Problem with <httpErrors> in web.config

Customer Support H-Sphere Reseller Hosting
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I have a site on win34. When I add this section in web.config, I get an error:

<system.webServer> <httpErrors> <remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" /> <error statusCode="404" path="/index.shtml" responseMode="Redirect" /> </httpErrors> </system.webServer>
Pages work normally, but when I try a non-existent page (to test the 404 redirect), the server responds with “The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.”

I don’t have any error pages set up in HSphere.
Am I doing something wrong? Theoretically it should work, if win34 is IIS7.

2

We need some more details in this regard, kindly open ticket in support with domain name. We will check it.

3

Thanks Dipesh, will do. I’ll also ask you to enable detailed error messages instead of IIS’s unhelpful default messages. :slight_smile:

4

I was told to set up 404 errors in HSphere, instead of in web/config.
I was also told to rename web.config before doing that.

Does that mean I can’t use web.config at all, because of HSphere?

5

It can, but it is verrrrrrryyyy picky about syntax and settings. In reality hsphere is doing same edit just in applicationhost.config id guess you have a minor error here in config so it freaks out and doesnt work. This is not uncommon.

6

Did some testing, and found that the presence of section in <system.webServer> will cause an error if a 404 or other http error is encountered. It seems to ignore the section in <system.web> altogether. But that’s ok, HSphere is fine for that.

However, one can still define SMTP defaults and squee URL rewriting! In fact, if you set a 404 document in HSphere, the url rewrite rule in web.config supersedes it, if the missing page matches the rule. That’s great, I’d prefer web.config to have the power. :slight_smile:

  <system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <smtp deliveryMethod="Network">
        <network
          host="mail.mydomain.com" 
          port="587"
          userName="[email protected]"
          password="password"
        />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>

  <system.webServer>
    <rewrite>
      <rules>
        <rule name="friendly urls, everything is sent to default.aspx">
          <match url=".*" />
          <conditions>
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
          </conditions>
          <action type="Rewrite" url="default.aspx" />
        </rule>
      </rules>
    </rewrite>
  </system.webServer>

Tested both these things and they work well.
Very happy about the url rewriting!