2011-02-20 Composite C1 installation/deployment on IIS7 (errors, troubleshooting, tips& tricks)

Date: 2011-02-20

Notes on experience about deploying first Composite C1 application on IIS7.

  1. Filesystem + Create physical folder for web site/application
  2. IIS management + Sites + Add web site + Physical path = path from step 1.
  3. xcopy Composite C1 site to folder cd in step 1.
  4. test with browser
  5. errors and troubleshooting
    1. ACLs on server
      1. remote
        1. error 
          Server Error in '/' Application.
Runtime Error
  Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error
  settings for this application prevent the details of the application
  error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be
  viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

  Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable
  on remote machines, please create a tag within a "web.config" configuration
  file located in the root directory of the current web application. This
  <customErrors> tag should then have its  "mode" attribute set to "Off".
  <!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->
  <configuration>
  <system.web>
    <customErrors mode="Off"/>
  </system.web>
  </configuration>

  Notes: The current error page you are seeing can be replaced by a custom error
  page by modifying the "defaultRedirect" attribute of the application's <customErrors>
  configuration tag to point to a custom error page URL.

  <!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->
  <configuration>
    <system.web>
    <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="mycustompage.htm"/>
    </system.web>
  </configuration>
      2. local test 
        Server Error in '/' Application.
Access to the path 'PHYSICAL_PATH\App_Data\Composite\ApplicationState\SerializedWorkflows\a4806a7b-de25-417c-b67a-f0285e56c459.bin'
is denied.
      3. solution
        1. check ACLs on server IIS management console
        2. Sites + go to appropriate web site + Basic Settings + Security + give full rights to NETWORK SERVICE
        3. not necessary to do it on filesystem (physical folder of the site)
    2. Framework version
      1. local test on web server
        1. error 
          Server Error in '/' Application.
  Configuration Error
  Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required
  to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your
  configuration file appropriately.
  Parser Error Message: Unrecognized attribute 'targetFramework'. Note that attribute
  names are case-sensitive.
  Source Error:
  Line 6:          <error statusCode="404" redirect="Renderers/FileNotFoundHandler.ashx"/>
  Line 7:          </customErrors>
  Line 8:          <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
  Line 9:              <assemblies>
  Line 10:                 <add assembly="System.Security, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
  Source File: PATH\web.config    Line: 8
  Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.4206; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.4209
        2. Solution
          1. IIS management console + Application pools + appropriate web site + Properties + change netfx version