IIS UrlRewrite is not working for IIS 8
goto IIS manager->server node->application request routing cache->server proxy setting->Check enable proxy checkbox.
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How to configure Web Deploy publishing feature on IIS so developer can publish?
It appears that one must still download the Web Deploy extension. Also, Version 3.5 is now available. To download on a server, default IE security rules will require you add something like http://*.microsoft.com as a trusted site else you can’t download the installer. The whole package is rather large in its purpose and covers many … Read more
How to remotely stop/start an application pool in IIS 8
You can do the following to start your application pool : Invoke-Command -ComputerName “REMOTE_SERVER” -ScriptBlock { Start-WebAppPool -Name “MY_FANCY_APPPOOL” } You can do the following to stop your application pool : Invoke-Command -ComputerName “REMOTE_SERVER” -ScriptBlock { Stop-WebAppPool -Name “MY_FANCY_APPPOOL” }
How do I properly instantiate 32-bit COM objects in classic ASP after installing Windows Update KB4340558?
We were affected with multiple customers too. I ruled out invalid strong-name signing of our assemblies, since the .NET Assemblies from the Framework itself were affected by that access-denied error too. Finally I managed to solve the issue by configuration. Apparently the authenticating identity of the website has now to match the identity of the … Read more
Web Deploy from Visual Studio 2012 to a remote IIS 8 server
OK I found the solution but it took me a whole day to get it working! Basically the steps are as follows. This is very sketchy but see the detailed guides below which helped me. Enable the IIS Web Management role feature. Install Web Deploy 3.0 (or higher). Make sure to customise the install to … Read more
MVC 4 website with .NET 4.5 on IIS 8 in Windows 8 gives 403.14 forbidden error [closed]
In “Turn Windows Features on or off”, under Internet Information Services -> World Wide Web Services -> Application Development Features, make sure that .NET Extensibility 3.5, .NET Extesibility 4.5, ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET 4.5, ISAPI Extensions, and ISAPI Filters are SELECTED. This was outlined here: http://www.iis.net/learn/get-started/whats-new-in-iis-8/iis-80-using-aspnet-35-and-aspnet-45#TOC301258515 but since that refered to server 2012 instead of windows … Read more
Windows Authentication for ASP.NET MVC 4 – how it works, how to test it
For IIS 8.5 and MVC 4: How does Windows Authentication work? In this mode, User.Identity (as in HttpContext.Current.User.Identity) is populated by the underlying web server. This might be IIS Express in the link from @R Kumar demonstrated, or full blown IIS as in the video by @Thomas Benz. Specifically, User.Identity is a WindowsIdentity object. E.g. … Read more
IIS 8.0 ASP.NET and Error 500.19
ASP.Net applications come pre-wired with a handlers section in the web.config. By default, this is set to readonly within feature delegation within IIS. Take a look in IIS Manager, under the Server name → Feature delegation. If Handler Mappings is set to readonly and your site web.configs have a handlers section, flip the value to … Read more
aspnet_regiis.exe -ir does not work on windows 8
Run the following command, which will install and register ASP.NET 4.5 in IIS: dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:IIS-ASPNET45 /all
What is the file location of applicationhost.config in the different versions of IIS?
For the “big” IIS versions since IIS 7, the location is always the same: %windir%\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config For IIS Express there is one per user, the default location is: %USERPROFILE%\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config again it’s the same for all versions. You can run multiple instances of IIS Express per user, you would need to specify the location of the applicationhost.config … Read more