Just trying to get simple app to run on the server
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Hi, I've read a bit about ASP.NET and want to try it out to build a website. But right now I can't figure out how to get the server to recognize the application. Interestingly all tutorials and "beginner" info discuss the internals of ASP.NET but say virtually nothing about how to actually implement it on the server. In the simplest terms (I'm a total neophyte to ASP.NET) can someone try to explain how to get a simple "Hello World" page uploaded to a server so it actually runs. Thanks, Jeff
If you have developed your web application in VS studio and want to Deploy on server (IIS ) you need to perform the following step. 1. Published your web application from VS. 2. Copy the published folder in
C:\initpub\wwwroot3.Start>Run>inetmgr4. Click onDefaultweb site 5. You will get the folder of your web application. 6. Right Click on that Folder > Properties 7. In Defult Tab, There is aCreate Button. Click on It 8. Goto ASP.NET TAb > SelectProper Framework Version9. Goto Security Tab >Edit> Select Anonymous 10. Apply > OK 11. Close IIS 12. Open Browser > type http://ipaddress/VirtualDirectoryName/Default.aspx That's All. Here is an good Tutorial Make Sure, IIS is installed in the Server and ASP.NET is registred with IIS.cheers, Abhijit CodeProject MVP Web Site:abhijitjana.net When you ask a question, remember to click "Good Answer", If the Answer is helps you.
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Can you get your simple ASP.NET application to run in the Visual Studio debug environment ? Try this ... Select Debug/Start Debugging from the menu. It will start a small web-server on your machine and run the web application there, allowing you to step through code if necessary. If that works, then you need to setup IIS and deploy your ASP.NET application there. Do you have a separate server with IIS installed ? or Are you trying to run IIS on your development machine ? The next topic you may want to investigate is "Installing IIS".
Hi, Thanks for your reply. Okay, it runs fine when viewed on my computer. Basically I'm viewing it in Firefox and the address is listed as http://localhost:49../FirstWebPage.aspx This is all well and good, but obviously I want to run it on the server (a separate entity out in the midwest), not on my computer. I'm very confused about what IIS is or does. One tutorial suggested I needed to enable IIS on my local machine, which I did, but that didn't make the program run any better or worse here (logically). The issue isn't how to make it run here but getting it to run on the server. How exactly would the server know how to interpret the weird files spit out by ASP.NET? How does it know where to "enter"? Is there some way to tell the server "expect a ASP.NET application"? I know this is incredibly basic but I find half the problems I encounter in programming are just this kind of thing, getting the first lines of communication started. Thanks, Jeff
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Hi, Thanks for your reply. Okay, it runs fine when viewed on my computer. Basically I'm viewing it in Firefox and the address is listed as http://localhost:49../FirstWebPage.aspx This is all well and good, but obviously I want to run it on the server (a separate entity out in the midwest), not on my computer. I'm very confused about what IIS is or does. One tutorial suggested I needed to enable IIS on my local machine, which I did, but that didn't make the program run any better or worse here (logically). The issue isn't how to make it run here but getting it to run on the server. How exactly would the server know how to interpret the weird files spit out by ASP.NET? How does it know where to "enter"? Is there some way to tell the server "expect a ASP.NET application"? I know this is incredibly basic but I find half the problems I encounter in programming are just this kind of thing, getting the first lines of communication started. Thanks, Jeff
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
I'm very confused about what IIS is or does.
In simple words, IIS is an web server which used to HOST the ASP.NET web application. In Visual Studio, ASP.NET engined is integrated and its takes care of all the execution. Now for the hosting of the web application we need to deploy the site on IIS.
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
One tutorial suggested I needed to enable IIS on my local machine,
Which OS are you using? In recent there are 3 IIS is used. IIS 5.1 (WinXP) , IIS 6.0 ( Win 2k3), IIS 7.0 (Vista Premium, Win Server 2008 ) I gueess you are dealing with Win2k3 and here is the installion guide of IIS 6.0 Installing IIS6 But installtion of rest are also same. :)
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
How exactly would the server know how to interpret the weird files spit out by ASP.NET? How does it know where to "enter"? Is there some way to tell the server "expect a ASP.NET application"?
