The configuration section 'httpErrors' can

Question

I am trying to configure a custom error page for the 403 Forbidden response in my WebApi application by adapting Example of Configuration for <httpErrors>. I added <httpErrors> to my Web.config but I'm getting HTTP Error 500.19 and The configuration section 'httpErrors' cannot be read because it is missing a section declaration.

How can I fix it?

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My code:

<system.web>
  ....
  <httpErrors errorMode="Custom">
    <remove statusCode="403" subStatusCode='-1' />
    <error statusCode="403" path="/forbidden.html" prefixLanguageFilePath="" responseMode="ExecuteURL"  />
  </httpErrors>
</system.web>

Screenshot of the error:

Answer 1

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Such error messages are clear, which requires you to go to IIS reference documentation to learn the actual sections.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.webserver/httperrors/

Then it is obvious that httpErrors is a section under system.webServer, not system.web.