Questions tagged [iis-8]
The version of Microsoft's web server that comes with Server 2012 and Windows 8. It adds support for multiple SSL-certs for a single IP (SNI), web sockets, Application Initialization.
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Setting up default SSL site on IIS8
I have setup few websites on IIS8 all using the same wildcard SSL certificate. Some of the sites need to be accessible to older browsers and operating systems, therefore I cannot use the "Require ...
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How can I warm up my asp.net mvc webapp after an app pool recycle?
I am running an ASP.NET MVC webapp in IIS 8.0. My application needs to be warmed up before taking requests. We already have a process to warm up the application automatically when we deploy new code. ...
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Don't see Failed Request Tracing in IIS Manager
In the "Actions" Pane of IIS Manager (InetMgr), under Configure there is supposed to be a link for Failed Request Tracing.
I don't see that... I just have "Limits..."?
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Multiple ssl certificates with one ip and same port but different host headers (IIS 8)
I have an IIS 8 (win 2012 r2) server and i want to bind the same web site to 2 different domain and to 2 different certificates.
I can't use wildcard since the domains are different FQDNs.
If i add ...
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Installing SSL on a Windows Server 2012 with IIS 8.0
We are in the process of moving a website from a machine with Windows Server 2008 R2/IIS 7.5 to a machine with Windows Server 2012/IIS 8.0 as we want to take advantage of the new SNI feature.
This ...
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Password protect single directory in IIS 8
How can I password protect a single directory in IIS 8 under Windows Server 2012 Standard?
Example: I want to be able to access mysite.com, but when navigating to mysite.com/secured, I want to be ...
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IIS 8 asp.net mvc HTTP Error 500.19
Hello i have just moved server, for my asp.net mvc framework. but now i get the following error message, and to be honest i do now know what is wrong?
Module IIS Web Core
Notification ...
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What role does "App Pool Identity" play for an Application Pool?
When talking about IIS 7.5 security, AFAIK:
App Pool Identity decides whom my web application runs as.
Authentication Method decides whom the clients are authenticated as.
I have a virtual folder ...
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How do I enable Basic Authentication for IIS 8 in Windows Server 2012
I have a website that needs to use Basic Authentication. I want to host it on a Windows Server 2012 box. But in IIS in the Authentication page for the web site, Basic Authentication is not available.
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Disable TLS 1.2 stops RST packets
Environment,
Web server - Server 2012 R2, IIS 8, ASP.NET application
Firewall Cisco 5515
Un-Managed HP switches, No vlaning
Client has been using Curl from the outside to hit our application.
No ...
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IIS App Pool High CPU usage despite no requests
I have recently migrated a set of Windows Server 2008 R2 / IIS 7.5 servers to new servers running Windows Server 2012 / IIS 8.
I am experiencing some odd behavior from IIS. We have 2 identical ...
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applicure dotdefender ISAPI filter causing pdf issue
I have recently migrated a web server form Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 R2
The dotdefender application firewall works fine except for one issue.
On large PDF ~15MB or more it take anywhere from 1 - ...
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Change Key exchange mechanism in IIS 8
We are using RSA key exchange mechanism for SSL certificate. How can I change that to DHE_RSA or ECDHE_RSA?
Due to using RSA, we are getting the below warning in chrome
Your connection to website ...
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How to list out Virtual Directories in IIS from the all the websites in PowerShell
I have hit a complete roadblock and cannot figure out how to print out the virtual directories for each website in IIS 8. I keep retrieving Applications and empty null argument errors and just can't ...
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Starting IIS Manager has Web Platform Prompt
Every time I open Internet Information Services manager in 2012 Datacenter I am prompted to install Microsoft Web Platform to "stay connected with latest Web Platform Components.
Ive sniffed around ...
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Unable to use "Web deploy" on Windows Server 2012 HTTP ERROR 404.7
I am using Windows server 2012 and Web Deploy 3.5.
When I try to publish from Visual Studio I get 404 and suggests to follow the following link
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#...