This is all about How IIS and ASP.NET integrated together, How IIS handels the request, What is the Use Of HTTPHandler and HTTPMoudle. If am refering you some good links, This will help you IIS 6 and ASP.NET IIS 7 and ASP.NET Hope this will helps you :)
cheers, Abhijit CodeProject MVP Web Site:abhijitjana.net When you ask a question, remember to click "Good Answer", If the Answer is helps you.
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If you have developed your web application in VS studio and want to Deploy on server (IIS ) you need to perform the following step. 1. Published your web application from VS. 2. Copy the published folder in
C:\initpub\wwwroot3.Start>Run>inetmgr4. Click onDefaultweb site 5. You will get the folder of your web application. 6. Right Click on that Folder > Properties 7. In Defult Tab, There is aCreate Button. Click on It 8. Goto ASP.NET TAb > SelectProper Framework Version9. Goto Security Tab >Edit> Select Anonymous 10. Apply > OK 11. Close IIS 12. Open Browser > type http://ipaddress/VirtualDirectoryName/Default.aspx That's All. Here is an good Tutorial Make Sure, IIS is installed in the Server and ASP.NET is registred with IIS.cheers, Abhijit CodeProject MVP Web Site:abhijitjana.net When you ask a question, remember to click "Good Answer", If the Answer is helps you.
Hi, Okay I see one of the problems I'm having is I'm using the Express edition. I just learned through the MSDN site that you can't publish the website without the full version. I'm wondering if maybe there is a way to work around this limitation or if it really is impossible to actually use the Express edition in a practical way. Thanks, Jeff
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Hi, Okay I see one of the problems I'm having is I'm using the Express edition. I just learned through the MSDN site that you can't publish the website without the full version. I'm wondering if maybe there is a way to work around this limitation or if it really is impossible to actually use the Express edition in a practical way. Thanks, Jeff
Publishing of web site is something different and you can read some more information from net regrading this. Generaly it is done for security purpose. You can do the same thing with out publishing the web site as you are in learning phase, just copy the web site folder to wwwroot folder. Please go through the CP article which I have provided to in my last answer.
cheers, Abhijit CodeProject MVP Web Site:abhijitjana.net When you ask a question, remember to click "Good Answer", If the Answer is helps you.
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Jeffrey Webster wrote:
I'm very confused about what IIS is or does.
In simple words, IIS is an web server which used to HOST the ASP.NET web application. In Visual Studio, ASP.NET engined is integrated and its takes care of all the execution. Now for the hosting of the web application we need to deploy the site on IIS.
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
One tutorial suggested I needed to enable IIS on my local machine,
Which OS are you using? In recent there are 3 IIS is used. IIS 5.1 (WinXP) , IIS 6.0 ( Win 2k3), IIS 7.0 (Vista Premium, Win Server 2008 ) I gueess you are dealing with Win2k3 and here is the installion guide of IIS 6.0 Installing IIS6 But installtion of rest are also same. :)
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
How exactly would the server know how to interpret the weird files spit out by ASP.NET? How does it know where to "enter"? Is there some way to tell the server "expect a ASP.NET application"?
This is all about How IIS and ASP.NET integrated together, How IIS handels the request, What is the Use Of HTTPHandler and HTTPMoudle. If am refering you some good links, This will help you IIS 6 and ASP.NET IIS 7 and ASP.NET Hope this will helps you :)
cheers, Abhijit CodeProject MVP Web Site:abhijitjana.net When you ask a question, remember to click "Good Answer", If the Answer is helps you.
Hi, I'll check out those links in just a second.
Which OS are you using? In recent there are 3 IIS is used. IIS 5.1 (WinXP) , IIS 6.0 ( Win 2k3), IIS 7.0 (Vista Premium, Win Server 2008 )
I'm assuming IIS 7.0 because I'm running Vista. Also, as I mentioned in the other reply, there appears to be an issue because I'm running the Express version of the Visual Web Developer. I guess it's a Catch 22. I want to know if it is worth ponying up the dough for this thing. But it's hard to determine that if it won't let me upload the app to test. Jeff
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Publishing of web site is something different and you can read some more information from net regrading this. Generaly it is done for security purpose. You can do the same thing with out publishing the web site as you are in learning phase, just copy the web site folder to wwwroot folder. Please go through the CP article which I have provided to in my last answer.
cheers, Abhijit CodeProject MVP Web Site:abhijitjana.net When you ask a question, remember to click "Good Answer", If the Answer is helps you.
