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Our team is using Sitecore 10.1.2 with local environment hosted on developer machines, and deployed environments with K8s and Docker with Coveo serving all of those environments. Only in our deployed environments we are using federated authentication with Azure Active Directory but still using Sitecore's DefaultExternalUserBuilder. Attached is our showconfig.aspx, after I am attempting to patch the externalUserBuilder to use my assembly that I've created. As you can see, my patch is not showing up in the externalUserBuilder section and still shows that is using Sitecore's default. If I am reading this correctly, it appears that Coveo is being patched in using the default Sitecore user builder. My patch config is also attached. From what I understand is that the Coveo config is patched in by http request which may be configured to use the Sitecore default builder. If that is a correct assumption. Would anyone know how to get around that to use my CustomExternalUserBuilder?

Patch for Custom Builder

ShowConfig.aspx

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  • Rename, move your config so it is patched after the Coveo one.
    – Mark Gibbons
    Commented Feb 23 at 1:15
  • Would be great to see how that config node is seen in showconfig.aspx and I agree with @MarkGibbons comment
    – Peter Procházka
    Commented Feb 23 at 13:53
  • So, I've renamed the file to append ZZZ to the beginning and still no change. I've tripled checked the namespace of the cs file and the reference to it in the patch config. I've also went to the Coveo control panel within the Sitecore CM instance and it shows a list of Coveo config files that are being applied. I feel like I am moving in the wrong direction as it seems odd that Sitecore builds an extensible product that can't be extended if using Coveo. Ill see if I can get that config from the showconfig.aspx and post it
    – Brent
    Commented Feb 23 at 15:14
  • No information of how the Coveo.Authentication.config is being applied. It is only showing 3 other references that it is patching. Similar to the image I posted.
    – Brent
    Commented Feb 23 at 15:19

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Sitecore applies config in the order defined in layers.config.

The default order is:

  • sitecore (i.e. App_Config/Sitecore)
  • modules (i.e. App_Config/Modules)
  • custom (i.e. App_Config/Includes)
  • environment (i.e. App_Config/Environment)

Based on the comments above, it sounds like you have tried manipulating the naming of your config file to be applied last (alphabetically) in the custom area.

If you have done this correctly and it has had no effect and layers.conig has not been customised. Then the only other possibility is that environment based configuration is overriding your attempts to patch the DefaultExternalUserBuilder.

Please check the App_Config/Environment folder to see if the Coveo file is present. If so and it need to remain, then you should be able to over ride by placing your file in the environment specific folder (ensuring its name begins later in alphabet - I.e. Z.yourfile.config).

Further information on configuration layers: https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/platform-administration-and-architecture/configuration-layers.html

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You should make sure that your config patch is applied after the Coveo config patch. You can create a folder with the name "ZZZ" move your config patch file inside this so that your config patch files will be applied at the end as per the alphabetical order.

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