Friday, September 02, 2011

Nuget server on IIS6 returns 404 when downloading package after upgrade

We updated our nuget server today and ran into a problem where regardless of package selected or whether it's through the nuget package manager or the nuget package explorer, the server returns 404 (File Not Found).

What was odd about this was that the packages exist and the feed was valid:

There are a couple of comments about this online e.g.: Codeplex Discussion 246387 but nothing helped.  It took a while to work out that it was caused by a slight change to the way the nuget server makes it's calls. Comparing the IIS logs between the old and new version of nuget server, the previous version of nuget server would redirect the user directly to the nupkg file:

2011-04-21 08:47:46 W3SVC1759424837 192.168.1.1 GET /Packages/TheSiteDoctor.2.0.235.68.nupkg - 80 - 192.168.1.2 Package-Installer/1.2.20325.9034+(Microsoft+Windows+NT+6.1.7601+Service+Pack+1) 200 0 0

On the new one however, it passes the various requests through a new MVC route "download":

2011-09-01 11:31:16 W3SVC1759424837 192.168.1.1 GET /download/TheSiteDoctor/2.0.235.68 - 80 - 192.168.1.2 Package-Installer/1.2.20325.9034+(Microsoft+Windows+NT+6.1.7601+Service+Pack+1) 404 0 3

This is fine if your nuget server is running on IIS7, it will "just work". However if you're running IIS6 you'll need to make one additional change which is mapping all request through the aspnet_isapi.dll (a wildcard mapping). This is easy enough:

1. 1. Open the site's properties in IIS6
2. 2. Navigate to the "Home Directory" tab
3. 3. Click the "Configuration" button:
   
4. This will then open the "Application Configuration" window:
   
5. Now you'll need to add the aspnet_isapi.dll mapping, the path of this will depend on the whether you're running Windox 64bit or not:
   32bit Framework: c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll
   64bit Framework: c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll
   Make sure you uncheck the "Verify that file exists" checkbox
   

Et voila your packages should all be working again.

Leave a comment if you need any additional help or it helped you.

Nuget server on IIS6 returns 404 when downloading package after upgrade

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:22:28 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Amazingly helpful...I only wish I had checked the IIS logs sooner. Thanks for the great post!

Brandon

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 6:38:26 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Yes, there should be a note in the installation docs or readme.txt about IIS6. Thank you!

Ron

Thursday, April 19, 2012 1:31:28 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)

Thanks, really helpful. I was scratching my head for the last couple of hours because of this problem

Rajeesh