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Windows 2012 Core Extreme memory use on SVCHOST/Workstation service
We have approximately 200 servers, Hyper V, File Cluster, and IIS, that are all experiencing the same issue, an event occurs on the server through normal use that maxes out or near maxes out the RAM ...
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Install IIS 6 Management Compatibility on IIS 8 / Windows 2012
I cant access IIS server from console application because i need to install 6 Management Compatibility. I fixed this error on Windows 7, since its easy to find how to install 6 Management ...
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IIS 8 - Default SSL Site Breaks SNI
We have the following scenario in testing SNI on Windows Server 2012 R2 with IIS 8. Domain names and IP addresses listed below are fake and for example only.
WEB SITE NAME IP ADDRESS Host ...
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Using Proxy Protocol with AWS ELBs and IIS 8
I'm trying to move my SignalR application, hosted in AWS behind an ELB on IIS8, to use websockets.
After following the steps recommended by AWS (change listeners on the ELB to TCP, enable proxy ...
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Is running a nightly IISReset outdated?
In the past 2 weeks, our nightly IISReset has not come back up successfully and caused us an outage.
We have a Windows Task that runs every night that executes an IISReset, and I'm wondering if this ...
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IIS Manager - can not connect using certain user accounts
I am having some trouble with what should be a very simple task.
I have set up IIS 8 on server 2012
If I log in using a domain admin account, or the first admin account that was created when the ...
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How to modify IIS role services in Windows Server 2012?
I have a clean Windows Server 2012 installation. I installed the Web Server (IIS) role, and during the process it asked me which Role Services I would like (asp.net, iis6 metabase compatibility, etc.)...
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TLS Error 70 issues
I have a web application (IIS 8) on one server (Windows Server 2012) connecting to SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 on another server (Windows Server 2008) that until recently was working fine. ...
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Unable to set password in IIS 8 for Domain User as ApplicationPool Identity
I'm trying to set a Domain User account as ApplicationPool Identity in IIS 8 (Windows 2012). When trying this using the IIS Management Console I always get an error:
Value does not fall within the ...
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Is it possible to change the SSL binding order in IIS?
I have Site A in IIS 8.0 configured to an SSL certificate with the binding ###.###.###.###:443. I also have Site B configured to a different certificate with the binding ###.###.###.###:443 (same IP ...
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FTP Server on Windows Server 2012: Works on localhost, error accessing folder when using domain
I am trying to setup a second FTP server on a computer running Windows Server 2008 and IIS 8.0. I already have an FTP server accessible with one port, and this one will be accessible on a different ...
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IIS integrated mode foreign characters
OK so this has been driving us crazy. We have an application built in ASP.NET 4.0 running on Windows Server 2012 and IIS8.
A few pages of our site are translated into multiple languages, notably ...
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Hide Physical Path in IIS HTTP Error
Is it possible the hide the below physical path from IIS server..?
When someone try to enter the URL with folder name that time below error raiser in browser :
For Eg : https://MyDomainAddress/JS
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IIS 8 Show Classic ASP Errors in Browser
Browser is showing "500 - Internal server error." (I have turned off "Show Friendly Http Messages".
In IIS 8 I have gone to ASP settings and set "Send Errors to Browser = True".
I've got simple ...
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How to log authentication failures on IIS
My client is trying to access the Web Service from the web but it is getting http error Forbidden.
I don't know if the problem is on my service or if it is on the client proxy service.
How can i set ...
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IIS 8.5 - getting error when returning static 404 file
IIS8.5 > Sites > mysite > Error Pages > 404
Select "Insert content from static file into the error response".
Uncheck "Try to return the error file in the client language".
Enter path to "notfound....
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iis 7 stopping a listener channel
I'm getting the following error with iis 7 for any page that takes more than 7-10 minutes to complete :
A worker process 'xxxx' serving application pool 'xxxxxx' failed to stop a listener channel for ...
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Can you prevent IIS7/8 from monitoring UNC paths for web.config changes?
I have a web server which loads imagery from UNC filesystems for each site. These are added as a virtual directory for each site. These filesystems can contain thousands of folders and it appears that ...
