Getting started

[mikes]

Right out of the gate I need HELP. I am not use to working with ASP.Net. So how do you: Upload or copy the ziped download into a web directory that is configured for ASP.NET to run.

[jmestep]

This depends on your operating system. If it a dev box using XP Pro, you make a folder and change permissions on it so that ASP.NET and (I think) Network Service have all but Full Control and Special Permissions. Then unzip the file into that folder. Then in IIS, set a new virtual directory pointing to that folder and make sure it is using ASP.Net version 2.x. It's a lot easier than it was to install 5.5. Then open the Install/login.aspx in your browser, something like this: http://localhost/AC7/Install/Login.aspx

[mikes]

It is on a Server using windows server 2000

[jmestep]

Then you should do similar. I think you would set up a website, not a virtual directory, but I'm not sure on that. And I'm not sure of the name for .net on it. There is a help doc at help.ablecommerce.com for moving or installing 5.5 that gives the different user names for each system.

[WylieE]

We're encountering an odd issue with the install. AC 7.0 RC3 is going on a development box.

Fresh install of ASP.Net 2.0, AJAX 2, IIS 5.1, WSE 3.0. With exception of IIS, all installs were done from AbleCommerce support links. IIS was installed from the standard Windows tools. The download directory is set up with Write permissions and is set up as a virtual directory under IIS. SQL 2005 Express.

When opening the default.aspx page, I get a failed to access IIS metabase error. The message reports an unhandled exception.

Details are: System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.

Stack
[HostingEnvironmentException: Failed to access IIS metabase.]
System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.MapPathCaching(String siteID, VirtualPath path) +3492138
System.Web.Configuration.MetabaseServerConfig.System.Web.Configuration.IConfigMapPath.MapPath(String siteID, VirtualPath vpath) +9
System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPathActual(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitNull) +163
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +382
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetConfigPathData(String configPath) +243
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetApplicationPathData() +68
System.Web.CachedPathData.GetVirtualPathData(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean permitPathsOutsideApp) +3385647
System.Web.Configuration.RuntimeConfig.GetLKGRuntimeConfig(VirtualPath path) +189


I am in no way a web expert and my server admin skills are about 5 years out of date. Anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks.

[WylieE]

Update: Got that error ironed out. IIS was installed after ASP.Net 2.0. Just needed to run a repair on ASP.Net.

I'm getting a new error now that may be more AC 7.0 centric:

Parser Error: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error:
Line 110: <add name="AbleCommerceHttpModule" type="CommerceBuilder.Services.AbleCommerceHttpModule, CommerceBuilder.Services"/>
Line 111: </httpModules>
Line 112: <authentication mode="Forms">
Line 113: <forms timeout="90" slidingExpiration="true" name="AC7.ASPXAUTH" />
Line 114: </authentication>
Source File: C:\AbleCommerce Download\ac7_b9381\web.config Line: 112

Several other lines are referenced with the same error.

Is this an AC 7.0 installer issue or am I still missing something in my Virtual Directory settings?

Thanks.

[jmestep]

If you haven't done it, try setting up an application pool for the website (other than default app pool).

[WylieE]

If you haven't done it, try setting up an application pool for the website (other than default app pool).

It looks like Application Pools began with IIS 6.0. 5.1 does not offer that accord to Microsoft. MS documentation suggests setting application protection to High (isolate) to accomplish the same thing as Application Pools. So... I made the suggested changes and am still getting the same error.

Update: fixed it. The whole shebang was in a subdirectory and I had not created the subdirectory as an ap.