Issue Configuration to host ASP.NET Core 3.1 website on Plesk (Windows / IIS)

[wst]

Hi,

I'm having troubles migrating an existing asp.net core 3.1 website with SQL Server database to a Windows server with Plesk. (sqlexpress and iis are enabled).


Microsoft .NET Core 3.1.11 - Windows Server Hosting bundle is installed.
Microsoft .NET Core Runtime - 3.1.11 (x64 && x86) are installed.

I created a new website in Plesk for my domain.

I've added the database in SQL Server and registered the database in Plesk ( How to register an existing database in Plesk )

In IIS I've set the application pool to No Managed Code.

in my httpdocs/logs folder I see my regular logging that the site seems to be started:

2021-01-19 12:45:12.187 +00:00 [INF] Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
2021-01-19 12:45:12.187 +00:00 [INF] Hosting environment: Production
2021-01-19 12:45:12.187 +00:00 [INF] Content root path: C:\Inetpub\vhosts\xxx.be\httpdocs
2021-01-19 12:45:12.212 +00:00 [INF] Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://xxx.be/ 
2021-01-19 12:45:12.225 +00:00 [INF] Request finished in 16.5602ms 307

I've enabled stdoutLogEnabled="true", files are created but stay empty (0KB).


I publish in VS2019 with:
Release, netcoreapp3.1, Framework-Dependent, win-x64

my webconfig has:

      <handlers>
        <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModuleV2" resourceType="Unspecified" />
      </handlers>
      <aspNetCore processPath=".\xxx.exe" stdoutLogEnabled="true" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" hostingModel="InProcess" />
  </system.webServer>
  <system.web>
    <compilation tempDirectory="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\xxx.be\tmp" />
  </system.web>

If I set the "App_Offline.html" file in the httpdocs directory I see the html, but I don't see my asp.net core app.

"This site can't be reached" ERR_CONNECTION_RESET in chrome


Any suggestions? is this a mismatch of InProcess vs. Framework-Dependent publishing, or something else?

I could also not find clear guided documentation on Plesk related to this.

 

[Paul Hermans]

Check in Plesk under Dedicated IIS Application Pool if the checkbox for "Enable 32 bit application" makes any difference.

Another thing you can try, publish with target runtime: "portable".

What error message do you get when browsing to this site?

 

[Onurs53]

<add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified" />
AspNetCoreModuleV2=>AspNetCoreModule Did u try this?

 

[shinichi kudo]

try using this setting in web config

hostingModel="OutOfProcess"