Questions tagged [iis]
Internet Information Services (IIS) is a web server application from Microsoft.
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Can a web server accept a plain test file upload without additional server side scripting?
I've been trying for days to upload plain text files to a web server (both IIS and NGINX) via HTTP PUT/POST, from a C# desktop app, unsuccessfully
However, I'm no further along. I have had various ...
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Running multiple MVC projects: One site
I am developing a "platform", I have an MVC site that will hold all the main data, as well as our generic API, uses Microsoft authentication to create an account, then our employee MVC will add the ...
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How to force IIS to/inform IIS that it should spin up more worker processes?
Our system generally processes in two services which are run under IIS. Service A gets HTTP requests, parses the content, and shoots it to RabbitMQ. Service B takes messages from RabbitMQ, parses them ...
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Hosting what normally would be a windows service inside a web server
We have the requirement to implement some fire and forget long running tasks that fit perfectly into windows services (remote data acquisition and processing, etc) but the requirement is to deploy ...
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WebSocket Client as an always running service
The company with which we are integrating is a door security company that makes RFID cards and door scanners. You scan your card, the door opens and lets you in. They allow 3rd party integration via ...
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What problems arise from writing PHP for IIS/SQL Server rather than Apache/MySQL?
I'm a .NET developer, currently writing an ASP.NET site hosted on our local servers with Windows, IIS, and SQL Server. We're speaking to a company in India about hiring a developer for a different ...
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Why use IIS or apache tomcat instead of self-hosting?
I am a .NET developer. I see ASP.NET MVC framework now started providing a self-hosting feature. It makes a lot of sense (to me). A self-hosted application feels complete with no external dependency.
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Polling versus push notifications
I have a hybrid web app for android. The webpage or website the app shows is in asp.net. The javascript for the webpage running in the webview of the app is sending out an ajax request every 10 ...
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Proper way to deploy ASP.net to production web server
Here is how I was told to deploy my ASP.net(mostly intranet) website\program\application to the production web server in my company.
Change necessary settings in web.config for production web server.
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A manual and automated CSV file upload solution for a website
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I run a website which has a requirement for a new feature - to enable users to upload CSV files into the website. The users will only ever need to upload 1 CSV file at a time, and only 1 or 2 ...
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User browser, WebSockets, server C#/MVC, game
Moving a windows desktop game to a web server based one. User will use a modern web browser and communicate with the server via WebSockets (SignalR). Server runs .Net4.5/MVC - ie stateless. Game ...
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Kernel mode web servers: A clever optimization or a security nightmare?
I was reading a Hacker News thread where one user posts a link from 2011 explaining that IIS is much faster than most other (*nix) web servers. Another user replies, explaining that IIS gets that ...
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Why HTTP Servers send information about themselves in HTTP Headers?
Most of the HTTP Servers I know send their application name and version in response http headers as default behaviour. (Nginx, IIS, Apache etc.) Of course we can change the default behaviour but I ...
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ASP.net/IIS runtime environment [closed]
I'm not too experienced in the regard of configuring IIS/ASP.net. A client has asked me to extend the functionality of a custom web application I didn't develop. Unfortunately, they don't have the ...
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How to keep track of links pointing to existing web applications in an Intranet?
At my new place of employment we have a Intranet solution containing multiple web applications hosted in IIS. Outside of the development department other departments either source or create other ...
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