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Server Application Unavailable

Asked by: GabicusC

From what I have read online this error comes up a lot.  I have a sight that is running on IIS 6.  I can run the root of the sight that is set up to the App Pool Default and set to use asp.net 1.1.4.  I then have a sub directory that is set up to run from the same pool and it is also set to use asp.net 1.1.4.  When I browse to the main page all works fine.  It is just when I got to the subdirectory that I get Server Application Unavailable.  I have gone to the event log for apps and there is no error for me to read to troubleshoot this issue.  I have also made sure that both the folder and sub folder has asp.net account with full access.  I am not sure what else to try.  I seem to have tried everything that I can find and nothing seems to work.  One addition to this problem is that I just had to replace the subdirectory with a more updated folder.  Could this be part of the issue?

Thanks,

Gabicus

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2009-05-28 at 14:33:10ID24446752
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Answers

 

by: moghazaliPosted on 2009-05-28 at 14:54:32ID: 24498208

1. Does your sub directory contains an independent ASP.NET web site/application? If yes, you must create an application for the sub folder. For this, open the Properties of the sub directory in IIS. On the Directory tab, within Application Settings section, click the Create button to mark the sub folder to act as an independent ASP.NET application. On the other hand, it is just a sub directory containing some pages, make sure you have set some default page for the directory if you browsing without mentioning a page.

2. Make sure the Upload folder has Modify permissions set for ASPNET account which is default for Windows 2000/XP and Network Service if your site is on Windows 2003.

 

by: GabicusCPosted on 2009-05-28 at 15:03:49ID: 24498270

moghazali,

Thanks for the reply.  It looks like an issue with the web.config file.  I added the old one in and it started to work.  But when I go to the new one i get this error.  I checked the two against each there and I don't see anything that would be different.  However I know that when I am using the web.config on the production system it is causing an issue.  That is why I had to change the folder.  I needed to make my test system like my production system.   Do you know what would be causing this issue?

 

by: dexion432Posted on 2009-05-28 at 15:07:23ID: 24498294

Try to go to iis manager (inetmgr.exe), right click the sub dir, properties and create an application.

 

by: moghazaliPosted on 2009-05-28 at 15:28:41ID: 24498437

Post both of your web.config files here (remove any custom elements) or try matching yourself using some good editor's file compare feature.

Further, I am confused now. Does your web site have sub folder which contain a separate web application with its own web,config? Another infomration from you is to to confirm the OS and IIS installation/configuration of both test and production systems.

 

by: GabicusCPosted on 2009-05-28 at 15:36:13ID: 24498518

Sorry I did not add that part.  Yes it does have a separate web app with it's own web.config file.  I did check both files with compareit and they look identical.

 

by: moghazaliPosted on 2009-05-28 at 16:06:51ID: 24498739

You must create application for that sub directory. This will not allow Session sharing between the two applications, however.

 

by: GabicusCPosted on 2009-05-28 at 16:31:03ID: 24498892

nope it was the web.config.  I was using vs2k5 and for some reason it did not save the way I needed.  I just opened the problem file in notepad and save  as and now it works fine.  Go figure.

thanks again for your help.

 

by: moghazaliPosted on 2009-05-29 at 13:36:07ID: 24505998

In your question you mentioned you are using .NET 1.1 while in your last comment, you said that you were using VS2K5 which actually targets .NET 2.0. If this is the case, you must change the ASP.NET version from the ASP.NET tab in the Properties window of the virtual directory.

I don't know how opening in Notepad and saving it again solved the problem but your earlier comments were provided using the information in your original question.

 

by: GabicusCPosted on 2009-05-29 at 18:24:22ID: 24507310

I had tried everything before I opened this questions.  Why it worked is beyond me.  I only used VS 2k5 to open the web.config.  I am not building with it for this site.  this site was built with an outside company.  The issue only started when I recopied all the files over in this sub directory including a new web.config.  I had to open the web.config to change some of the variable for the different environment.  Then I just did a save it from VS 2k5. This is when the issue came up.  All I know is that the second I opened it in Notepad and saved it the issue went away.  It was another programmer at the office that made that suggested. His comment was that there is sometimes stuff that is not seen in the file that will cause this.  Opening it in notepad removes all that garbage and then saving you are saving just a plan file with nothing hidden in the background.  Trust me I would have never opened this thread on something basic.

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