What is the difference between web.config and machine.config ?

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Purushottam Rathore · Answer

Difference between Web.Config and Machine.Config File Two types of configuration files supported by ASP.Net. Configuration files are used to control and manage the behavior of a web application. i) Machine.config ii)Web.config Difference between Machine.Config and Web.Config Machine.Config: i) This is automatically installed when you install Visual Studio. Net. ii) This is also called machine level configuration file. iii)Only one machine.config file exists on a server. iv) This file is at the highest level in the configuration hierarchy. Web.Config: i) This is automatically created when you create an ASP.Net web application project. ii) This is also called application level configuration file. iii)This file inherits setting from the machine.config

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

web.config: Web.config file as it sounds like is a configuration file for the Asp .net web application. An Asp .net application has one web.config file which keeps the configurations required for the corresponding application. Web.config file is written in XML with specific tags having specific meanings. machine.config As web.config file is used to configure one asp .net web application same way Machine.config file is used to configure the application according to a particular machine. That is configuration done in machine.config file is affected on any application that runs on a particular machine. Usually this file is not altered and only web.config is used which configuring applications. web.config is scoped to a particular directory. You use it to override machine.config for a particular application or application sub-folder