IIS7 Migrate web.config from classic to integrated issue - iis-7

I have a webservice which defines a custom httpmodule. I am attempting to launch this webservice onto a production server running IIS7 but have only been able to get it to run in Classic mode.
I have tried moving this section
<system.web>
<httpModules>
<add name="BasicAuthenticationModule" type="MyProject.UserAuthenticator.UserNameAuthenticator" />
</httpModules>
...
To the system.webserver section like so:
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<add name="BasicAuthenticationModule" type="MyProject.UserAuthenticator.UserNameAuthenticator" />
</modules>
When I try this IE gives me this error:
Config Error
Cannot add duplicate collection entry of type 'add' with unique key attribute 'name' set to
'BasicAuthenticationModule'
I also attempted to migrate automatically with the following DOS command:
appcmd migrate config "mysite/"
And get this message back:
The module BasicAuthenticationModule with type "mytype" is already present in the application with a different type"", and was not migrated
I am not an IIS expert so any insights are appreciated.
So after a little research it appears there is already a native module called BasicAuthenticationModule. I can eliminate my issue by renaming my module "BasicCustomAuthenticationModule." Is this the correct approach or should I be removing the other one?
Thanks!
AFrieze

Their was a conflict in the name BasicAuthenticationModule. The solution was to rename the module.
<httpModules>
<add name="BasicCustomAuthenticationModule" type="MyProject.UserAuthenticator.UserNameAuthenticator" />
</httpModules>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false"/>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<add name="BasicCustomAuthenticationModule" type="MyProject.UserAuthenticator.UserNameAuthenticator" />
</modules>

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ASP.NET 5 Accept Verbs for Web API

I've had issues getting HTTP Delete and Put to work with ASP.NET 5 (vNext). Running calls to api endpoint with Delete and Put verb has resulted into a 404 error from IIS Express.
In previous version of ASP.NET you enabled this by accepting additional verbs in web.config.
I've figured out that changing the applicationhost.config under ./vs/config folder can enable the delete and put verbs but there must be another way enabling these from Visual Studio or by some config in the new project type that comes with ASP.NET 5.
Where can I configure this in ASP.NET 5? hosting.ini or project.json? Somewhere else?
You need to install HTTPPlatformHandler on your IIS http://docs.asp.net/en/latest/publishing/iis.html then your web.config should look like this:
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<add name="httpplatformhandler" path="*" verb="*" modules="httpPlatformHandler" resourceType="Unspecified" />
</handlers>
<httpPlatform processPath="..\approot\web.cmd" arguments="" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile="..\logs\stdout.log" startupTimeLimit="3600"></httpPlatform>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
If you have WebDAV handler installed on IIS, delete it or remove it in your web.config as it take over the PUT and DELETE verbs.
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<remove name="WebDAVModule"/>
</modules>
<handlers>
<add name="httpplatformhandler" path="*" verb="*" modules="httpPlatformHandler" resourceType="Unspecified" />
</handlers>
<httpPlatform processPath="..\approot\web.cmd" arguments="" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile="..\logs\stdout.log" startupTimeLimit="3600"></httpPlatform>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
web.config is still a thing but it only used for IIS configuration and is not needed by your app itself but may be needed if your app runs in IIS.
so you should be able to run your app from the command line using
dnx web
in the root folder of your web app project and I would expect that you find it works there.
for IIS you still need web.config and if you create a new asp.net 5 web project in VS 2015 using the latest web tooling for beta7 it will/should put a web.config file in your wwwroot folder.
this article may also help you

