.NET Core app unable to start in IIS due to ErrorCode = '0x80004005 : 80008083

Question

I have a .NET Core application. It runs locally with VS2017 and Kestrel. It runs locally under IIS. However, on the server it fails to start with a 502.5 - Process Fai

Answer 1

I'm running on IIS, and I had error 0x80004005 : 0, which I found in the Event Viewer -> Application Logs. It was being caused because my application pool did not have access to the website folder location.

I resolved it by changing the application pool identity to one with access to the folder.