I was configuring an SSL certificate and once complete, when I attempted to access the website using https://localhost I started receiving a 404 error as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1, 404 HTTP Status after installing an SSL Certificate I tried some shots at troubleshooting the issue using Failed Request Tracing and LogParser to view […]
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How to store and access your IIS Logs on Microsoft Azure App Service
Being part of the IIS support team I have memorized the structure of an IIS log file and can see oddities almost instantly. Therefore, one of the things I want to look at when troubleshooting any Microsoft Azure Web App issue are the logs. As Microsoft Azure App Service is relatively new when I work […]
Read More →Using Procdump and Failed Request Tracing to capture a memory dump
One of my favorite tools for troubleshooting Internet Information Service issues is ProcDump. It is a single, small, yet powerful EXE that is very useful for capturing W3WP.exe process memory dumps. One of my other favorites is Failed Request Tracing which I have written about here and here for a Windows Azure Web Site. Failed […]
Read More →500.19 when setting up WebDAV on a UNC File share
I have written some instruction on how I setup a WebDAV installation that uses Windows Authentication and UNC here. An important concept to understand before you start setting up a WebDAV solution using this configuration is the difference in behavior when you are logged on and testing from the IIS server versus testing from a […]
Read More →Enabling Failed Request Logging on a Windows Azure Web Site
I am moving all my articles to one location. This article is a bit old, and is here for historical purpose. If you end up here please read this updated article here (Enable Failed Request Tracing for an Azure App Service Web App) Using Failed Request Tracing is a very useful tool for troubleshooting performance […]
Read More →It’s not IIS
Before joining Microsoft, I worked for many years in a large corporation supporting IIS. When there was a disruption of service management always wanted, and needed to know what happened. It is a standard practice that management wants to understand so that actions can be taken to prevent it from happening again. The OS team, […]
Read More →NHibernate Serialized startup
In all of my NHibernate implementations I serialize the startup. It saves a noticeable amount of time. We know that without it, NHibernate validates all the mapping files each time we start the program. If we only have 1 or 2 simple files it is not a problem, however, if you have a large implementation, […]
Read More →New ProcDump version 5.0 released, using the –f parameter
I really like to use ProcDump for troubleshooting crashes, memory/cpu utilization issues and hangs. I have written a number of other blogs that discuss how to use it here, here and here. The tool is small and unobtrusive, yet very powerful. The new version of the tool has recently been released and can be downloaded […]
Read More →Modifying IIS 7 log data in Windows 2008
Not all IIS logging properties are selected by default. Some of them, which are not selected by default can provide some valuable information when troubleshooting performance or availability issues. To modify the properties which IIS 7 logs, first open IIS Manager, then select the top level server as show in Figure 1. Figure 1, display […]
Read More →IIS Service will not start (Event Id 4275)
When you are troubleshooting IIS issues there are tools like Failed Request Tracing, IIS logs, etc. which will let you see what is going on. But what do you do when IIS itself is not working? A common cause is that the applicationHost.config file is corrupted. Perhaps there was a manual modification made to it […]
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