Hello,

I decided to try and port my existing website onto Azure today.

First I found the DotNetNuke Azure Accelerator Wizard..

Using this I managed to build a vanilla DNN6 installation with no problem.

BUT. When I started testing some of my custom built modules I realised I need to add some webservices endpoint information into the web.config.

But, as I found out, the web.config cannot be accessed in the way I used to work. No FTP access....

Does this mean I have to go back to step 1 and amend the web.config and completely reinstall from scractch?

People are tell me that I should be able to use VS2010 and upload it from there but as the vanilla 6 download is a website and not a web application it will not allow me to upload it directly for VS

Can anyone shed any light on what I am doing wrong please?

There maybe further web.config tweeks needed in the future and this seems a strange way to have to do things.

Any help would be very much appreciated

Trev

One way to deal with this is to use Azure connect to create a VPN to your Azure instance.  Since the Azure accelerator uses SMB for sharing the XDrive, you will be able to access it using a UNC path.  This is a great technique to learn since it essentially provides direct file access to your entire DotNetNuke installation which you will need when it is time to upgrade.

Of course, since DotNetNuke also includes a Configuration Manager, it would be trivial to go to Host > Configuration Manager  and open Web.Config right in your browser.  Edit/Save and you are done.  All without breaking a sweat.