asp.net core app deployed on iis meets 500 internal server error

Question

:( Oops. 500 Internal Server Error An error occurred while starting the application.

This message came out when I added database fu

Answer 1

In my case, I got this because I hadn't actually installed the latest 'DotNetCore.2.0.0-WindowsHosting.exe' on the windows server I was running it on... so it was working fine on my local machine in debug and error five hundy'ing on the server.

I had other non trivial to fix issues with the upgrade also... I'd advise avoiding it if you can.