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Ambert van Unen
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Posted on 02/04/2020 09:35:02

Goodday,

I'm rather new with DynamicWeb, and I've received a copy of a complete installation. I've restored the database and edited the globalsettings.asax with the correct DB configuration.

When running the project I keep getting the 'Welcome to Dynamicweb setup guide!'. 

I'm not sure if this is the correct path, as I already have a complete installation ready.. I've tried it but at step 2 I try to map it to the existing Files folder, and it just says "Not Mapped" without any guide on whats wrong..

 

Any suggestions ? ;-)


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Nicolai Pedersen
Posted on 02/04/2020 09:39:42
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Hi Ambert

Welcome to the forums - nice to meet you.

Take a look at this section - you need to setup a virtual "/files" in your IIS. https://doc.dynamicweb.com/get-started/introduction/installation/installing-dynamicweb#6497

See if that fixes your issue.

BR Nicolai

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Ambert van Unen
Posted on 02/04/2020 09:44:10
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So if I understand correctly you need to setup IIS even for local development?

 
Nicolai Pedersen
Posted on 02/04/2020 09:59:57
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If you dump your /files in the root of the project, you can run it in IIS Express.

 

 
Ambert van Unen
Posted on 02/04/2020 10:08:32
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Is it odd that I'd expect the map function to do exactly that? Map the Files folder so the system knows where the /files can be found? 

I've setted it up like this:

/DynamicWeb
   /application
   /files
Project.sln

So thats the root of the running project, I start the website admin by running /application/admin/default.aspx

 
Nicolai Pedersen
Posted on 02/04/2020 11:27:10
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/admin and /files needs to be at the same level. So in the above structure, you can move /files inside your application folder.

The map feature in the installer will try to create a virtual directory in IIS (if permissions allow it) - but you cannot do that when running in IIS Express. 

BR Nicolai

 

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