ASP.Net moving custom HTTP handlers to IIS 8.5

I have been developing an application that was hosted on IIS 6 and we have just upgraded our server that uses IIS 8.5 but can't get it to work on the new server.
The application has a custom handler that's called when a file with extension .XmlDataTypes is requested.
For this to work in IIS6 I set up a mapping as:
Extension: '.XmlDataTypes'
Path: 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll'
Verbs: All.
In Web.config:
<httpHandlers>
<add verb="*" path="*.XmlAmenityData" type="XmlHandler"/>
<add verb="*" path="*.XmlDataTypes" type="XmlDataTypes"/>
</httpHandlers>
And this works fine.
In IIS8.5 I've tried adding a Managed Handler with:
Requested path: '*.XmlDataTypes'
Type:, selected 'XmlDataTypes'
Name: XmlDataTypes
This then added to the web.config file:
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<add name="XmlAmenityData" path="*.XmlAmenityData" verb="*" type="XmlHandler" resourceType="File" preCondition="integratedMode" />
<add name="XmlDataTypes" path="*.XmlDataTypes" verb="*" type="XmlDataTypes" resourceType="File" preCondition="integratedMode" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
When I run a page that requests a URL with extension .XmlDataTypes via a jQuery function I just get an 404 not found error.
Thanks in advance for any help.
J.
It looks like those are files on your disk. If they are, your solution could be as simple as adding the following to your web.config under "system.webServer".
<staticContent>
<mimeMap fileExtension=".XmlAmenityData" mimeType="application/xml" />
<mimeMap fileExtension=".XmlDataTypes" mimeType="application/xml" />
</staticContent>
That's it.
However, if you are really relying on HTTP Handlers, please note that the "Type" need to be fully qualified with the assembly name at the least.
So your type need to include the namespace as well.
In your code, "XmlHandler" isn't fully qualified with the namespace and the assembly isn't mentioned. Ensure that it is.
Finally, change the "resourceType" to "Unspecified" or IIS will ensure that a file truly exist before executing your handler.
None of the answers I've found here or on similar questions on stackoverflow worked for me.
I'm using IIS 8.5, .Net v4.0, Integrated, and was still getting a 404 with the following handler config:
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<add name="testEmail" path="*.em" verb="*" type="MyApp.testRazorEmailHandler, MyApp" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
I enabled tracing and found the following :
116. -HANDLER_CHANGED
OldHandlerName testEmail
NewHandlerName System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler
NewHandlerModules ManagedPipelineHandler
NewHandlerScriptProcessor
NewHandlerType System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
As you can see it looks like it had correctly picked up the request using my custom HttpHandler testEmail but MVC had stolen it.
I opened my route definitions in RouteConfig.cs and found that adding:
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.em");
I got it to ignore requests meant for my Handler.
Hope this helps someone - I was tearing my hair out!

How do I disable the default handler HttpForbiddenHandler for viewing .cs files?

I want to be able to view the code behind files from the browser while in the development stage. To do this, I would disable the default handler of .cs files, HttpForbiddenHandler in the web.config.
Since I am using IIS 7, I first placed the <remove> element in <system.webServer> section like this:
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<remove path="*.cs" verb="*"/>
<add verb="*" path="*.cspx" type="HandlersAndModules.CspxHandler, HandlersAndModules" name="CspxHandler"/>
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
and I got the error when I run the application:
HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error
The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.
This is because the element in in <system.webServer> section does not recognize attributes verb and path.
Then I tried moving <remove> element to <system.web> section like this:
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<remove path="*.cs" verb="*"/>
</httpHandlers>
</system.web>
and I got the error when I run the application:
HTTP Error 500.23 - Internal Server Error
An ASP.NET setting has been detected that does not apply in Integrated managed pipeline mode.
How do I disable the default handler HttpForbiddenHandler that prevents .cs files from being viewed from the browser?
You need 2 things:
First, to get .cs files served as content, you need to add this:
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<remove path="*.cs" verb="*"/>
<add verb="GET" path="*.cs" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler" />
</httpHandlers>
</system.web>
Second, to avoid HTTP Error 500.23, add this as a workaround:
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
</system.webServer>
500.23 error indicates that not all your handlers and modules are specified in system.webServer section. If you're in position to specify them there, then do that instead of the workaround. The workaround just buys you time till you're able to migrate your settings.

