Web.config Settings

All settings described here are in the <appSettings> section of the Web.config file except where noted. As of version 5.0 most GPV instance settings are now in the GPVSetting table.

Authentication

• FormsAuthenticationMode - Sets the mode when implementing database or certificate authentication. Valid values are "database" and "certificate". Should be left empty or commented out in other authentication modes.
• CertificateUserField - In certificate authentication mode, the specific user name field in the "Subject" of the client certificate. If not specified, the entire "Subject" is used.

Status

• AppIsAvailable - Valid values are "yes" and "no". If set to "no", the GPV is effectively shut down. Use this when you need to perform maintenance on the GPV that could break functionality and be disruptive to users.
• AppStatusMessage - The message to display when AppIsAvailable is set to "no". Normally this would be some indication of why the GPV is down and when it will be back up.

Administration

• Administrative Login - In the <authentication> section, no authentication mode only. You can change the administrator user name and password in the <user> element.

Database

• DBConnection - In the <connectionStrings> section. The ADO.NET connection string which specifies the SQL Server machine, database and user for this instance of the GPV.
• ConfigTablePrefix - The table prefix used on the configuration tables for this instance of the GPV. If not set, this defaults to "GPV". Multiple instances of the GPV can be served from the same database by using multiple sets of configuration tables with different prefixes.

Changes

• Removed at 5.0 Most of the GPV instance settings. See the GPVSetting table.