How to deploy ASP.NET MVC 4 application using localDB to local IIS on Windows 7?

Question

When I try to run my ASP.NET MVC 4 application using Local IIS on Windows 7 with Visual Studio 2013. I run into the following error when the application tries to connect to localDB\v11.0

Server Error in '/' Application.

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 50 - Local Database Runtime error occurred. Cannot create an automatic instance. See the Windows Application event log for error details. )

The 2 event logs are

Unexpected error occurred while trying to access the LocalDB instance registry configuration. See the Windows Application event log for error details.

and

Cannot get a local application data path. Most probably a user profile is not loaded. If LocalDB is executed under IIS, make sure that profile loading is enabled for the current user.

Most solutions I found online references this post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlexpress/archive/2011/12/09/using-localdb-with-full-iis-part-1-user-profile.aspx

The only difference I see between the described situation and my situation is that the described error code is 0 whereas my error code is 50. However, the proposed solution does not work for me.

I cannot get past this error even if I set modify setProfileEnvironment to true and I've spent hours of time playing around with different processModel parameters and application pools.

Answer 1

I was also suffering from same problem, but there is a solution for it.

Go to the IIS server, and then to the application pool from which your application is running. In the advanced settings of the application pool there is a "Process Model" option, under which there is an "Identity" option. This is by default the application pool identity. Change it to Local System, and you're done.

And Remember to Put App_Data Folder their in WWW folder of IIS server

Answer 2

Try this,this will solve your problem:

Edit the applicationHost.config file found in %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config\ specifically the ApplicationPools section.

Change the IdentityType to NetworkService to use newly created database.

<add name="ASP.NET v4.0" managedRuntimeVersion="v4.0">
   <processModel identityType="NetworkService" loadUserProfile="true" setProfileEnvironment="true" />
</add>

Answer 3

Make sure that the application pool uses an identity that has access to the desired instance of the LocalDB.

Then disable ASP.NET Impersonation in Authentication settings of the application. Otherwise, application uses IUSR_MachineName account to access the database.

This setup may not be suitable for production environment but could be sufficient for database and application development.

Answer 4

Maybe this will help someone. I had the same problem installing an empty Epise3rver 7.5+ version but it was clear it did not have to do with any settings or configurations since my colleagues did not have this problem. I ended uninstalling all MSSQL-related applications and reinstalled MsSQL Express 2014. And it worked! I tried before to install 2014 but it didn't change anything so as said I then uninstalled everything MsSQL-related before installing 2014 again. Hope it helps.

Answer 5

Using MVC 5.2.3.0 I had a similar issue...added this to my web.config.

<!-- Configure the Sql Membership Provider -->  
<membership defaultProvider="SqlMembershipProvider" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15">  
  <providers>  
    <clear />  
      <add   
        name="SqlMembershipProvider"   
        type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider"   
        connectionStringName="SqlConn"  
        applicationName="MembershipAndRoleProviderSample"  
        enablePasswordRetrieval="false"  
        enablePasswordReset="false"  
        requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false"  
        requiresUniqueEmail="true"  
        passwordFormat="Hashed" />  
  </providers>  
</membership>  

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/wcf/feature-details/how-to-use-the-aspnet-membership-provider