hostingEnvironment Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Defines configuration settings that control the behavior of the application hosting environment.
<hostingEnvironment idleTimeout="HH:MM:SS"
shadowCopyBinAssemblies="true|false"
shutdownTimeout="number"/>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
idleTimeout |
Optional TimeSpan attribute. Sets the amount of time, in minutes, before unloading an inactive application. Default is Infinite. |
shadowCopyBinAssemblies |
Optional Boolean attribute. Sets a Boolean value indicating whether the assemblies of an application in the Bin directory are shadow copied to the application's ASP.NET Temporary Files directory. Default is true. |
shutdownTimeout |
Optional TimeSpan attribute. Sets the amount of time, in seconds, to gracefully shut down the application. Default is 30. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
configuration |
The required root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications. |
system.web |
Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file. Contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave. |
Remarks
Default Configuration
The following default hostingEnvironment element is not explicitly configured in the machine configuration file or in the root Web.config file, but is the default configuration returned by an application in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
Note
The value "Infinite" is defined by the system to be MaxValue.
<hostingEnvironment idleTimeout="Infinite"
shutdownTimeout="30"
shadowCopyBinAssemblies="true" />
Example
The following example shows how to control the behavior of the application hosting environment.
<system.web>
<hostingEnvironment idleTimeout="20"
shutdownTimeout="30"/>
</system.web>
Element Information
Configuration Section Handler |
|
Configuration Member |
System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebSectionGroup.HostingEnvironment |
Configurable Locations |
Machine.config Root level Web.config Application level Web.config |
Requirements |
IIS 6.0 .NET Framework 2.0 Visual Studio 2005 |
See Also
Tasks
How to: Configure Specific Directories Using Location Settings
How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings
Reference
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration
Concepts
ASP.NET Configuration File Hierarchy and Inheritance
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios
Other Resources
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
Configuring ASP.NET Applications
ASP.NET Configuration Files
ASP.NET Configuration API