Hi, Okay I'll check that out. Thanks...
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Hi, I'll check out those links in just a second.
Which OS are you using? In recent there are 3 IIS is used. IIS 5.1 (WinXP) , IIS 6.0 ( Win 2k3), IIS 7.0 (Vista Premium, Win Server 2008 )
I'm assuming IIS 7.0 because I'm running Vista. Also, as I mentioned in the other reply, there appears to be an issue because I'm running the Express version of the Visual Web Developer. I guess it's a Catch 22. I want to know if it is worth ponying up the dough for this thing. But it's hard to determine that if it won't let me upload the app to test. Jeff
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
I'm assuming IIS 7.0 because I'm running Vista.
Cool. Here is my complete Article on Deplying web site on IIS 7 Deploying ASP. Net Websites on IIS 7.0 Regarding Second part, I have already give you the answer :)
cheers, Abhijit CodeProject MVP Web Site:abhijitjana.net When you ask a question, remember to click "Good Answer", If the Answer is helps you.
modified on Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:40 PM
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Hi, Okay I'll check that out. Thanks...
Let me know if you have any issue. I think I can help you on IIS related you ;)
cheers, Abhijit CodeProject MVP Web Site:abhijitjana.net When you ask a question, remember to click "Good Answer", If the Answer is helps you.
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Hi, Okay I'll check that out. Thanks...
Wow, that's a lot to take in. There appears to be a version difference, so I'm having some difficulty finding all of the screens shown in the example. Let me start with what you have written,
1. Published your web application from VS.Can I use the files which result from a "build" instead of a "publish"?2. Copy the published folder in C:\initpub\wwwrootDo you mean copy the published folder into the preexisting C:\inetpub\wwwroot file (I assume yes) or to create a new path called C:\initpub\wwwroot also, should I paste in just the contents of the program folder, or include the folder which wraps the files? __ I guess there is a version difference, because I'm getting hung on6. Right Click on that Folder > Properties 7. In Defult Tab, There is a Create Button. Click on ItThe problem is there is no Properties option when I right click. In fact I can't find the Properties anywhere (normally this would be at the bottom of list upon right click). If I could find this functionality somewhere I would be able to follow along but so far..... I'll keep working on this. Jeff -
Wow, that's a lot to take in. There appears to be a version difference, so I'm having some difficulty finding all of the screens shown in the example. Let me start with what you have written,
1. Published your web application from VS.Can I use the files which result from a "build" instead of a "publish"?2. Copy the published folder in C:\initpub\wwwrootDo you mean copy the published folder into the preexisting C:\inetpub\wwwroot file (I assume yes) or to create a new path called C:\initpub\wwwroot also, should I paste in just the contents of the program folder, or include the folder which wraps the files? __ I guess there is a version difference, because I'm getting hung on6. Right Click on that Folder > Properties 7. In Defult Tab, There is a Create Button. Click on ItThe problem is there is no Properties option when I right click. In fact I can't find the Properties anywhere (normally this would be at the bottom of list upon right click). If I could find this functionality somewhere I would be able to follow along but so far..... I'll keep working on this. JeffJeffrey Webster wrote:
1. Published your web application from VS. Can I use the files which result from a "build" instead of a "publish"?
Yes. You can :)
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
2. Copy the published folder in C:\initpub\wwwroot Do you mean copy the published folder into the preexisting C:\inetpub\wwwroot file (I assume yes) or to create a new path called C:\initpub\wwwroot
No. If you have IIS Installed , then you should have the folder. So copy you build web site over the preexisintg Folder :)
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
I guess there is a version difference, because I'm getting hung on 6. Right Click on that Folder > Properties 7. In Defult Tab, There is a Create Button. Click on It The problem is there is no Properties option when I right click. In fact I can't find the Properties anywhere (normally this would be at the bottom of list upon right click). If I could find this functionality somewhere I would be able to follow along but so far.....
No need to wories. I guess, you have seen the article on IIS 6.0 . I have also provided you the article of how to deploy web sites on IIS 7.0 . Deploying web sites on IIS 7.0 :) Hope this is helpful to you :)
Abhijit Jana | Codeproject MVP Web Site : abhijitjana.net Don't forget to click "Good Answer" on the post(s) that helped you.
