Publsh/Deploying MVC5 on Windows Server getting 404 for an Action, but on Local it works great…

Question

User-544325736 posted

Hello everyone,

I have an MVC5 application and when I run it in Localhost it runs great no errors! When I publish it and deploy it on my server. (Windows Server 2016 and I tried AWS cloud) and put it on IIS I can get to my home page and my other links but when I run my ajax() and call an Action in my controller I get xxx.xxx.xx x.219/Parts/DoPartBookFunc?bookval=8 404 (Not Found) when I run localhost on the server I get Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) but when I debug the app locally it works. I been researching and trying a bunch of different things but so far no luck. Some I tried was @Url.action(“”,””), adding a ~ in front adding ../ in front making a global file and many other things. If someone knows how to fix this it would be hugely appreciated.

$("#PartBook").on("change", function () {
                var selectV = $(this).val();
                var selectT = $(this).text();

                $.ajax({
                    url: '/Parts/DoPartBookFunc',
                    type: 'GET',
                    dataType: 'json',
                    data: { bookval: selectV },
                    //contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
                    success: function (data) {
                        //alert("s" + data.PartNextNumber);

Answer 1

User1120430333 posted

That 404 not found is a catch 22, and most likely  a DLL is missing  causing the 404 not found . You should figure out how to remote debug on the Win 2k12 server

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/remote-debugging?view=vs-2019

The other thing you can do is to publish the solution to your development machine to local IIS, I am not talking about IIS Express, see if the problem follows and try to debug it locally.

Answer 2

User1520731567 posted

Hi ExceedingLife,

ExceedingLife

I been researching and trying a bunch of different things but so far no luck. Some I tried was @Url.action(“”,””), adding a ~ in front adding ../ in front making a global file and many other things.

I work fine in my project with @Url.action(“”,””).

Actually,it hard to reproduce your issue because of different configuration environments.(maybe you use url-rewrite...)

Could your post web.config so that I can find differences.

Best Regards.

Yuki Tao

Answer 3

User-544325736 posted

Here is my web config

I dont really understand why u need it.. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
  For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
  https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=301880
  -->
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="webpages:Version" value="3.0.0.0" />
    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
    <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
    <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
  </appSettings>
  <system.web>
    <!-- set to false for publishing debug=false -->
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.6.1" />
    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.6.1" />
  </system.web>
  <runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="Antlr3.Runtime" publicKeyToken="eb42632606e9261f" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.5.0.2" newVersion="3.5.0.2" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-11.0.0.0" newVersion="11.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Optimization" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-1.1.0.0" newVersion="1.1.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="WebGrease" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-1.6.5135.21930" newVersion="1.6.5135.21930" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Helpers" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-3.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-3.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-5.2.4.0" newVersion="5.2.4.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
  </runtime>
  <system.codedom>
    <compilers>
      <compiler language="c#;cs;csharp" extension=".cs" type="Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.CSharpCodeProvider, Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" warningLevel="4" compilerOptions="/langversion:default /nowarn:1659;1699;1701" />
      <compiler language="vb;vbs;visualbasic;vbscript" extension=".vb" type="Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.VBCodeProvider, Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" warningLevel="4" compilerOptions="/langversion:default /nowarn:41008 /define:_MYTYPE=\&quot;Web\&quot; /optionInfer+" />
    </compilers>
  </system.codedom>
  <connectionStrings>
    <add name="PartNumberEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/PartNumberModel.csdl|res://*/PartNumberModel.ssdl|res://*/PartNumberModel.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlClient;provider connection string=&quot;data source=xxxm;initial catalog=PartNumber;persist security info=True;user id=xxx;password=xxx;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;App=EntityFramework&quot;" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
    <add name="PartNumberConnectionString" connectionString="Data Source=xxx;Initial Catalog=PartNumber;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=xxx;Password=xxx;MultipleActiveResultSets=True;Application Name=EntityFramework" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
      <parameters>
        <parameter value="mssqllocaldb" />
      </parameters>
    </defaultConnectionFactory>
    <providers>
      <provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
    </providers>
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>

Answer 4

User753101303 posted

Hi,

Usually it happens when your app is published to https://site.com/app rather than to https://site.com

If this is the case the correct path is /app/Parts/DoPartBookFunc (if confirmed we'll see how to build a path that works regardless of the situation)

Answer 5

User-544325736 posted

This is how i solved it

url: "@Url.Action("AjaxDescriptionSearch", "Parts")",
and
            /* Newly Added */ 
            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "AddNewControllerName",
                url: "AddNewControllerName/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "AddNewControllerName", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
                );

            /* Old Route */
            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "mass",
                url: "{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Parts", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            ); 

Answer 6

User753101303 posted

Great to see it is solved though it seems weird and I'm not sure to get which problem you solved.

If this is what I though just using url:"@Url.Action("DoPartBookFunc","Parts")", should be enough.

Not sure why you have now "AjaxDescriptionSearch" or "AddNewControllerName" (or this is not to shown real names ???)