web.config or applicationHost.config not present in IEExpress

DocDawson

Hi,
I,ve just created a new minimal example project like described here
I can't find a web.config or the applicationHost.config in which my project is listed.
Neither in the .vs directory of the project is one of them nor is the applicationHost.config in "Documents/IISExpress/config" with an actual date stored. I've read in a thread in this forum, that the .vs/config/web.config is not used. Instead the global applicationHost.config.
I try to figure out how to detect if a web.config is working and if so, how to setup up a rewrite rule.
How can I find the correct config file?
Thanks.

Edit: IEEXpress = IISExpress ;)

DocDawson

Anybody any idea how to find the active config file? Even if I rename my Documents/IISExpress/applicationHost.config file my project runs. How is that possible?

edit: In my windows 10 IISExpress I found many applicationhost.config files and in none of them I can find in the "site" tag of my new created project.

Renaming of applicationhost.config has no effect

C:\Program Files\IIS Express\config\templates\PersonalWebServer
C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\config\templates\PersonalWebServer
C:\Program Files\IIS Express\AppServer
C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\AppServer

I can't rename those two applicationhost.config files

C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..raries-servercommon_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.1_none_7be8fb8aed470665
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..raries-servercommon_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.418_none_ff86ff25018d57e3

This two applicationhost.config files are hex files

C:\Windows\servicing\LCU\Package_for_RollupFix_{31bf3856ad364e35}amd64~_{18362.720.1.0\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..raries-servercommon_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.418_none_ff86ff25018d57e3\f}
C:\Windows\servicing\LCU\Package_for_RollupFix_{31bf3856ad364e35}amd64~_{18362.720.1.0\amd64_microsoft-windows-i..raries-servercommon_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.418_none_ff86ff25018d57e3\r}

MiloslavBeno

Hi Doc,

Thank you for the question.

In PHP Tools we use IIS api which by default uses config from C:\Users[YOUR_USER]\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config . You should be able to find site there. If you cannot find it there, make sure you are looking at the correct user, because you might be running elevated VS process.

However in the future versions we are looking into changing this, so config would be in .vs file which is the newer convention in VS.

Anyway any project specific settings (e.g. rewriting rules) should be included in web.config located in your project folder. IIS and IISExpress uses merged global and local configs together.

Please let me know if you'd have any other question.

Thank you

DocDawson

Hi MiloslavBeno,
thanks for your detailed answer. In my project folder "source/repos/SOLUTION/.vs/PROJECT/" I find only a "v15/.suo" file. Nothing else. No web.config. I've searched for this in the first place.
And also: Why I can't find in "C:\Users[YOUR_USER]\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config" a block of my new >site<? I thought that a new webproject will update this config file. Not true?

Thanks
Doc