IIS not running ASP.NET MVC application

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I have deployed an asp.net MVC application to my IIS7 server. When I attempt to browse the dafault route I get the message

HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden

The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.

It's clear to me that it is not loading/processing the global.asax, but I have no idea why. I've deployed another MVC application to this same location/app pool and it works fine.

Does anyone have any idea how to debug a problem like this?

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– lostinplace, Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 15:04

opewix · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-02 07:15:24Z

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I've tried a lot, and finally one checkbox did the trick

answered Feb 2, 2016 at 7:15

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human17 Over a year ago

This did the trick! Thanks a lot of the post! Any ideas on what exactly does that do and why is it needed? I assumed that IIS should come with all of the prerequisites that it might need?

Alen Šimunic Over a year ago

This did the trick!! Why doesn't Microsoft mention this in documentation?? And yes, why wasn't it installed in the whole IIS installation?

FiringSquadWitness Over a year ago

Yet again the IT department forgot to add this to the developer image.. Thanks

Mohamad Osama Over a year ago

You are right, this option must be enabled to make MVC ASP.NET work correctly

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:17:29Z

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Maybe:

<system.webServer>
    <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/> 
</system.webServer>

OR

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:17

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lostinplace Over a year ago

Damnit!!! I discovered this 30 minutes later as well. Looks like I won't get to answer my own question.

Dan Loewenherz Over a year ago

What file are you supposed to put this in?

ralf.w. Dec 12, 2024 at 10:35

as I read your comment and tried to figure out, where to put it, and my guess was: webconfig, I discovered, the folder did not contain any webconfig. added that as fast as I could and it's running now

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