I'm very new to IIS7 and somewhat new to C#. My project right now is to use C# and IIS7 to create an interactive website with various clickable items and features. The C# programs are written and working properly, however I honestly do not know much about IIS7 despite trying to research it for a good amount of time.
My question is, how do I integrate C# scripts into ISS7 so that the website can be hosted with said scripts running smoothly within it? In other words, how do I combine the powers of ISS7 and my C# code to make a website? What must I do within ISS7 to utilize my C# code?
I've already "created" my new site within IIS7 and given it the appropriate bindings. I'm just not sure where to go from here.
I realize this may be a broad question/answer, so pointing me to where information on this topic can be found would also be greatly appreciated. I've searched through the official IIS website without much luck. Thank you.
It depends on what kind of code you want to run. The best start might be a straight forward web project, and not web services/web api.
Create a new web site project in visual studio, and hook it up with IIS in project properties-> web -> uncheck "Use IIS Express" and click "Create Virtual Directory". When you build the solution next time, it will be "deployed" to your local IIS.
A virtual directory maps to a physical directory on a computer. The web application will be running on your machine. If you have IIS on a web server that is not your development machine, then you have to deploy your web application to this server.
You might find this usefull: How to: Create IIS Virtual Directories in Visual Studio
The relationship between Visual Studio and IIS is that you can create virtual directories from Visual Studio. This means that when you visit localhost/MvcApplication1, IIS serves you the web application that is mapped in C:\Users\<Username>\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\MvcApplication1
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I am front-end developer trying to brush up the front-end of an existing asp.net mvc application. So I have never used asp before but I thought I would try running it locally on my machine then get to work on the css part of the web application.
Previously I have tried running IIS server locally but in vain, is there a better way to run this project? Sorry I am not allowed to share the repo from where I have cloned the project.
I am using Visual Studio code running on a Windows 10 machine.
I would suggest using Visual Studio. It has its own IIS Express so you can run app locally and open it in any browser and you can also edit all HTML and CSS files.
The Best way to use latest Visual Studio and import your project into it (File->Open-Project/Solution) and run the application in it in debug mode. You can put break point to go through the code and add new codes and even test your application. It is very easy indeed. It has all the utilities for a .NET MVC application.
Open IIS, go to Under Default Web site.
right click and add select Add Application
give alias name and select the physical path of your source code
click Ok
if you get database access Authorization failed.
Open SQL Express Management Studio as an “Administrator” and navigate to Security > Logins > NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Right click on “NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM” and select Properties. Select “Server Roles” from the left panel and make sure that “public” and “sysadmin” are checked.
Your application will be added under Default Web Site
from there you can browse.
You can have a look at very good article,
how to deploy ASP.NET MVC application on IIS
I am a telecom engineer, I have studied a little bit of coding but I am not a professional, I have to develop a c# asp.net app for my company and I have some issues with debugging my app with Visual Studio 2015. I hosted my app on IIS (not IIS Express, even if I don't understand the difference), when I hit debug (with Firefox, Google Chrome...) a message of error displays where it is written:
unable to start debugging on the web server the remote server returned an error 400
I have litterally tried everything, can you please help me and give me solutions that I will understand (I am no professional), if you need a screen shot or something please let me know.
Clarifications/details (based on comments, etc.), and since "just use localhost/foo" sounds too magical:
if you're debugging on a remote web server (not your own PC), you'll have to setup the remote machine to allow such. This may or may not be feasible (not your server, etc. etc.).
Hence Visual Studio provides local debugging (Express or local IIS)
What is IIS Express?
When I want to start a project I can eather store it on IIS or IIS Express
Sure, but you'll have to know how to set things up (see links)
When I use IIS, and click on debug, I have error 400 and the browser doesnt open But When I use IIS Express and click on debug, it debugs, the browser opens and I have a 500.52 error
Set debug=true. It should give you error/exception detail(s) (also in link above)
So I am storing my project on IIS (inetpub\wwwroot...) and when I design and write my code I just press start without debug and the browser opens with my app appearing
Same as above, that just means IIS is running your app just like any other ASP.Net app. It does not automatically mean you can attach to it and debug.
While you can certainly develop that way (using /wwwroot), you'll be better off deving in your own directory, using VS/IIS Express, and publish to IIS (as simple as file system copy). You'll also learn what publish means (compiling), what in all your code is "published"/needed in live/production. If you kept deving in IIS the way you are, you'll likely not know the difference.
IIS admin is a bigger topic (multiple apps, multiple sites, and associated configuration).
I'm a little confused, since a day or 2 i've been programming with visual studio 2013 web express. i've made a C# web form (.aspx). i used to program normal html/css in Adobe Dreamweaver.
