Unable to start the Kentico application when my computer restarts? - c#

I installed Kentico 8.2 on my computer. But every time I turn off my computer and open it again. The Kentico Application never starts. I hope you can help me about my problem.

Your problem is not a Kentico issue at all, it's an IIS configuration issue. By default, IIS is configured to only run a website when it is first accessed manually or continually being used. If the website is idle and not running and you access it, the application pool kicks up and serves up the website. If there is idle time of 20 minutes (by default) it will go into a sleep state until it is requested again. When you restart your computer, IIS is in that sleep state until the website is first requested.
Within IIS you can set a few properties to help you out. In the Application Pool connected to your website go to the advanced properties of it. Check the General>Start Mode and ensure it is set to Always Running vs. On Demand.
Secondly, in the same Application Pool set the Process Model>Idle time-out (minutes) to something greater than the default 20 minutes. This will help only after the website is already running.
Thirdly, in the same Application Pool set the Process Model>Idle time-out action to Suspend. This will help the website start up faster when it does go to sleep.

Is autostart enabled in your IIS?

All above answers are valid, but if I remember correctly, there was also an issue with Skype taking up a specific port, if you set to "Run Skype on startup". This prevents some of the IIS services/websites to start. Not sure if that relates to your specific issue, but if you've got Skype installed and set to run on startup, try disabling this and restart your PC to see if it helped.

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Azure VM IIS Restarting

We have a simple .net application running crystal reports in an Azure VM. We have some code that detects if the application has restarted, and this application is restarting often.
protected void Application_Start()
{
if (!HttpContext.Current.IsDebuggingEnabled)
SendgridService.SendAppRestartEmail();
}
I suspect the application is going to sleep or something is triggering the restart, but cant work out what.
After doing a lot of searching I am posting here to see if anyone can help
Most likely the problem is that your AppPool is getting recycled because of the low usage.
You'll need to adjust timeout settings. See the following articles:
Recycling Settings for an Application Pool
IIS: Idle Timeout vs Recycle
How To Configure Idle Time-out Settings For An Application Pool (IIS 7)

MVC4: Application pool keeps stopping

What are the reason for the application pool to be stopped? I am asking about stopping the application, not recycling.
Does reaching private byte memory limit is one of them? When I debugged my website, it seems that the application pool is keep getting recycled at every minute, then suddenly the application pool is stopped and giving me
Error 503 unavailable.
I found out that actually my hosting provider degraded my private byte memory limit from 500MB into 100MB and without telling me. My application has minimum requirements of 150MB-200MB private bytes limit.
I am here asking this to make sure that the problem was because the memory limit, not the other thing.
It could be that the user identity is outdated, especially if you've tried starting a stopped app pool and the next request again fails.
In IIS, go to the Application Pools under the Server, then find the correct Application Pool for your web site, and click on it. On the Advanced Settings menu to the right, select Identity and change it and enter new user and password. Click on your Application Pool again, and select Recycle to restart it.
You can also try looking at the error message in Event Viewer, under Windows Logs, Application, Details tab.
Taken from HTTP Error 503, the service is unavailable.
I was having this same issue and I couldn't find anything in the event log location that MD GHOUSE mentioned. I ended up finding a warning in Event Viewer --> Windows Logs --> System that stated that the identity in my application pool did not have batch logon rights. I am adding that user to the AD group to resolve. I hope this helps someone.
try going into the IIS and selecting the application pool that is stopping. Click on advanced settings and go down to identity. Change the item from Application pool to Local Service. Restart the application pool or IIS and problem should be solved.
In my case, its due to domain password reset. When I created the application pool, I've used my old password. But after I reset my password, then application pool was getting stopped until I go and use my new password in the application pool advanced settings.

All Application Pools time out, but not one

I am debugging in Visual Studio 2010 with IIS 7.5. I have four enabled AppPools. This is on my development machine, so no one else accesses it, at all.
So the problem is that three of these AppPools time out, but forth one doesn't. I am not bothered why this one stays there, but more concerned why the other three time out, as I use them more often.
I have checked all settings for them and they match exactly. I can certainly increase "Idle Time-out" settings but wanted to know what is causing it.
Thanks for your help.
Disable pinging (set Ping Enabled to false). When it's turned on, IIS hosting proces checks constantly (every 30s) if a pool process is alive. If a given application pool process does not respond withing a predefined period (Ping Maximum Response Time = 90s) it is restarted. I can't tell exactly why one pool is not restarted - maybe while debugging it was responding to IIS pings.
I couldn't figure out the reason. But as a workaround, I set "Idle Time-out (minutes" property to 60 and it is working out for me.

Service restarts automatically after it is manually stopped

I have created a windows service in C#.NET that is continuously running. Now when i stop it from the services.msc initially it shows that it has been stopped but after some time when i refresh the services.msc it shows as started again. I also checked in the task manager at the same time, i see that the exe of my application gets killed but starts on its own again.
Please help.
If you take a look into the properties of your service, there is a tab called Recovery. Maybe there is something configured on this page which automatically restarts the service.
Maybe you can use Process Monitor to find out a little more about who starts your service?
I suppose this was something to do with the operating system. I deployed my service on Win2k3 and it worked just fine. It started perfectly and stopped when i stopped it from Services.msc. I was trying to deploy the service on WinXP earlier. Please let me know if anyone else has faced such an issue.

Check if IIS Application is running without causing it to run

I am writing a web monitor app that gives information about all app pools / apps on my IIS server. I am looking for a way in C# to programmatically check if an IIS application is running without causing it to run if it is not.
Here is what I have found...
application is running, there are one or more sessions active.
all sessions dropped off...application still "running", app pool worker process is running.
At some point determined by IIS, the Application_End is finally executed...however, the app pool worker process is still running.
After 20 minutes, the app pool worker process finally shuts down due to inactivity.
It is between #3 and #4 that I am having trouble. The application has ended, but if I try to send an Http Request to the app, it will automatically start up. I am looking for a way to programmatically determine if the application has ended (while the worker process is still active awaiting shutdown) without restarting the Application.
I can try to provide more details if you are unsure what I am talking about.
Regards,
Jeremy
I found this on MSDN
public bool CheckIISRunning()
{
ServiceController controller = new ServiceController("W3SVC");
return controller.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running;
}
For this to work you need to have
System.ServiceProcess added as a reference.
Microsoft has created a VBScript file to identify the IIS Application Pools (by Process Id). If you search "iisapp.vbs" on google it should point you in the right direction.
Note: I'm not 100% sure that it will work with Windows Server 2008, but does work with 2003.
In IIS7 you can use appcmd apppool /? to see what possibilities are available.

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