User-specific IIS config - visual-studio

Question

Under MyProject > Properties > Web there is an option to "Apply server settings to all users" which stores the IIS config in MyProject.csproj.user.
However, there doesn't seem to be a way to set defaults. Meaning anyone who clones the project will have to customize these settings.
Is there a way to set defaults when using user-specific IIS settings?
I've attempted to use environment variables, but Visual Studio complains that it cannot create an IIS binding for http://$(API_HOST):$(API_PORT)/

Answer 1

What is the setting you need to set? This is an important detail.
Most of the configuration could be setted in the web.config file infact this file has a "system.webServer" section dedicated to IIS Configuration.
example:
<system.webServer>
<defaultDocument enabled="true">
<files>
<add value="Default.htm" />
<add value="Index.htm" />
<add value="Index.html" />
</files>
</defaultDocument>
<directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
<httpErrors>
<error statusCode="404" prefixLanguageFilePath="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\custerr" path="my_custom_404.htm" />
</httpErrors>
<security>
<authentication>
<anonymousAuthentication enabled="true" userName="IUSR" />
<basicAuthentication />
<clientCertificateMappingAuthentication />
<digestAuthentication />
<iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication />
<windowsAuthentication />
</authentication>
<requestFiltering>
<fileExtensions allowUnlisted="true" applyToWebDAV="true" />
<verbs allowUnlisted="true" applyToWebDAV="true" />
<hiddenSegments applyToWebDAV="true">
<add segment="Web.config" />
</hiddenSegments>
</requestFiltering>
</security>
<staticContent lockAttributes="isDocFooterFileName">
<mimeMap fileExtension=".mp3" mimeType="otect/stream" />
</staticContent>
</system.webServer>
source:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.webserver/