How does IHostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath get set?

Question

In my Azure Service Fabric Web API project, I am able to add my appsettings.json files to my config using this code in my Api.cs class:

    protected override IEnumerable<ServiceInstanceListener> CreateServiceInstanceListeners()
    {
        return new ServiceInstanceListener[]
        {
            new ServiceInstanceListener(serviceContext =>
                new KestrelCommunicationListener(serviceContext, "ServiceEndpoint", (url, listener) =>
                {
                    ServiceEventSource.Current.ServiceMessage(serviceContext, $"Starting Kestrel on {url}");

                    return new WebHostBuilder()
                                .UseKestrel()
                                .ConfigureAppConfiguration((builderContext, config) =>
                                {
                                        var env = builderContext.HostingEnvironment;
                                        config.SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
                                            .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: true)
                                            .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true)
                                            .AddEnvironmentVariables();
                                })
                                .ConfigureServices((hostingContext, services) => services
                                .AddSingleton<StatelessServiceContext>(serviceContext)
                                .AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry(hostingContext.Configuration))
                                .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
                                .UseStartup<Startup>()
                                .UseServiceFabricIntegration(listener, ServiceFabricIntegrationOptions.None)
                                .UseUrls(url)
                                .Build();
                }))
        };
    }

The env.ContentRootPath contains this value:

C:\SfDevCluster\Data\_App\_Node_0\Abc.IntegrationType_App197\Abc.Integration.ApiPkg.Code.1.0.0

In this folder I can see the appsettings.json files.

However, in my Azure Service Fabric Stateless Service project, I have this code in my Service.cs class:

    protected override async Task RunAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder()
            .ConfigureAppConfiguration((builderContext, config) =>
            {
                var env = builderContext.HostingEnvironment;

                var appName = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName;
                var parentFolderPath = Directory.GetParent(env.ContentRootPath).FullName;
                var packageCodeFolderPath = Path.Combine(parentFolderPath, appName + "Pkg.Code.1.0.0");

                config.SetBasePath(packageCodeFolderPath)
                    .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: true)
                    .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true)
                    .AddEnvironmentVariables();
            })
            .UseStartup<Startup>()
            .Build()
            .Run();
    }

Here env.ContentRootPath contains this value:

C:\SfDevCluster\Data\_App\_Node_0\Abc.Integration.OpticalType_App198\work

However because the appsettings.json files are located in: C:\SfDevCluster\Data\_App\_Node_0\Abc.Integration.OpticalType_App198\Abc.Integration.Optical.ServicePkg.Code.1.0.0,

I'm forced to construct the packageCodeFolderPath variable you can see above.

This doesn't seem like a very elegant solution, and I'm worried the version number in Pkg.Code.1.0.0 might change (if that is even a version number?).

How can I set env.ContentRootPath to be the path to the folder containing the appsettings.json files? Or is there a better way to go about accessing these files?

Answer 1

In your service manifest, you should set the WorkingFolder to CodePackage to have the ContentRootPath set to the code Abc.Integration.Optical.ServicePkg.Code.1.0.0 instead of work.

i.e:

<EntryPoint>
  <ExeHost>
    <Program>myapp.exe</Program>
    <WorkingFolder>CodePackage</WorkingFolder>
  </ExeHost>
</EntryPoint>

Check the docs here

Other option is get the information from the environment variables set by SF. Take a look in here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/service-fabric/service-fabric-environment-variables-reference

Or, use the context.CodePackageActivationContext.WorkDirectory as suggested by Loek in his answer.