Windows Azure ignoring files with unknown extensions

Question

I have uploaded my website to windows azure. The website is working properly on the local server.

I am uploading images to the server.

ISSUE:

If the files had some weird names like 2013_6_5_15_12_33_144pwzve.lg2 Windows azure shows 404 error The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

But works with this file name 2013_6_5_12_1_5_SampleStudent.png

I created some sample page to check if file is uploaded successfully it is.

All the files are on the server. I checked using grid

grvNotSent.DataSource = Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("~/Test"));

Any idea?

Any help is appreciated

Thanks

cory-fowler cory-fowler · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06T04:17:15

what is LG2? Have you added a mime type for that file extension in the web.config?

You can add the mime type mapping like this:

  <system.webServer>
      <staticContent>
         <mimeMap fileExtension=".lg2" mimeType="whatever_this_type_is" />
      </staticContent>
   </system.webServer>

When IIS sees unknown mime type it ignores the request with 404.

Windows Azure ignoring files with unknown extensions

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