iis7

Help - Enabling ASP.NET for IIS7 on Vista is failing.

I am actually not able to install any windows feature through the "Turn Windows features on or off" dialog. I am trying to get ASP.NET working for IIS7 on Vista Ultimate. I also tried running aspnet_iisreg -i but got an unspecified error. I checked several places and none of the solutions worked. They mostly had to do with duplicat...

Cruisecontrol.NET & IIS7 Static File Handler Problem

I'm trying to get Cruisecontrol.NET running with Server 2008/IIS7 and when I try and navigate to the dashboard I get the following error: HTTP Error 404.17 - Not Found The requested content appears to be script and will not be served by the static file handler. I'm a bit lost in IIS7 so it could be something pretty straightforward. They...

Windows Server 2008 as development machine - step by step

I have found many tutorials about using Windows Server 2003 as a development machine, and very little information about Windows Server 2008 for the same purpose. For a nicer experience, I have followed the steps from Convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation. I am searching for the requirements and installation order for IIS 7 ...

URL rewriting problems with ASP .NET 2 on IIS7 and Vista

I've got a website running under ASP .NET 2/IIS7/Vista. I have a URL rewriting module which allows me to have extensionless URLs. To get this to work I have configured the system.webServer section of the config file such that all requests are forwarded to the aspnet_isapi.dll. I have also added the URL rewrite module to the modules secti...

Logging capabilities on Server2008 / iis7?

Hello there I am suddenly resposible for debugging/finding out what is wrong with an asp.net application that crashed its ApplicationPool some days ago. The 5 errors within 5 minutes failsafe we had set took it down. The problem is that it was still served pages and thus returned a 503 for just some visitors. We have inadequate logging ...

How can I get a header that will work with IIS 6, 7 and Apache?

Hello all, I am trying to get a header that will work with Apache, IIS 6, and IIS 7. I won't go into the reason for that here. Let's just say that it's not as easy as I thought it would be :-) Anyway, the problem has something to do with NPH. In our code (originally written for IIS 6) we have use CGI qw(:standard); print "HTTP/1.0...

IIS7 / WPAS: Multiple WCF services in same AppDomain?

If host my WCF services in IIS7 or WPAS, is it possible to load up two or more services into the same AppDomain so that they can share static variables? ...

Handler mappings request restrictions doesn't work

If I set the Request Restrictions for the StaticFileModule to Invoke handler only if request is mapped to FILE shouldn't StaticFileModule only be invoked if the requested file exists physically ? It doesn't seem to be the case because I'm still getting 404 File not found on handler: StaticFile instead of handler: Not yet determined The...

Setting up IIS7 as a basic web host (website w/ attached ftp site)

Am I becoming a lazy researcher? If I don't find good answers via Google, instead of continuing to try various research methodologies, here I am at SO again... I want to host a few websites on IIS7 on Windows Server 2008. I am familiar with how to setup/configure the website. What I would like to do is setup a ftp site for each website ...

'JQuery' is undefined

I am working on a ASP.net project created with local file system settings. I am using MVC and Jquery. Jquery is working fine when I run the application in debug mode i.e. in ASP.net Development server. I am trying to host the application in IIS 7. In hosted mode, it does not recognize Jquery and gives scripting error 'Jquery is undefined...

How do i connect a VS2008 MVC project to Vista IIS7 localhost as the web server?

Hi folks, I'm trying to connect my stock standard, default ASP.NET MVC (web) application to the Vista IIS7 localhost web server instead of using Cassini. I'm trying to find some steps to set this up, etc. I've installed Vista IIS7 and of course MVC beta, VS2008 & Sp1. Lastly, i'm hoping to also have multiple solutions use the Vista I...

Can an ASP.NET HttpHandler handle an http 400 - Bad Request?

We have an HttpHandler that deals directly with binary posts over HTTP from custom client software. The client software occasionally sends data which results in IIS 7 responding with a 400 - Bad Request. Since the "400 Bad Request" is special in that HTTP.SYS transparently handles it in kernel mode without notifying user mode of anything...

Relative Image URL in Javascript File - ASP.net MVC and IIS 7

I am developing an Asp.net mvc application, everything works fine in ASP.net development server but when I am trying to host it on IIS 7. I am getting problem related to URL resolution. I have used relative paths in Javascript to give the image. The script file is in ~/Scripts/ folder and image files are in ~/Content/images/ folder. Now ...

Learning website security (specifically on IIS7)

I have never had to deal with the security aspects of a website before but would like to learn how to run a secure website on my own server (IIS7). What elements of security do I need to learn? Are there good online resources? client side IIS Server / Firewall Asp.Net Note: I'm thinking of security meaning safe and secure, not relat...

IIS7 error when calling non-activeX dll from COM+ activeX dll called by classic asp

Hi, I hope someone can help me out with this: I have a classic ASP application that works fine on older versions of IIS but not on IIS7. The asp code calls COM+ activeX dll's (written in VB6) and I have managed to get everything running fine except for one program where the ActiveX dll calls another 3rd party non-activeX dll. At that...

IIS7, RewritePath and IIS log files

Hi, I am using Context.RewritePath() in ASP.NET 3.5 application running on IIS7. I am doing it in application BeginRequest event and everything works file. Requests for /sports are correctly rewritten to default.aspx?id=1, and so on. The problem is that in my IIS log I see GET requests for /Default.aspx?id=1 and not for /sports. Thi...

MVC + IIS7 = CSS Issue...

I have a web site running via IIS7 on Vista. The site is running on port 88, so http://localhost:88 should render the default /Home/Index view. This works correctly, as do all other views. However, one problem is resident. My script paths point to /Scripts/[FILE] and my CSS paths point to /Content/[FILE]. My assumption was that the /...

IIS7 startup site

I have a Windows 2008 Server with IIS7 on it and a web page running under the name, let's say myApplication. I have a domain name that points to the IP of my server, let's say myApplication.com. In order to access my application I have to enter http://myApplication.com/myApplication. If I write http://myApplication.com/ I arrive to th...

Where is Vista IIS7 "master" config file stored at?

In IIS7 for Vista, you can select your machine and it gives you serveral options in which you can use to configure your system. Where is this file stored at? It seems like there's a big master.config file which stores all my settings like the "Connection Strings" which are inherited by the webpages. Supposedly it's some file named m...

VS2008, IIS7 web project, non-admin. When?

What needs to happen before we can open Web Application Projects hosted in IIS7 with Visual Studio 2008 without running as Administrator? Are we talking about waiting for the next version of Visual Studio? Are there any existing workarounds? I think it's implied by the above, but this pertains to Vista. Thanks. ...