How to debug Azure 500 internal server error [closed]

Answer 1

You don't have to use RDP, simply by turning off custom error in Web.Config will do. But make sure you are adding that in the root Web.Config, that will do the trick.

Here is an example of mine:

<system.web>
    <customErrors mode="Off" />
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5">
       ........
    </compilation>
</system.web>

Just be aware that there are multiple web.configs in a typical project.. make sure you are adding this in the root web.config (where your Global.asax is) and NOT in Views folder.

Answer 2

For 500 errors, one good way is to turn diagnostics on and to look at the logs - both the application event logs and the failed request logs might help. Here's one post about this - http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/adding-trace-event-counter-and-error.html

As Igorek has said, you can also use RDP (remote desktop) to log in and to check the app - here's a good blog post about this - https://blogs.msdn.com/b/jimoneil/archive/2011/04/11/500-and-other-errors-in-azure-deployments.aspx

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My guess is that you might be missing one or more Assemblies from the deployed package