Error in publishing asp.net core project on IIS

Question

I am trying to publish my asp.net core project on IIS server. But again and again I am meeting the same error defined below and in attached picture too.

HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error Config Error Cannot read configuration file due to insufficient permissions Config File \?\C:\Users\PC\Desktop\publish\web.config

My web.config file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <location path="." inheritInChildApplications="false">
    <system.webServer>
      <handlers>
        <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModuleV2" resourceType="Unspecified" />
      </handlers>
      <aspNetCore processPath="dotnet" arguments=".\CourseGamePlay.dll" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" hostingModel="inprocess" />
    </system.webServer>
  </location>
</configuration>
<!--ProjectGuid: 9F678AE2-FBFD-4FD4-8DBF-5811C4E16705-->

Help me out in it to solve this error. Thanks in advance.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 03 '21 at 01:12

According to your description, I guess you may not set the enough permission for IIS application pool identity to access the web.config file.

I suggest you could try to follow below steps to modify the web.config permission to let the IIS application pool access.

1.Open Windows Explorer

2.Select the web.config file

3.Right click the file and select Properties

4.Select the Security tab

5.Click the Edit button and then Add button

6.Click the Locations button and make sure that you select your computer.

7.Enter IIS AppPool\DefaultAppPool in the Enter the object names to select: text box.

8.Click the Check Names button and click OK.

Error in publishing asp.net core project on IIS

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