How to configure roles providers for Role-Based Authorization in ASP.NET
In the article How to use Roles API for Role-Based Authorization in ASP.NET is described a tag <roleManager> as a part of web.config The next table lists the properties you can configure, the roles provider, through the <roleManager> configuration tag:
Option
Description
enabled
Indicates whether the roles API is enabled (true) or not (false).
defaultProvider