Installation error when I try "http://localhost/install"
Hey Everyone,
So I'm on this step of installation where it says "Set up umbraco from a web browser". When I go to http://localhost:9090, I get this message: "Directory Listing Denied This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed."
9090 is the port IIS is running on. If I try http://localhost:9090/install, I get an http 404 error "The page cannot be found". How come I don't have to type in http://localhost:9090/build...? ; Actually I just tried and it redirect me to "http://localhost:9090/install/default.aspx?redir=true&url=/build/default.aspx", resulting in "Server Error in '/' Application . The resource cannot be found. Description: HTTP
404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies)
could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily
unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is
spelled correctly.
Requested URL: /install/default.aspx".
I do see the install folder there, so why can it not find it? Like the tutorial instructed, I unzipped the Umbraco files in c:\inetpub\wwwroot. Within root sits a folder called build, which contains install and some other folders, as well as default.aspx and so on.
Any suggestions? I'd really love to use Umbraco and need this help. I'm using IIS 5.1, Win XP.
I'm a bit confused about which build file you are talking about. I don't see any build file in my installed version of Umbraco. Can you confirm you downloaded the install version of Umbraco and not the Source Code.
I also have no idea where the "builds" folder might have come from.
Make sure that you get the latest version of umbraco, the first file on this site is the latest verion. Also, if you're on Vista or Win7 check out the install guid for Vista. On Window XP, you might want to have a look at the Install guide (using embedded db and webserver).
The absolute easiest way to install Umbraco is through the web platform installer, it should do everything for you (just remember not to change the default values, just keep clicking "Next")
The 'build' folder is in the zip file, unfortunately. So you probably ended up with a directory structure something like:
c:\windows\inetpub\wwwroot\build\ (web.config, default.aspx, bin folder, umbraco_client folder, etc.)
Please move all the files and folders in the 'build' folder up one level. You can then remove the empty 'build' folder.
That should sort our the problem with directory structure and you should be able to run the http://localhost:9090/install properly.
If that doesn't work, it might be that your site isn't running .aspx files properly. Please double-check that you've got ASP.NET 2.0 installed and your site is set to use it (rather than ASP.NET 1.1). You might also need to add 'default.aspx' to the list of default documents in IIS.
Douglas is correct. So take everything from within build, and put it in wwwroot itself, then remove build. I'll try that when I get home tonight. Sebastiaan, I did start with the web platform installer but it finished with some errors. I thought I'd just follow the instructions and set it all up manually. I've got the db setup properly I think. So now it's down to umbraco working with IIS. I will scream 'hallelujah' when I see the proper setup page.
Douglass, I k now that IIS is running fine because I pulled up another project: http://localhost:9090/projectX (.NEt 2.0) and it pulled up fine. After I do what Douglas suggests, will my .NET projects run okay or do I have to take additional steps...?
If you've got more than one web application running in a website you'll want to exclude the existing apps in the web.config so that umbraco doesn't interfere with them. Look at the umbracoReservedUrls and umbracoReservedPaths entries. Search the wiki or forum for more info on those settings if they aren't clear.
Installation error when I try "http://localhost/install"
Hey Everyone,
So I'm on this step of installation where it says "Set up umbraco from a web browser". When I go to http://localhost:9090, I get this message: "Directory Listing Denied This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed."
9090 is the port IIS is running on. If I try http://localhost:9090/install, I get an http 404 error "The page cannot be found". How come I don't have to type in http://localhost:9090/build...? ; Actually I just tried and it redirect me to "http://localhost:9090/install/default.aspx?redir=true&url=/build/default.aspx", resulting in "Server Error in '/' Application . The resource cannot be found. Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Requested URL: /install/default.aspx".
I do see the install folder there, so why can it not find it? Like the tutorial instructed, I unzipped the Umbraco files in c:\inetpub\wwwroot. Within root sits a folder called build, which contains install and some other folders, as well as default.aspx and so on.
Any suggestions? I'd really love to use Umbraco and need this help. I'm using IIS 5.1, Win XP.
I'm a bit confused about which build file you are talking about. I don't see any build file in my installed version of Umbraco. Can you confirm you downloaded the install version of Umbraco and not the Source Code.
I also have no idea where the "builds" folder might have come from.
Make sure that you get the latest version of umbraco, the first file on this site is the latest verion. Also, if you're on Vista or Win7 check out the install guid for Vista. On Window XP, you might want to have a look at the Install guide (using embedded db and webserver).
The absolute easiest way to install Umbraco is through the web platform installer, it should do everything for you (just remember not to change the default values, just keep clicking "Next")
The 'build' folder is in the zip file, unfortunately. So you probably ended up with a directory structure something like:
c:\windows\inetpub\wwwroot\build\ (web.config, default.aspx, bin folder, umbraco_client folder, etc.)
Please move all the files and folders in the 'build' folder up one level. You can then remove the empty 'build' folder.
That should sort our the problem with directory structure and you should be able to run the http://localhost:9090/install properly.
If that doesn't work, it might be that your site isn't running .aspx files properly. Please double-check that you've got ASP.NET 2.0 installed and your site is set to use it (rather than ASP.NET 1.1). You might also need to add 'default.aspx' to the list of default documents in IIS.
cheers,
doug.
Douglas is correct. So take everything from within build, and put it in wwwroot itself, then remove build. I'll try that when I get home tonight. Sebastiaan, I did start with the web platform installer but it finished with some errors. I thought I'd just follow the instructions and set it all up manually. I've got the db setup properly I think. So now it's down to umbraco working with IIS. I will scream 'hallelujah' when I see the proper setup page.
Douglass, I k now that IIS is running fine because I pulled up another project: http://localhost:9090/projectX (.NEt 2.0) and it pulled up fine. After I do what Douglas suggests, will my .NET projects run okay or do I have to take additional steps...?
If you've got more than one web application running in a website you'll want to exclude the existing apps in the web.config so that umbraco doesn't interfere with them. Look at the umbracoReservedUrls and umbracoReservedPaths entries. Search the wiki or forum for more info on those settings if they aren't clear.
cheers,
doug.
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