Publish .Net 6.0 Web api on IIS

Question

For a new project I would like to use the new .Net 6.0 framework for the web api.
I have build the first piece and it run well on the IIS Express and running from command line on my developer machine.

When I try to publish it on IIS I receive the error "404 not found" when try to call any app url.

I recieve this error also if I use IIS on my Windows 10 developing machine.
The step:
I have installed the "Hosting Bundle for 6.0.1"

I have created the AppPool without managed code (also tried with managed code)

I have published on a folder the .Net 6.0 Web Api App, moved the publish folder on the server

How I can chek if the server enviromet is correctly configured for hosting .Net 6.0 apps? There is an utility to do that check?

Thanks for any help
Lorenzo

Answer 1

What is the URL? Are you sure you are accessing the correct site and not the default site?

Maybe you created the site under the default site?

http://localhost/appname/api/values

Or maybe the site you created is under a different port?

Answer 2

Hi and thanks,
the api apps is published in the root of a specific (not default) web site.

The url is https://api-test.domain.it

If I put a index.html on the root folder and DELETE the .NET 6.0 web api file all work fine
If I do not delete the .Net 6.0 web api file also the index.html file is not found (Error 404)

I do not have any info in the event viewer of the machine
Lorenzo

Answer 3

A 404 is expected unless you have a default route for https://api-test.domain.it or configured swagger as the default.

If I do not delete the .Net 6.0 web api file also the index.html file is not found (Error 404)

ASP.NET Core applications use a static file handler for returning static files. The files are located in the wwwroot folder. Add a wwwroot folder to the root of the Web API project and add the static file listener to the application configuration if you want to return static files as a test.

Static files in ASP.NET Core