asp.net - Will a child application inherit from its parent web.config?

Question

I setup a IIS application from within an existing application.

Will the parents web.config be inherited or is that something I have to set explicitly?

Answer 1

Yes it will without setting anything explicitly, and I don't know any way to prevent it.

However many configuration sections will allow you to clear data inherited from parent files.

E.g.

<appSettings>
   <clear/>
   <add key=...>
</appSettings>

<connectionStrings>
   <clear/>
   <add ... />
</connectionStrings>