How to disable a config file from CD server using Azure Deployment

Question

We are using Azure with Sitecore 8.0. I want to remove few config files(for e.g-all config files under ListManagement folder) which is already deployed in CD server. How to delete/disable config files under ListManagement folder using azure deployment?

Answer 1

In your System area of the master DB you should have items in roughly this location:

/sitecore/system/Modules/Azure/<Environment>/<Location>/<Farm>/<WebRole>/<AzureDeployment>

based on the template

/sitecore/templates/Azure/Deployment/Azure Deployment

On the item, go to the Excludes section. To exclude specific files use the Deployment Type Exclude Files or Exclude Files fields e.g:

App_Config\ListManagement\Sitecore.ListManagement.config;

Or to exclude an entire directory use Deployment Type Exclude Directories or Exclude Directories e.g.:

App_Config\ListManagement;

Answer 2

We removed the List Management configuration by adding all List Management specific .config files to our project and replacing the content of the config files with the following:

<configuration>
  <sitecore>
  </sitecore>
</configuration>