Explore the steps to deploy ASP.NET Core to IIS. And how to make both ASP.NET Core and IIS work together. Ready?
Understanding IIS Log Files: Operating Instructions
Introduction Commonly, your website or app functions perfectly until you release it. During testing, you might seem to have control over everything. But, sooner or later, you will face some challenges. In fact, it is totally normal when something goes wrong. The most important thing is how you settle these problems. In most cases, issues with availability alerts and users’ …
How to Monitor IIS Performance: From the Basics to Advanced IIS Performance Monitoring
Need help on how to monitor IIS? This guide covers the basics, including HTTP ping checks, IIS Application Pools, and important Windows Performance Counters. In addition, we’ll take a look at how to use an application performance management system to simplify monitoring IIS and get more advanced IIS performance monitoring for ASP.NET applications. Without monitoring IIS performance, you could end …
What is IIS Express? How It Works, Tutorials, and More
Previously, when developers built and tested ASP.Net sites and applications, they use one of these two servers: Visual Studio’s ASP.NET Development Server and the Windows’ IIS Web Server. Each option has its pros and cons. Then, an increasing number of developers expressed their desire to have a server that exhibits the characteristics of user-friendly ASP.NET Development Server along with the …
How to Read & Customize IIS Log Files
Microsoft’s IIS web server uses a non-standard file format that is rarely seen. IIS Log Files use a space-delimited file format and also contain comments in them. The column headings are defined in the comments. In this article, we are going to take a look at how to interpret IIS log files. By the way, if you need help finding your IIS log …
ASP.NET Core Web Servers: Kestrel vs IIS Feature Comparison and Why You Need Both
The Kestrel web server is a new web server as part of ASP.NET Core. It is now the preferred web server for all new ASP.NET applications. In this article, we will review what it is, how to use it, and the differences between Kestrel vs IIS. Why Do We Need the New Kestrel Web Server? What about IIS? If you have …
What is w3wp.exe? Learn the Basics About IIS Worker Processes
Web applications running within Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) utilize what is known as IIS worker processes. These worker processes run as w3wp.exe, and there can be multiple per computer. It is possible to run IIS on a Windows desktop or Windows server, although it is usually only seen on Microsoft Windows Servers configured as web servers. What is w3wp.exe …