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Jeffrey Webster wrote:
1. Published your web application from VS. Can I use the files which result from a "build" instead of a "publish"?
Yes. You can :)
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
2. Copy the published folder in C:\initpub\wwwroot Do you mean copy the published folder into the preexisting C:\inetpub\wwwroot file (I assume yes) or to create a new path called C:\initpub\wwwroot
No. If you have IIS Installed , then you should have the folder. So copy you build web site over the preexisintg Folder :)
Jeffrey Webster wrote:
I guess there is a version difference, because I'm getting hung on 6. Right Click on that Folder > Properties 7. In Defult Tab, There is a Create Button. Click on It The problem is there is no Properties option when I right click. In fact I can't find the Properties anywhere (normally this would be at the bottom of list upon right click). If I could find this functionality somewhere I would be able to follow along but so far.....
No need to wories. I guess, you have seen the article on IIS 6.0 . I have also provided you the article of how to deploy web sites on IIS 7.0 . Deploying web sites on IIS 7.0 :) Hope this is helpful to you :)
Abhijit Jana | Codeproject MVP Web Site : abhijitjana.net Don't forget to click "Good Answer" on the post(s) that helped you.
Hi, Yes, I followed the other "path" of our exchange and found your info for IIS 7.0 which made much more sense. It's a major UI difference between the two versions!! I found that "scraping" the build contents gave some strange results, so I included the containing folder and found that the IIS UI seemed to understand what was going on. This is consistent with your reply. So I've completed all of the steps including the creation of a new application pool and assigning to it the sample website (VS_Website1). This actually doesn't appear to work, at least not by using http://localhost/VS\_Website1 or http:\\localhost\VS_Website1 I get the 500.19 Internal Server Error. Also, I'm not sure I'm following the basic idea since this all seems to be leading back to hosting it on my own computer which I can already do. How does this relate to getting it onto the external server? I'll continue to read on in the article and see if I can see the thrust of what you're doing here.... Thanks, Jeff
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Hi, Yes, I followed the other "path" of our exchange and found your info for IIS 7.0 which made much more sense. It's a major UI difference between the two versions!! I found that "scraping" the build contents gave some strange results, so I included the containing folder and found that the IIS UI seemed to understand what was going on. This is consistent with your reply. So I've completed all of the steps including the creation of a new application pool and assigning to it the sample website (VS_Website1). This actually doesn't appear to work, at least not by using http://localhost/VS\_Website1 or http:\\localhost\VS_Website1 I get the 500.19 Internal Server Error. Also, I'm not sure I'm following the basic idea since this all seems to be leading back to hosting it on my own computer which I can already do. How does this relate to getting it onto the external server? I'll continue to read on in the article and see if I can see the thrust of what you're doing here.... Thanks, Jeff
Hi, As I've looked at the error it does show that at least it is recognizing where the pages should be found. In the error message below you can see that it shows the requested URL and then the location of the folder containing the ASP.NET app, which is correct. So it's definitely better than the "can't find server at..." error. It seems to be complaining about configuration data for the page. Unfortunately I don't know much about page configuration data, and a Google search didn't help much. Any ideas what might be ailing it?
HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid. Requested URL http://localhost:80/VS_Website1 Physical Path C:\inetpub\wwwroot\VS_Website1 Logon Method Not yet determined Logon User Not yet determinedThanks, Jeff -
Hi, As I've looked at the error it does show that at least it is recognizing where the pages should be found. In the error message below you can see that it shows the requested URL and then the location of the folder containing the ASP.NET app, which is correct. So it's definitely better than the "can't find server at..." error. It seems to be complaining about configuration data for the page. Unfortunately I don't know much about page configuration data, and a Google search didn't help much. Any ideas what might be ailing it?
HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid. Requested URL http://localhost:80/VS_Website1 Physical Path C:\inetpub\wwwroot\VS_Website1 Logon Method Not yet determined Logon User Not yet determinedThanks, JeffTry to acees usign page name. I guess you didnot set the default page. if Home.aspx is your default page, then try with
http://localhost:80/VS_Website1/Home.aspxAbhijit Jana | Codeproject MVP Web Site : abhijitjana.net Don't forget to click "Good Answer" on the post(s) that helped you.