But unlike a normal .HTML document i cannot find a file to just click and open in my browser. and so i do not know how to upload my project to my hosting server. when i debug it, it shows up in my browser and it tells me it is the file with .aspx extension but when i try to manually open this file it just tells me there's something wrong with my page (incorrect code etc.)
Anyone can tell me how i do this? could not find a solution in google so i thought i'd give stackoverflow a chance :)
Thanks!
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First off, a website programmed with ASP.Net requires Internet Information Services (IIS) to run.
Visual Studio has its own built-in mini version of IIS for development, but to deploy to production you'll need a Windows Server with IIS. You should check that your hosting provider supports IIS before you do anything else.
Assuming you have IIS running, and you've configured a website in IIS with an empty directory, ready to host your project there are a couple of different options you have for deployment:
Just copy everything in the website to the server (all files & folders). This is simplest, and allows you to tweak things on the fly, but is the least secure.
Use Visual Studio's packaging and deployment utility. Not much to say here, other than read the manual.
The .aspx pages, .ascx controls, the bin folder with your .dll files, web.config, App_Themes, App_LocalResources, etc. And then you'll need to set up a new web site on IIS.
I am using visual studio 2010 on .net4.0 for my projects and I've found that each time I do a change in my project, I build and run but I cannot see my changes. I've found this happening once or twice mostly with my web service projects. I'm no pro with web services and am encountering this problem for the first time so would be grateful to anybody who can tell me what has gone wrong with my project and how to fix it.
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My asmx file is where I have added an additional method but am not able to see it when I run F5
When you change the compiled code in a web service or site, you need to make sure you restart the web server hosting that service or site.
You are probably using the ASP.Net Development Server. Although Visual Studio starts this server for you, it does not restart it automatically when you rebuild. As a result, the server will still be referencing the previous version of the assembly that you changed.
In the Windows system tray you should see one or more icons depicting a web page with a purple gear overlapping it at the bottom-left.
There are three of them in this example:
You can stop the server by right-clicking its icon and selecting "Stop". (If you have more than one, you will learn to identify the one you need to stop by recognizing the port number shown in the tooltip when you hover the mouse over the icon.) Visual Studio will restart it when needed.
When you're making changes to a service or site, use this workflow:
Make code changes
Stop the ASP.Net Development Server
Rebuild the project containing the changes
Run
Client-side code vs. Server-side code
If you're changing client-side code (HTML or JavaScript), then you may need to force your web browser to refresh its cache. In Windows this is normally done by pressing CTRL+F5 in the browser (see refreshyourcache.com/en/cache for more info). If you're changing compiled code (C#), and restarting the server doesn't help, try restarting Visual Studio, then do Build -> Clean Solution, then Rebuild.
If you are facing issues in ASP.Net Development Server, I think you are better off creating a virtual directory in IIS and host your web service there. That way you should be able to make your changes, just build it (don't run it) and that should be available on your virtual directory and you just browse to webservice. Then you don't have to hit F5 again and again and don't have to worry about instances of ASP.NET dev server.
Following article contains good step-by-step instructions on how you do it on IIS 7.0. This article is about hosting a website - however, hosting a webservice is not different.
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/28693/Deploying-ASP-NET-Websites-on-IIS-7-0
I am trying to publish a website using IIS, I made a virtual directory and in this directory I've added all the webpages and configured the virtual directory but still I am not able to run my web application.
Here is the step by step method to deploy an asp.net application
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/030806.htm
Please post any error message
Make sure that your are running the right asp.net Version...
check if in the asp.net tab if it's v 1 change it to v2
Could you please let me know the error message.( Check with minimum settings like startUp page , version, try publishing with Wizards etc)
In Visual studio, click on project, Properties, Web.
Under Servers, select Use local IIS Web server, then on Create virtual Directory.
Now, when you debug, the page should open in IIS, and Visual studio has taken care of most of the grudge work of setting up the IIS, all you will probably have to change is the security settings under IIS. Hope this helps.
If it is IIS7 check that your application has enough permissions to run:
IIS Actions Pane:
Basic Settings
Connect as (be sure to log in with Admin account first to test, then create you own specific user. Least Privilege Principle)
Test Settings (Authorization and Authentication is Green!)
Test your webisite
The question doesn't say what exactly the error is but you mentioned that you just created the virtual directory. Did you make it an web application? For IIS 6 follow this
link - Create and Configure Local ASP.NET Web Sites. In IIS7 just right click on it and convert it to application.
If its already a website, did you choose the correct framework? normally when you create a website it ill be assigned the default app-pool. If you have installed multiple dotnet then you might check which framework is in default app-pool. Then change the default app-pool to the correct version that is required by your website, or create a new app-pool.
There can be multiple reasons so if you could provide the error message then it would be easier to resolve the problem.
Thanks.