Azure App Service: View and Edit the deployed web.config with Kudu

We can use the Azure Portal and Kudu to view and edit the web.config of our deployed app in the App Service:

  • Open the App Service you want to using the Azure web portal.
  • Goto “DEVELOPMENT TOOLS” -> “Advanced Tools” and click on the “Go ->” link.

  • Above the console use the file explorer to navigate to the “site/wwwroot” folder

  • Scroll down and click the pencil icon to open the file

  • You should see the file content in the editor:

Be careful, saved changes have immediate effect and you should absolutely know what you are doing when on a production system!