cck-configuration

What problem does it solve?

.NET applications often suffer from misconfigurations when environment-specific settings, secrets, and validation rules are scattered across code and config files. This skill demonstrates the Options pattern, startup validation, and secure secret management to create robust, typed configuration for .NET 10 apps.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Bind configuration sections to strongly-typed option classes with validation attributes.
• Use IOptions<T>, IOptionsSnapshot<T>, and IOptionsMonitor<T> to control lifecycle and reloading of configuration.
• Enforce startup validation with ValidateDataAnnotations() and ValidateOnStart(), and manage secrets via user secrets or Azure Key Vault.
• Support layered configuration: appsettings.json → appsettings.{Environment}.json → environment variables → user secrets, with later sources overriding earlier ones.
• Handle multiple named configurations and environment-aware patterns for multi-tenant or multi-environment scenarios.

Quick Start

Bind configuration sections to strongly-typed options, enable startup validation, and manage secrets across environments.