Migrate a ASP.Net application from one server to another server

Question

I have developed a ASP.Net MVC 4 application with Visual Web Developer Express 2010. It was successfully published/deployed to a remote server A (development server) using the Web Developer's built-in publishing tool and it works perfectly on it IIS 7.0 with the web deployment component.

Now I want to deploy it to another remote server B (production server). This one sits in an isolated environment and does not have Internet access! Even if server B is a replica of server A, its IIS 7.0 does not have the web deployment tool component installed. So the built-in publishing tool does not work for the web deployment option.

I then tried to publish it using the File System option. I copied the exported files to a new folder on IIS on server B. The folder was configured the same way as its counterpart on server A. I tried the URL on server B and it just gave me directory/files listing on the browser instead of the welcome page of the application.

Has anybody got the experience or tips to solve the issue? Thanks.

Cheers, Alex

Answer 1

edit:

because it a MVC site, the default document doesn't apply. check the following steps:

1. IIS Extension Less URLs are enabled and allowed.
2. ASP.NET 4.0 is installed and registered. C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\<version> and then aspnet_regiis -i (this will typically force IIS to use the MVC infrastructure instead of using the default document methodology)
3. Ensure App Pool is in 4.0 Integrated mode.
4. Ensue that the IIS Advanced Settings for the website are showing the right root folder path.