404 returned for .md files in my web app

Question

I'm using Azure web apps and I discovered that I cant get md files in a folder or read the folder at all looks like it has to do with file permissions, https://nigerialaws.azurewebsites.net/2017/defence-space-administration-act-2017.md, if I click that, I get a 404, but the file is actually there, if I create a new file with .html extension, it works, for this .md, I get "The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable."

how do I resolve this please

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A-sin Cole

Answer 1

By default, the IIS instance attached to web apps isn't serving the .md file type. To allow that, you'll need to edit your web.config file and add the <mimeMap> line for fileExtension underneath <staticContent>.

<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <staticContent>
      <remove fileExtension=".md" />
      <mimeMap fileExtension=".md" mimeType="text/markdown" />
    </staticContent>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

If your web.config is empty the above could be the entire file. Let me know if this works for you.

Answer 2

Thanks a lot, it worked, if I wanted to serve a folder, is there a similar thing I can do?

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A-sin Cole

Answer 3

Does App Service virtual application and directories help? Refer this blog section Set up the Virtual Directory or Application: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/tomholl/2014/09/21/deploying-multiple-virtual-directories-to-a-single-azure-website/ for more details.

Answer 4

What do you mean by serving a folder? Like allowing a directory view?