How solve problem: Get HTTP Error 401.1 - Unauthorized error with Windows Authentication and f5 host name binding only

#1: Need to add local machine host name into binding as well
#2: Disable loopback for IIS

References:
http://support2.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;896861
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5180851/iis-binding-with-windows-authentication
About loopback for Reflection attack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection_attack

Windows Authencation is not available on 2012 server IIS

http://weblogs.asp.net/zroiy/missing-windows-authentication-provider-for-iis-7-on-windows-server-2008

How to prevent image hotlinking in ASP.NET?

In IIS Server by URL rewrite:

http://www.it-notebook.org/iis/article/prevent_hotlinking_url_rewrite.htm

Optimizing static websites hosted on IIS

http://madskristensen.net/post/optimizing-static-websites-on-iis

 

• Minify HTML
• Set far-future expiration dates on static resources (JS, CSS, images etc.)
• Use cookieless domains for static files
• Use a CDN

 

Usage of web servers broken down by ranking

http://w3techs.com/technologies/cross/web_server/ranking

Where to check IIS server version

Check file property:
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\InetMgr.exe

How to fix Access denies problem while run ASP.NET MVC project with Windows Authentication in Visual Studio 2012

Open project file with notepad
 Change
<IISExpressWindowsAuthentication>disabled</IISExpressWindowsAuthentication>
To
<IISExpressWindowsAuthentication>enabled</IISExpressWindowsAuthentication>
The full error is:
Access is denied.
Description: An error occurred while accessing the resources required to serve this request. The server may not be configured for access to the requested URL.
Error message 401.2.: Unauthorized: Logon failed due to server configuration. Verify that you have permission to view this directory or page based on the credentials you supplied and the authentication methods enabled on the Web server. Contact the Web server’s administrator for additional assistance.

How to solve "This configuration section cannot be used at this path. This happens when the section is locked at a parent level. Locking is either by default (overrideModeDefault="Deny"), or set explicitly by a location tag with overrideMode="Deny" or the legacy allowOverride="false". "

When deploy a website on IIS Server first time, get following 500 internal server error:
This configuration section cannot be used at this path. This happens when the section is locked at a parent level. Locking is either by default (overrideModeDefault="Deny"), or set explicitly by a location tag with overrideMode="Deny" or the legacy allowOverride="false".

The first thing to do is to run
turn on/off Windows features:

So can check if related features are enabled on the server

Fix IIS website hangs

https://www.leansentry.com/Guide/IIS-AspNet-Hangs

What happen if double slash included in the middle of url on IIS Server?

Same result.

Example:
http://a.com//a
is as same as
http://a.com/a

Remove Unwanted HTTP Response Headers

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/varunm/archive/2013/04/23/remove-unwanted-http-response-headers.aspx

Server - Specifies web server version.
X-Powered-By - Indicates that the website is "powered by ASP.NET."
X-AspNet-Version - Specifies the version of ASP.NET used.

What is exception code: 0xe053534f

Mean: soft stack overflow
If hapends in IIS server, check code related to the permision

How to fix "An unhandled Microsoft.NET Framework exception occured in w3wp.exe"

Change the ApplicationPoolIdentity of the application pool for your project to an account such as Local System.

How to enable Windows Authentication for IIS 7 on Windows 2008 server?

Solution: Add related role service.
Server Manager ->  Roles -> Role Services

Reference: Following link is for Windows 7/Vista
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hongmeig/archive/2007/08/20/how-do-i-turn-on-windows-authentication-in-iis-7.aspx

How to deploy ASP.NET MVC 3 on IIS 6?

- Install AspNetMVC3Setup.exe
- Make sure web site and application pool are both set the ASP.NET version to 4.0.30319
- Add "Wildcard application maps"


Steps to add "Wildcard application maps":
In property for the website, click the Home Directory tab.
Click the "Configuration..." button. In the "Mappings" tab, click "Insert..."
Next to the "Wildcard application maps" label In the textbox, type in "c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll"
Uncheck the box labeled "Verify that file exists" Click OK

References:
This one is for earlier version of MVC, but idea is the same for Wildcard application maps
http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/26/asp.net-mvc-on-iis-6-walkthrough.aspx

How to solve access denied problem on IIS 7?

Two ways:

#1 Manual

In file explorer, right click, goto security tab, Add IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool into your folder


#2 Command line:
icacls c:\inetpub\wwwroot\YourPath /grant "IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool":(OI)(CI)(RX)

Reference: http://serverfault.com/questions/81165/how-to-assign-permissions-to-applicationpoolidentity-account

 

What is IIS Application Pool?

Application pool is a grouping of URLs that is routed to one or more worker processes. Application pools significantly increase both the reliability and manageability of a Web infrastructure.

 Reference:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc735247(v=WS.10).aspx

IIS 7.0 Extensionless UrlRewriting (Short urls)

IIS 7.0 Extensionless UrlRewriting (Short urls): "IIS 7.0 Extensionless UrlRewriting (Short urls)"

How to publish a asp.net website in Windows 7

1. install the "IIS Metabase and IIS6 Configuration Compatibility" feature under Internet Information Services-Web Management Tools-IIS 6
2. FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0
http://www.iis.net/community/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1630
3. Compile code to AnyCPU in Build option

Enable content expiration in IIS to optimize ASP.Net website

Enable content expiration in IIS to optimize ASP.Net website
Default setting is Off.

To set the expiration of Web site content

1.	In IIS Manager, double-click the local computer; right-click the Web Sites folder, an individual Web site folder, a virtual directory, or a file; and then click Properties.
2.	Click the HTTP Headers tab.
3.	Select the Enable content expiration check box.
4.	Click Expire immediately, Expire after, or Expire on, and type the appropriate expiration information in the corresponding boxes.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/0fc16fe7-be45-4033-a5aa-d7fda3c993ff.mspx?mfr=true