I have downloaded the MVC Music Store ASP.NET application at location C:\Users\DEVESH\Desktop\Projects\MvcMusicStore-v3.0\MvcMusicStore-Completed\MvcMusicStore and added the website on IIS at the same location. I have also given permission to IIS_IUSRS, but when I run localhost I am getting the error:
HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.
I have googled it, but have not found a fix. What I am doing wrong?
I came across this error because I had the wrong .NET version (v2.0 instead of v4.0) configured on the web site application pool. I fixed it this way on Windows Server 2008 R2 and IIS 7. I'm pretty sure the instructions apply to Windows Server 2012 and IIS 8 as well:
This doesn't apply if you're running an older site that actually should have .NET v2.0, of course :)
Just in case if anyone reached here looking for solution, here is how i resolved it. By mistake I deleted all files from my server ( bin directory ) but when i recopied all files i missed App_global.asax.dll and App_global.asax.compiled files. Because these files were missing IIS was giving me this error
403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.
As soon as i added these files, it started working perfectly fine.
I was using ASP.NET 4.5 MVC application on IIS 7. My fix was to set runallmanagedmodule to true.
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
</system.webServer>
or If you have other modules, you may want to add them inside the module tag.
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<add name="ErrorLogWeb" type="Elmah.ErrorLogModule, Elmah" preCondition="managedHandler" />
...
</modules>
</system.webServer>
I have encountered similar myself before for 2 reasons; 1. MVC is not installed. 2. The url routing module is not registered (this varies by machine in my workplace for a reason I cannot fully explain - it is not always registered at a system level ), try registering it in the application web.config:
<system.web>
...
<httpModules>
...
<add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web.Routing, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
</httpModules>
</system.web>
Edit: I forgot to add the location for iis 7+:
<system.webServer>
<modules>
...
<add name="UrlRoutingModule" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule, System.Web.Routing, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
</modules>
</system.webServer>
This error can happen when, in IIS Manager, the ASP.NET MVC site is pointed to the wrong directory.
In my case, I inadvertently had the site pointed to the solution directory instead of the child project directory. That is, I had the site's Physical path set to
C:\dev\MySolution
instead of
C:\dev\MySolution\MyProject.
Specific steps to fix this:
Physical path to the project directory. In my case when I browsed to site5.com I got the following error.
HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.
Most likely causes: A default document is not configured for the requested URL, and directory browsing is not enabled on the server.
And then when I browsed to
site5.com/home/index
I was met with
HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
Most likely causes: The directory or file specified does not exist on the Web server. The URL contains a typographical error. A custom filter or module, such as URLScan, restricts access to the file.
All that I did is installed the feature in IIS ASP.NET 4.8 as shown below.
I've just had the same problem, but my fix was that the Routing was not configured in the Global.asax.cs file. I'm using Bootstrapper and Castle Windsor, so to resolve this problem I added the following code to Global.asax.cs:
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
protected void Application_Start()
{
Bootstrapper.IncludingOnly.Assembly(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(WindsorRegistration)))
.With
.Windsor()
.With
.StartupTasks()
.Start();
}
}
Obviously if you are using the basic MVC then you will need to reference the RouteConfig file in the AppStart folder instead:
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
}
}
This error occurs when the application cannot startup.
So the cause can be anything that prevents your application to start.
Check this also:
This problem occurs because the Web site does not have the Directory Browsing feature enabled, and the default document is not configured. To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods:
If project is a ASP.net MVC project it would be about routing. In my case I changed default routing values:
routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }
);
I changed my code accidentally to:
routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{JobID}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }
);
Thats I only changed "id" to "JobId" and default route can not be find.
in my case: 1. in IIS Manager, in left tree, left click the computer name, in right dialog click ISAPI and CGT limitation, in open dialog, select ASP.NET v4.0.30319 and select enable. There is two ASP.Net v4.0, one for 32bit, another for 64 bit. select depending on your OS bit. 2. in left tree select app pool, in right dialog, select the app pool your website used. double click that pool, in open dialog, .net framke item select .net framework v.4.0.30319. and pipe..item select integate. Maybe there is some wrong translation above because my OS is not English version.
In case anyone comes across this for a project other than MVC:
My project was a WCF project, which runs off .svc files--no default document. As a result I got a 403.14 error at myhost.com/ but as soon as I added a baseAddress path from my web.config file (ex. myhost.com/mybaseaddresspath.svc I got a webpage.
My colleagues made a URL Rewrite rule, which reduced all URLs to a StaticFileHandler; mapped to a file path at the root of my Application physical folder.
(i.e. an over-aggressive URL rewrite means that my Controllers/Actions were not working)
Check your applications' URL Rewrite rules to confirm they do what you expect.
I faced similar issue. My controller name was documents. It manages uploaded documents. It was working fine and started showing this error after completion of code. The mistake I did is - Created a folder 'Documents' to save the uploaded files. So controller name and folder name were same - which made the issue.
