ASP.NET Debugger Extension for IIS 7
Just finished writing an extension for IIS 7 that will provide advanced debugging features for IIS worker processes running managed code.
It basically does three things
1. Find Debug Modules
This feature will help you scan your website content to spot modules that have been built in debug mode.
2. Callstack Viewer
This feature will dump out the callstacks of all the threads in the process running managed code. It is basically a snapshot of all the managed threads in the worker process. This is helpful when you are troubleshooting worker process hangs / performance issues.
3. Trace Process for Debug Events
This feature will help in tracing useful events in the worker process. For example it can display callstacks whenever an exception occurs in the process.
This extension uses mdbgcore.dll to debug the IIS worker process.
INSTALLATION
Use “Run as Administrator” while launching the following installers.
x86 : adeInstallx86.msi
x64 : adeInstallx64.msi
Both the setup files are in this zip file.
DETAILED GUIDES
ASP.NET Debugger Extension – Find Debug Modules
ASP.NET Debugger Extension – Callstack Viewer
ASP.NET Debugger Extension – Trace Process for Debug Events
ASP.NET Debugger Extension - Manual Install / Uninstall
If you have any suggestions / feedback / bugs I would love to hear about them.
Comments
Anonymous
November 04, 2009
I tried to install x64 version, but i failed with some unexpected error http://screencast.com/t/NcRrZaBzMgAo I ran this as admin. Is there any log file to check?Anonymous
November 04, 2009
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November 05, 2009
Thank you for reporting this. The error was happening while launching a script from the installer on x64. I have made a change to the x64 package. Please download it again and try.Anonymous
November 08, 2009
The x64 installation succeeded now, however I don't see any 'asp.net debugger' icon nor 'Other' section. http://screencast.com/t/nMAgqqtNSfm2 (It's in czech) Reboot doesn't work.Anonymous
November 09, 2009
Stej please try to install it manually using this guide http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2009/11/10/asp-net-debugger-extension-manual-install-uninstall.aspxAnonymous
November 09, 2009
The manual install works, great! Why it failed (probably) - I ran the installer from TotalCmd which is 32bit process. Consequently the installer gained acces to syswow64 instead to system32. That's why the entries in my administration.config were missing. One typo: <modulesProvider> -> <moduleProviders>.Anonymous
February 16, 2010
Dumb question... I installed and cannot find the UI displayed in your screen shots anywhere. Is this a stand-alone program or should I see it within IIS?Anonymous
February 16, 2010
Actually, I did get it to show up in IIS - but I don't see any worker processes in the drop-down when I select "Callstack Viewer" - any suggestions?Anonymous
February 16, 2010
Nevermind again - just had to reboot!Anonymous
October 29, 2014
zip file can't download. error message `Sorry, there was a problem with your last request!' displayed.