mapbox files pbf blocked IIS server

Question

PBF (street map mapbox vector files) files are not allowed to be served /downloaded from IIS (2008 R8) and I need them to be.

The background

PBFs are served OK when using the react development server

//Startup.cs
if (env.IsDevelopment())
{
   spa.UseReactDevelopmentServer(npmScript: "start");
}

These files will appear on the map correctly.

However when deploying the .NET Core app to IIS with

ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT = production

set. These files are essentially blocked.

I have added the MIME type

I believe this is an IIS thing as like I say, on the react server in development they load fine.

Any clues as of why they still won't download?

Thanks

What details can you share about how they are blocked? Do you get an error message? Have you checked the IIS logs? %SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\LogFiles — Rich-Lang, Apr 08 '19 at 20:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '19 at 12:11

Basically IIS virtual directories aren’t supported in .net core. Due to the way .net core projects are served in IIS using a reverse proxy. So in the startup.cs file, do something like this:

        // Configure the virtual directory
        app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions {
            FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(@"\\Server\Directory\.."),
            RequestPath = "/NameOfDirectory",
            ContentTypeProvider = provider,
            OnPrepareResponse = (context) => {
                if (!context.Context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) {
                    context.Context.Response.Redirect("LoginPage");
                }
            }
        });

mapbox files pbf blocked IIS server

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