httpRuntime Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
Configures ASP.NET HTTP run-time settings that determine how to process a request for an ASP.NET application.
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
httpRuntime Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<httpRuntime
executionTimeout = "number"
maxRequestLength = "number"
requestLengthDiskThreshold = "number"
useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl = "[True|False]"
minFreeThreads = "number"
minLocalRequestFreeThreads = "number"
appRequestQueueLimit = "number"
enableKernelOutputCache = "[True|False]"
enableVersionHeader = "[True|False]"
apartmentThreading = "[True|False]"
requireRootedSaveAsPath = "[True|False]"
enable = "[True|False]"
sendCacheControlHeader = "[True|False]"
shutdownTimeout = "number"
delayNotificationTimeout = "number"
waitChangeNotification = "number"
maxWaitChangeNotification = "number"
enableHeaderChecking = "[True|False]"
/>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
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apartmentThreading |
Optional Boolean attribute. Enables apartment threading for classic ASP compatibility. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0. The default is False. |
appRequestQueueLimit |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the maximum number of requests that ASP.NET queues for the application. When there are not enough free threads to process a request, the requests are queued. Incoming requests are rejected with the error "503 - Server Too Busy" when the queue exceeds the limit that is specified in this attribute. The default is 5000. Note For the .NET Framework versions 1.0 and 1.1, the default is 100. |
delayNotificationTimeout |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the time-out in seconds for delaying notifications. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0. The default is 5 seconds. |
Enable |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether the application domain (AppDomain) is enabled to accept incoming requests at the current-node and child-node level. If False, the application is effectively turned off. The default is True. |
enableHeaderChecking |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether ASP.NET should check the request header for potential injection attacks. If an attack is detected, ASP.NET responds with an error. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework 2.0. The default is True. |
enableKernelOutputCache |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether output caching is enabled. This attribute is only relevant when Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or later is installed. The output caching configuration and type of request determines whether content can be cached. To cache a response, the following criteria must be met:
The default is True. |
enableVersionHeader |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether ASP.NET should output a version header. This attribute is used by Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 to determine which version of ASP.NET is in use. It is not necessary for production sites and can be disabled. Note This attribute is not available in the .NET Framework 1.0. The default is True. |
executionTimeout |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the maximum number of seconds that a request is allowed to execute before being automatically shut down by ASP.NET. This time-out applies only if the debug attribute in the compilation element is False. Therefore, if the debug attribute is True, you do not have to set this attribute to a large value in order to avoid application shutdown while you are debugging. The default is 110 seconds. Note In the .NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1, the default is 90 seconds. |
maxRequestLength |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the limit for the input stream buffering threshold, in KB. This limit can be used to prevent denial of service attacks that are caused, for example, by users posting large files to the server. The default is 4096 KB. If the threshold is exceeded, a ConfigurationErrorsException error is thrown. |
maxWaitChangeNotification |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the maximum number of seconds to wait from the first file change notification before restarting the AppDomain for a new request. Set this attribute to a number that is greater than the length of time to complete any file copy processes. File change notifications are combined based on the value of this attribute and the waitChangeNotification attribute. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework 2.0. The default is 0. |
minFreeThreads |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the minimum number of free threads to allow execution of new requests. ASP.NET keeps the specified number of threads free for requests that require additional threads to complete processing. The default is 8. |
minLocalRequestFreeThreads |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the minimum number of free threads that ASP.NET keeps available to allow execution of new local requests. The specified number of threads is reserved for requests that are coming from the local host, in case some requests issue child requests to the local host during processing. This helps to prevent a possible deadlock with recursive reentry into the Web server. The default is 4. |
requestLengthDiskThreshold |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the limit for the input stream buffering threshold, in kilobytes. This value should not exceed the maxRequestLength attribute. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework 2.0. The default is 80 KB. |
requireRootedSaveAsPath |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether the filename parameter in a SaveAs method must be an absolute path. The ASP.NET process must have permission to create files in the specified location. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework 2.0. The default is True. |
sendCacheControlHeader |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether to send a cache control header, which is set to Private, by default. If True, client-side caching is disabled. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework 2.0. The default is True. |
shutdownTimeout |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the number of minutes that are allowed for the worker process to shut down. When the time-out expires, ASP.NET shuts down the worker process. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework 2.0. The default is 90 seconds. |
useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl |
Optional Boolean attribute. Specifies whether client-side redirects are fully qualified using the form "https://server/path", which is required for some mobile controls, or whether relative redirects are sent to the client instead. If True, all redirects that are not fully qualified are automatically converted to fully qualified form. Note If this attribute is set to False, some browsers might encounter issues when loading pages that are in cookieless sessions. The default is False. |
waitChangeNotification |
Optional Int32 attribute. Specifies the time, in seconds, to wait for another file change notification before restarting the AppDomain. Set this attribute to a number that is greater than the time between the updates of two file copy change notifications. File change notifications are combined based on the value of this attribute and the maxWaitChangeNotification attribute. This attribute is new in the .NET Framework 2.0. The default is 0 seconds. |
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
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configuration |
The required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications. |
system.web |
Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file and contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave. |
Remarks
The httpRuntime element configures ASP.NET HTTP run-time settings that determine how a request for an ASP.NET application is processed. The .NET Framework provides a number of different run-time hosts, including the ASP.NET run-time host. When a request comes in, ASP.NET loads the run-time setting into the process that is to handle the request. ASP.NET also creates an application domain for each Web application that will run on a Web server.
Default Configuration
The httpRuntime element is not explicitly defined in the Machine.config file or in the root Web.config file. However, the following settings are the default values as initialized by the system. If you need to customize this section you must create it in your configuration file and define only those attributes that need customization.
<httpRuntime
executionTimeout="110"
maxRequestLength="4096"
requestLengthDiskThreshold="80"
useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl="false"
minFreeThreads="8"
minLocalRequestFreeThreads="4"
appRequestQueueLimit="5000"
enableKernelOutputCache="true"
enableVersionHeader="true"
requireRootedSaveAsPath="true"
enable="true"
shutdownTimeout="90"
delayNotificationTimeout="5"
waitChangeNotification="0"
maxWaitChangeNotification="0"
enableHeaderChecking="true"
sendCacheControlHeader="true"
apartmentThreading="false"
/>
Example
The following example demonstrates how to specify HTTP run-time parameters for an ASP.NET application.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="4000"
enable = "True"
requestLengthDiskThreshold="512"
useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl="True"
executionTimeout="45"
versionHeader="1.1.4128"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
Element Information
Configuration section handler |
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Configuration member |
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Configurable locations |
Machine.config Root-level Web.config Application-level Web.config Virtual or physical directory–level Web.config |
Requirements |
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0 The .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005 |
See Also
Tasks
How to: Configure Specific Directories Using Location Settings
How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings
Concepts
ASP.NET Configuration File Hierarchy and Inheritance
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios
Reference
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
Other Resources
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration Settings