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Determine why logs were purged
We had some issues with a user connecting through OWA. This user used to be a server admin.
Upon checking today, all IIS logs have been removed up to and including sept 30 (the day the issues were ...
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IIS 8.5 forces incorrect Content-Length header
We have a application that generates PDF files dynamically and forces a download of a the file. This code was working without issue on a Windows Server 2008. From what I can tell it appears that IIS ...
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What is optimal IIS threading settings for a Win2012 server that does lots of slower web service calls?
We have a Windows 2012 Server that communicates to lots of other services via SOAP based web services using ASP.Net and .NET 4.5. These services tend to have higher latency (i.e. 2-6 seconds to ...
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Missing "Server Certificates" icon in IIS8
I'm trying to configure SSL on my Windows 2012R2 server, but I can't find the "Server Certificates" icon that I normally use to request and manage certificates. Is there a Feature or Role I need to ...
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How to fix "The FastCGI process exceeded configured activity timeout" on Windows 8 Pro?
How to fix "The FastCGI process exceeded configured activity timeout" on Windows 8 Pro?
Installed FileMaker 12 Advanced Server on Windows 8 Pro box
A long running script generates:
HTTP Error 500.0 ...
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Trailing dots in url result in empty 404 page on IIS
I have an ASP.NET site on IIS8, but IIS7.5 behaves exactly the same. When I enter a URL like:
mysite.com/foo/bar..
I get the following error with a '500 Internal Server Error' status code:
even ...
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FTP partial uploads on IIS8
I set up a new FTP server on Windows Server 2012 with IIS 8. When I upload an entire directory, many of the files are cut off and don't match the original file size. I haven't really compared them ...
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IIS Basic Authentication only protects directories, not individual files?
I really hope this isn't a duplicate, but I wasn't able to find anything like this on here.
My issue is: I have a subdirectory on a Windows (not sure if 2008 R2 or 2012) server with IIS 8.5 that I ...
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What steps to take when trying to resolve unresponsive/hung/broken IIS web site?
What steps do you take when you find an IIS web site is not responding?
I might try to first telnet to the specified port, then check web site binding and authentication, and at last restart it.
I ...
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Will IIS finish pending requests on Stop-WebSite?
Lets' say my IIS8 hosted web site is up and running and happily serving requests. Now, from an elevated Powershell, I run:
Stop-WebSite <MyWebSite>
My assumption until recently was that IIS ...
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Chromium Browsers TLS1.2 Fails with ADCS issued certificate on Server 2012 R2
tl;dr: TLS 1.2 between Server 2012 R2 and Chromium based browsers fails when using AD CS issued certs. Works fine on Server 2016+, and on 2012 R2 with Firefox/IE/Cygwin-curl.
We have several internal ...
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cannot get directory list via ftp using windows 2012 r2, iis-8
Cannot get directory listing in FTP client program.
Trying to connect with Filezilla using passive mode:
Status: Resolving address of test.domain.dk
Status: Connecting to 89.XXX.XXX.XXX:21...
Status:...
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Renew an IIS 8 SSL certificate when it is in the "Web Hosting" store
I have a working IIS 8.0 server (on Windows Server 2012) that has a working SSL installation. The certificate is due to expire in a few days, so I am trying to renew it.
When I try to create a ...
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Server 2012 R2 Exchange 2013 Handle Leak
I have a DAG setup with Server 2012 R2 and Exchange 2013 running on three Servers plus another Server for a lagged copy.
We appear to be having a handle leak on all of the Servers, it doesn't seem to ...
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IIS bindings keep being removed
I'm having a problem where the security certificate for a site is being periodically unbound from port 443 and replaced with another certificate which is sitting on the server. So whenever a user ...
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sophos access https site when user portal is activated
I use a SOPHOS on UTM 9.
I have a website behind it on Win Server 2012 R2 / IIS 8 created with a subdomain (e.g. myaccess.mydomain.com).
On UTM9 i had do what Stephane say on "serverfault -> sophos ...
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