Basic Authentication on IIS Express

Question

I\'ve searched for a while now but I can\'t seem to find the answer. There are ways of disabling/enabling anonymous and windows authentication. Does anyone know how to enable ba

Answer 1

Here are slightly more details than the previous answer had:

1. %USERPROFILE%\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config: <basicAuthentication enabled="true" />

2. In the same file: set <anonymousAuthentication enabled="false" userName="" />

3. If you are not using domain test accounts, create a local user account with the password for the test login.

Answer 2

Update ApplicationHost.config

In the the ApplicationHost.config file, find the following nodes and update the values:

<sectionGroup name="authentication">
   <basicAuthentication enabled="false" /> <!-- set to false -->
</sectionGroup>

<!-- ... -->

<authentication>
   <section name="basicAuthentication" overrideModeDefault="Allow" /> <!-- set to allow -->
</authentication>

Locate ApplicationHost.config

• VS 2015 and above (per Joost's answer):

  sln_folder/.vs/applicationhost.config
  

• VS 2013 and below:

  %UserProfile%\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config
  

  As far as I know, there is no way to enable it for only one project.

Answer 3

An additional heads up, in Visual Studio 2015, the location of the applicationhost.config file that is actually being used is inside a folder called .vs inside your solution folder. The one in your user profile is not being used