Internal Server Error with httpHandlers section of web.config

I have an asp.net website using the form controls from Telerik. It's just moved to a new server but I keep getting a 500 Internal Server Error.
Removing the httpHandlers section of the web.config makes server error go away, although then it complains if there is a Telerik control on the page. The whole config file is valid XML. Is there anything wrong with this code?
<httpHandlers>
<add path="Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd" verb="*" type="Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource, Telerik.Web.UI, Version=2008.2.826.20, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=121fae78165ba3d4" validate="false"/>
</httpHandlers>
I see you mention it has just moved to a new server. Was this an IIS6 to IIS7+ migration?
IIS7 uses <system.webServer\handlers> instead of the IIS6 <httpHandlers> section. On top of this it will throw an error by default if you have the settings in the old section even if the new section is populated correctly.
Try this:
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
<!-- modules here -->
</modules>
<handlers>
<!-- modules here -->
<add name="Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource" path="Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd" verb="*" type="Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource, Telerik.Web.UI, Version=2008.2.826.20, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=121fae78165ba3d4" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
The validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" will allow you to keep your httpHandlers section populated without throwing an error (useful if you are debugging on a cassini / iis6 server) and the entry in the <handlers> section will configure it for your IIS7 server.
The runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" is not strictly required but you will probably find yourself needing it if you are new to configuring IIS7 :)
Is the new server perhaps running IIS7?
Then try this
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<add path="Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd" verb="*" type="Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource, Telerik.Web.UI, Version=2008.2.826.20, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=121fae78165ba3d4" validate="false"/>
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
Also, make sure you have the exact version that you have specified in the Handlers section. You do not actually need the Version, Culture, and Public Token parameters specified in your web.config in order for it to work. They are there incase you are using more than one version in your application. Without them being specified, the server will use the first one that it finds referenced in your project. So, if you are only using one version of an assembly, you can omit the parameters.
Make sure that you have the Telerik DLL Telerik.Web.UI.dll referenced in your project and that CopyLocal is set to "true". Also, make sure (using File | Properties) that you have the right version on the server, too.

