ValueElement To
        {
            get { return (ValueElement)base["ip"]; }
        }
    }

    public class ValueElement : ConfigurationElement
    {
        [ConfigurationProperty("value")]
        public string Value
        {
            get { return (string)base["value"]; }
            set { base["value"] = value; }
        }
    }

Answer 1

Have a look at the Configuration Section Designer. I used it to generate configuration classes and then spent some time understanding the APIs and design.