Context: Install base Umbraco 10.3.2 in VS 2022 (17.4.2) using the Umbraco Project Template - create dev environment.

Using SQLite

I am unable to get past the Umbraco install page.

After the Umbraco 10 install page, this error is shown in the browser: Didn't retrieve updated connection string within 10 seconds, try manual configuration instead.

Logs are full of SQLite exceptions as in the title:

Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.SqliteException (0x80004005) : SQLite Error 14: 'unable to open database file.'

My connection string:

"ConnectionStrings": {
    "umbracoDbDSN": "Data Source=|DataDirectory|/Umbraco.sqlite.db;Cache=Private;Foreign Keys=True;Pooling=True",
    "umbracoDbDSN_ProviderName": "Microsoft.Data.SQLite"
}

I managed to get it working once, I think, by installing in a new project in the default ~/source/repos folder but this no longer seems to be working with similar errors.

Had an almost identical problem when I tried to add this base Umbraco project to an existing solution in a OneDrive folder.

This feels like a file permission issue for the IIS Express process, however, the app is able to write the log files to ~/Umbraco/Logs/ and create those folders.

Things I have tried:

1 Create the App_Data folder in the project and change the database location to this in the connection string.

2 Add this to the .csproj file:

<PropertyGroup>
<AspNetCoreHostingModel>OutOfProcess</AspNetCoreHostingModel>
</PropertyGroup>

This changed the process name in the logs but errors were the same.

dotnet version is 7 but the 5 and 6 SDKs are installed.

Further context: The plan is to get Umbraco with uSkinned up and running so my less technical colleagues can build some content. Later I will be integrating most of an existing MVC application into the Umbraco site to combine with custom personalised content for our users.

I would like to set up my dev environment and devops workflow in VS to make use of the live debugging features I am familiar with.

I will probably try the plain dotnet install tomorrow. Will try to update with my progress.

Any ideas? Uninstall and reinstall everything? :(