Deploying website: 500 - Internal server error

I am trying to deploy an ASP.NET application. I have deployed the site to IIS, but when visiting it with the browser, it shows me this:
Server Error
500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.
After fiddling around with the web.config, I got:
The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.
How can I see the actual issue behind this server error?
First, you need to enable and see detailed errors of your web messages, because this is a general message without giving information on what's really happening for security reasons.
With the detailed error, you can locate the real issue here.
Also, if you can run the browser on the server, you get details on the error, because the server recognizes that you are local and shows it to you. Or if you can read the log of the server using the Event Viewer, you also see the details of your error.
###On IIS 6
<configuration>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
<compilation debug="true"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
###On IIS 7
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
<asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>
</system.webServer>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
<compilation debug="true"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
Note: You can avoid the Debug=true. You only need to close the custom errors for a while and get the detailed error page.
This can help: How to enable the detailed error messages (from IIS).
I was pulling my hair out over this issue. Making sure the following entry was in the root web.config file fixed it for me:
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
Remember that you have to add this to the existing XML elements, if they're already there. You can't just add at the end of the file, because you can't have multiple copies of any element.
For me, the following code in the web.config was the culprit. When I removed it, the web site worked fine.
<staticContent>
<mimeMap fileExtension=".mp4" mimeType="video/mp4" />
</staticContent>
I finally solved this "500 Internal server" error when deploying the ASP.NET MVC 3.0 application on godaddy.ocm shared hosting.
somehow there were discrepancies on the version of DLL files referenced and version mentioned in file web.config.
I tried all the options mentioned in various forum. Nothing helped, although everyone suggested the same kind of fix, but somehow it didn't work in my scenario. Finally after banging my head for two days.
I decided to delete all DLL file reference and delete web.cofig (make a local copy) from the project and let the application throw the error and then add the DLL files one by one making copy to local=true.
After all the DLL files were added, I created a new ASP.NET MVC application and copied the web.config of new application to my actual application.
So my actual application now has a new web.config, and then I copied the connectionstring and other references from the local copy of web.config that I saved.
I just compiled the application and published to a local folder
and FTP the published folder to goDaddy.
It worked and finally my problem was solved.
In my case, I put a mistake in my web.config file. The application key somehow was put under the <appSettings> tag. But I wonder why it doesn't display a configuration error. The error 500 is too generic for investigating the problem.
My first attempt to publish and then run a very simple site serving only HTML produced "The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred."
The problem: I had the site set to .NET 3.5 in Visual Studio (right click web site project -> Property Pages -> Build), but had the Web Site in Azure configured as .NET 4.0. Oops! I changed it to 3.5 in Azure, and it worked.
In addition to the other suggestions, make sure to change the existingResponse attribute of the httpErrors node to Auto from Replace, or to remove that property entirely.
<httpErrors existingResponse="Replace" />
^^^^^^^ not going to work with this here
Server Error 500 - Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed. Goddady. Hosting - Web - Economy - Windows Plesk
In my case, I replace this code:
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
<asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>
</system.webServer>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
Then change framework 3.5 to framework 4. It shows my detailed error. I delete code in:
<httpModules></httpModules>
It solved my problem.
IIS also reports status code 500 without any event log hints if there are insufficient permissions on the physical home directory (i.e. IIS_IUSRS has no access).
For IIS 10 There is a extra step to do other than changing the customErrors=Off to show the error content.
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off" />
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors existingResponse="PassThrough" errorMode="Detailed"/>
</system.webServer>
Raul answered the question in this link Turn off IIS8 custom errors by Raul
Probably your web.config file is wrong or is missing some tag. I solved my problem using the correct config tags for .NET 4.
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" strict="false" explicit="true" targetFramework="4.0">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Deployment, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
<add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
<add assembly="System.Data, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
<add assembly="System.Web.Services, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
<add assembly="System.Xml, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
<add assembly="System.Transactions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<pages controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion="3.5" clientIDMode="AutoID">
<namespaces>
<clear/>
<add namespace="System"/>
<add namespace="System.Collections"/>
<add namespace="System.Collections.Specialized"/>
<add namespace="System.Configuration"/>
<add namespace="System.Text"/>
<add namespace="System.Text.RegularExpressions"/>
<add namespace="System.Web"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Caching"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.SessionState"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Security"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.Profile"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.UI"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts"/>
