The version of Microsoft's web server that comes with Server 2012 and Windows 8. It adds support for multiple SSL-certs for a single IP (SNI), web sockets, Application Initialization.
Questions tagged [iis-8]
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Error during GENERAL_REQUEST_ENTITY for POST results in ASP .NET session state never getting unlocked
I have been trying to chase down the root cause of a condition where ASP .NET session state remains locked after a web request has been terminated due to an unexpected error. We use the SQL Server session state provider for session because we have…

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How to fix "The FastCGI process exceeded configured activity timeout" on Windows 8 Pro?
How to fix "The FastCGI process exceeded configured activity timeout" on Windows 8 Pro?
Installed FileMaker 12 Advanced Server on Windows 8 Pro box
A long running script generates:
HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error
C:\Program Files…

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Installing .NET Framework 4.5 Features Hangs on Starting Installation Server 2012
I am running Windows Server 2012 Standard and have installed IIS 8.0 but need to install the Application Development role service, however when I try to do so the installation progress never moves. It stays on 'Starting installation' and the…

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Will IIS finish pending requests on Stop-WebSite?
Lets' say my IIS8 hosted web site is up and running and happily serving requests. Now, from an elevated Powershell, I run:
Stop-WebSite
My assumption until recently was that IIS would stop serving new requests, finish up current ones,…

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Unable to link IIS8 and Tomcat7 by ISAPI on Windows Server 2012
Firstly, I am completely new to IIS and Windows Server. Previously I used to work only on Apache and Linux.
I want to link IIS8 and Tomcat 7.0.34 under a subdomain, such that when someone visits subdom.mydomain.com then only, IIS forwards requests…

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Trailing dots in url result in empty 404 page on IIS
I have an ASP.NET site on IIS8, but IIS7.5 behaves exactly the same. When I enter a URL like:
mysite.com/foo/bar..
I get the following error with a '500 Internal Server Error' status code:
even though I have custom error pages set up for 500 and…

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iis 7 stopping a listener channel
I'm getting the following error with iis 7 for any page that takes more than 7-10 minutes to complete :
A worker process 'xxxx' serving application pool 'xxxxxx' failed to stop a listener channel for protocol 'http' in the allotted time.
why iis…

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What steps to take when trying to resolve unresponsive/hung/broken IIS web site?
What steps do you take when you find an IIS web site is not responding?
I might try to first telnet to the specified port, then check web site binding and authentication, and at last restart it.
I think knowing what an experienced admin would…

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Chromium Browsers TLS1.2 Fails with ADCS issued certificate on Server 2012 R2
tl;dr: TLS 1.2 between Server 2012 R2 and Chromium based browsers fails when using AD CS issued certs. Works fine on Server 2016+, and on 2012 R2 with Firefox/IE/Cygwin-curl.
We have several internal Server 2012 R2 web servers which we are trying to…

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Starting a FastCGI app on IIS, not demand-start
My FastCGI app on IIS won't start until its page is fetched the first time (demand-start). I want it to start earlier and be ready for the first fetch. I see various parameters for influencing its operation, but can't find this one. (As you can…

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FTP Error 530 when using FTP User Isolation on IIS 8
I'm setting up an FTP server on IIS 8 running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials box. The server is configured to be the physical directory D:\ (the whole drive). I have 3 users: let's say user1, user2, and user3, all of which are in an…

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IIS AppPools stop working when server joined to domain
I have a Windows 2012 R2 server that was configured with IIS, websites, and other supporting software while not connected to a domain. After the server was joined to a domain IIS AppPools crash when the a website is requested.
The problem I'm…

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MS Webdeploy V3 encryptPassword correct usage
I have installed MS Webdeploy (Version 3.5) on both my ("old") Server 2003/IIS6 and ("new") Server 2012/IIS8. Currently, I am following the guidelines in the article here, backing up the Target Server before transferring from "old" to "new" server,…

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Can't get client to Authenticate with IIS over Kerberos
WHAT I WANT:
An App running on an IIS Server
SQL running on SQLServer
And my user running the site on thier machine and connecting to SQL using their credentials.
WHAT I HAVE SET UP:
I have 3 machines 1 running AD (ADMachine), 1 running SQL Server…

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Slow serving of static files with IIS 8
We're hosting an ASP.Net MVC web app on Windows Server 2012, which runs over HTTPS. Most of the time everything is nice and fast, but we've noticed that about 1 in 50 requests for static files (e.g. images, javascript) are taking a few seconds…

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