MVC3 RC app deployed on IIS 6 giving “403 forbidden” error

Question

I\'ve deployed a very simple MVC3 RC app to an IIS 6 + Windows 2003 server. I\'m just getting a \"403 forbidden\" error when trying to accesss the root. Right now the app is

Answer 1

I had the same problem with Windows Server 2003 IIS6 running a MVC4 app for the first time - in the end a .NET 4 repair (I downloaded the dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe file from Microsoft and executed it) did the trick!

Recently I again had the same problem on a rebuilt server and this time I had forgotten to check Web Service Extensions (bottom "folder" in IIS6) and found that ASP.NET v4 was Prohibited. I changed it to allowed, restarted IIS Admin Service from Services and it started working.

Answer 2

Must read: http://haacked.com/archive/2010/12/22/asp-net-mvc-3-extensionless-urls-on-iis-6.aspx

Also, I installed Webmatrix via Web Platform Installer just to make sure that I had all that I needed. Went through 2 reboots and voila~

Answer 3

It depends. If you are using extensionless routes then yes there's a special config.

Answer 4

I've just deployed an MVC3 RC app on IIS6.0+win2003 server recently,

To get the route works correct ,all your should do is to intall .net framework4.0. see this blog post from Haacked: http://haacked.com/archive/2010/12/22/asp-net-mvc-3-extensionless-urls-on-iis-6.aspx