How to make remote debug to asp.net core 7 hosted on IIS ?

Question

I work on asp.net core 7 I face more differenced between my local system project with asp.net core 7 and same application hosted and publish on iis

as sample when page load I retrieve join date input and display it without any issue on local system

but when i publish same code that not give me any issue on local and publish it on IIS it give me error

so i need to install remote debug to debug issue on server directly

but I don't know how to make remote debug

I worked on asp.net core 7 visual studio 2022

so I have multi question i need answer for it

when i need to make remote debug to published app hosted on another server ON IIS so

suppose i have two pc

developer pc

iis pc

1- what tools i will install on developer pc for remote debug app on iis

2-what tools i will install on IIS pc for remote debug app on iis

3- What port i will use it

4- what permissions and roles need for two pc

5-how to access my iis applications .NET core which files i will add

to access iis application remotely

please help me answer by details if possible

Answer 1

I recommend reading the official documentation for the framework and host you are targeting.

Remote Debugging

Remote Debug ASP.NET Core on a Remote IIS Computer in Visual Studio

Answer 2

Hi Ahmed Salah Abed Elaziz,

1- what tools i will install on developer pc for remote debug app on iis

Only VS should be installed on the developer PC.

what tools i will install on IIS pc for remote debug app on iis

You should install the remote debugger tool from this link according to your VS version.

What port i will use it

If you are using the VS 2022, the port number will be 4026, you could also see the port inside the remote debugger tool after you enabling it.

what permissions and roles need for two pc

Administrator

how to access my iis applications .NET core which files i will add

Using VS's attach to process inside the debug view. By using this you could attach the application process which hosted on the IIS.

More details, you could refer to this article.

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