I got this working by editing my site’s HTTP handlers. For my needs this works well and resolves my issue. I simply added a new HTTP handler that looks for specific path criteria. If the request matches it is correctly sent to .NET for processing. I’m much happier with this solution that the URLRewrite hack … Read more
This is what worked for me (Updated for VS 2013, see revision history for 2010, for VS 2015 see this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32744234/218971): Right-click your Web Application Project ▶ Properties ▶ Web, then configure the Servers section as follows: Select IIS Express ▼ from the drop down Project Url: http://localhost Override application root URL: http://dev.example.com Click Create … Read more
I think the default place for access logs is %SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\LogFiles Otherwise, check under IIS Manager, select the computer on the left pane, and in the middle pane, go under “Logging” in the IIS area. There you will se the default location for all sites (this is however overridable on all sites) You could also look … Read more
ApplicationPoolIdentity is actually the best practice to use in IIS7+. It is a dynamically created, unprivileged account. To add file system security for a particular application pool see IIS.net’s “Application Pool Identities”. The quick version: If the application pool is named “DefaultAppPool” (just replace this text below if it is named differently) Open Windows Explorer … Read more
There is no problem with your web.config. Your web site runs under a process. In iis you can define the identity of that process. The identity that your web site’s application pool runs as (Network Services, Local System, etc.), should have permission to access and read web.config file. Update: This updated answer is same as … Read more
Looks like it’s failing trying to open a connection to SQL Server. You need to add a login to SQL Server for IIS APPPOOL\ASP.NET v4.0 and grant permissions to the database. In SSMS, under the server, expand Security, then right click Logins and select “New Login…”. In the New Login dialog, enter the app pool … Read more
Classic mode (the only mode in IIS6 and below) is a mode where IIS only works with ISAPI extensions and ISAPI filters directly. In fact, in this mode, ASP.NET is just an ISAPI extension (aspnet_isapi.dll) and an ISAPI filter (aspnet_filter.dll). IIS just treats ASP.NET as an external plugin implemented in ISAPI and works with it … Read more
It turns out that this is because ASP.Net was not completely installed with IIS even though I checked that box in the “Add Feature” dialog. To fix this, I simply ran the following command at the command prompt %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_regiis.exe -i If I had been on a 32 bit system, it would have looked like the … Read more
This can also happen if the site is configured to use the IIS URL Rewrite module but it is not installed.
I had the same problem. Don’t remember where I found it on the web, but here is what I did: Click “Start button” in the search box, enter “Turn windows features on or off” in the features window, Click: “Internet Information Services” Click: “World Wide Web Services” Click: “Application Development Features” Check (enable) the features. … Read more