<add namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls"/>
</namespaces>
</pages>
<authentication mode="None"/>
</system.web>
I realized the permissions for the files and folders in your server also matter. I uploaded my files from a linux operating system and usually the permissions are limited for read and write. So when uploaded, the permission are still same as in the local machine.
I had the same error and i just changed the permissions for the folder i had uploaded and the error was gone.
Hope it helps someone.
500 Internal Error
Windows Hosting Error
Godaddy Hosting issue
I have been facing the same issue, but now my issue has been resolved. Always use in this hosting this it works.
I will also recommend you all to do whatever changes you are looking to make in your web.config file. Please do it one by one and test the same on the live domain so that you can find the exact problem or the features that your hosting provider does not allow you to use.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.web>
<trust level="Medium"/>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Data.Linq, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
<sessionState mode="InProc" cookieless="false" timeout="90" />
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="default.aspx"
defaultUrl="default.aspx"
protection="All"
cookieless="UseCookies"
slidingExpiration="false"
timeout="30"
name="aeon.corpusjuris.in" />
</authentication>
<customErrors
mode="Off"
defaultRedirect="errorpage.aspx">
<error statusCode="403" redirect="errorpage.aspx"/>
<error statusCode="404" redirect="errorpage.aspx"/>
</customErrors>
<!-- <httpModules>
<add name="HTTPCaching" type="HTTPCaching"/>
</httpModules>
-->
</system.web>
<runtime>
<performanceScenario value="HighDensityWebHosting" />
</runtime>
<system.webServer>
<!-- <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<add name="HTTPCaching" type="HTTPCaching"/>
</modules>
-->
<defaultDocument>
<files>
<clear />
<add value="default.aspx" />
</files>
</defaultDocument>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
<asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>
<staticContent>
<clientCache cacheControlCustom="public"
cacheControlMaxAge="60:00:00"
cacheControlMode="UseMaxAge" />
</staticContent>
</system.webServer>
<system.web.extensions>
<scripting>
<webServices>
<jsonSerialization maxJsonLength="90000000">
</jsonSerialization>
</webServices>
</scripting>
</system.web.extensions>
</configuration>
If you're using a custom HttpHandler (i.e., implementing IHttpModule), make sure you're inspecting calls to its Error method.
You could have your handler throw the actual HttpExceptions (which have a useful Message property) during local debugging like this:
public void Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!HttpContext.Current.Request.IsLocal)
return;
var ex = ((HttpApplication)sender).Server.GetLastError();
if (ex.GetType() == typeof(HttpException))
throw ex;
}
Also make sure to inspect the Exception's InnerException.
500 internal server error can arise due to several reasons. First reason might be that web.config file is not properly created, means you have missed some tag in the web.config file. Secondly this error can be due to some code problem. To check which component of the web application is causing this error you can check Application setting in web.config file. The detail of solving and tracing 500 internal server error with diagram is given here:
Make sure your account uses IIS 7. For more information, see Customizing IIS Settings on Your Windows Hosting Account.
Follow the instructions in Changing Pipeline Mode on Your Windows IIS 7 Hosting Account. Select Integrated Pipeline Mode.
In your Project References section, set Copy Local to True for the following assemblies:
System.Web.Abstractions
System.Web.Helpers
System.Web.Routing
System.Web.Mvc
System.Web.WebPages
Add the following assemblies to your project, and then set Copy Local to True:
Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure
System.Web.Razor
System.Web.WebPages.Deployment
System.Web.WebPages.Razor
Publish your application.
Sometimes, the reason might be one of your .dll assemblies is not registered correctly on the server.
For example, you can successfully run a C# Excel web application on your local machine with Office installed, while getting the 500 error on server deployment, because there is no Office suite installed on the server, and thus you get the server error.
For those who have this possibility (VPS hosting not web hosting):
Connect to your hosting server via Remote Desktop. Open Web Browser from your remote desktop and you will see the detail description of the error.
You don't need to modify web.config or expose any details to anybody else.
If you are using IIS 8.5 it may be that you need to change the ApplicationPool ID setting from ApplicationPoolId to NetworkService
Right click the Application Pool in question, click on "Advanced Settings" and then scroll down to ID - it will probably be set to ApplicationPoolIdentity. Click the button (..) and select NetworkService from the dropdown list instead.
Also make sure that if it is a .NET 2.0 application that you are not referencing the 4.0 framework in your App Pool.
Before changing the web.config file, I would check that the .NET Framework version that you are using is exactly (I mean it, 4.5 != 4.5.2) the same compared to your GoDaddy settings (ASP.Net settings in your Plesk panel). That should automatically change your web.config file to the correct framework.
Also notice that for now (January '16), GoDaddy works with ASP.Net 3.5 and 4.5.2. To use 4.5.2 with Visual Studio it has to be 2012 or newer, and if not 2015, you must download and install the .NET Framework 4.5.2 Developer Package.
If still not working, then yes, your next step should be enabling detailed error reporting so you can debug it.
I recently got into same problem, the disk space was full on the server. Clearing some space has resolved the issue.
Try compiling in Debug mode (in Visual Studio). If you are in Release mode, a lot of URL Rewrite errors will not be available.
Image shows the Debug selection combobox in Visual Studio

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