ASP.NET 5 An error occurred while starting the application

Question

After publishing an ASP.NET Web App, I\'m trying to host the website on my local server. However, when I start it up, it gives me this error in my browser:

Answer 1

This error also occurs when you are attempting a database connection from the startup (eg for seeding) and it fails on the deployment server due to insufficent previleges at the database server.