Deploying ASP.NET MVC Applications
Posted by Jason on November 28, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Now I’m a huge fan of the ASP.NET MVC framework. So much so that I have taken to porting across applications already started using the Castle Monorail framework. Why? Well, there’s just a nice, warm, supported feeling when using a framework that is built-in to your chosen development platform.
Or at least that’s what you’d think. You know how it is – you get it all working on your lovely development machine and then once the decision has been made on where to host the final result, you upload your application and…bang…
HttpException (0x80004005): The incoming request does not match any route.
Oh yes, that works so well.
Suddenly that belief that, finally, someone has produced a framework which is so nicely integrated with your target platform comes crashing down around your head as you weep softly into your keyboard. No, ASP.NET MVC is not actually supported on anything under IIS7. Does your host offer IIS7 at the moment? I guess not.
Now don’t get me wrong, it does work on IIS6 but you have to mangle it a bit and unless you pay a fortune each month for access to your own virtual server then you’re likely to lose those pretty urls. That’s not the same as being supported. For those that have spent the last two hours Googling and still getting the same problem, here is the man with the answer:
http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/26/asp.net-mvc-on-iis-6-walkthrough.aspx