Deploy ASP.NET MVC on IIS 5.1 (Windows XP)

Question

OK, deploying ASP.NET MVC seems to be painful. I want to deploy my ASP.NET MVC application on Windows XP (IIS 5.1), but can't seem to find how to do it. When I type the application name into the web browser address bar I get a "website not available" message.

There are workarounds for IIS 6.0, but what about IIS 5.1?

Answer 1

To host ASP .NET MVC applications in Windows XP, use IIS Developer Express.

After IIS Express is installed, open a command prompt at the install location and execute the following (substituting where necessary):

iisexpress.exe /path:[path_to_mvc_project] /port:[port] /systray:true /clr:v2.0

Answer 2

You need to add a wildcard mapping in IIS 5. In IIS 6 you have a specific section to add wildcard mappings. In IIS 5 you map the extension .* and you select your asp.net ISAPI dll. If the "Ok" button is not clickable, click in the textbox of the dll path and it should then be clickable (don't ask, this happens to me all the time).

Answer 3

The same process (using Ionic rewriter) which works for 6.0 works for us on 5.x. What do you see in the Windows App Event log? And the IIS server log? Have you tried a rewriter?

Answer 4

Here's what I found out and what worked for me: Deploy ASP.NET MVC App on Windows XP (IIS 5.1)

Edit:

For the latest release of ASP.NET MVC, replace .mvc with a wildcard .* Extension textbox in the Add/Edit Application Extension mapping.