Question

I can access the elmah.axd file, to view errors, when browsing using the localhost host name (i.e. http://localhost:24425/admin/elmah.axd).

I created a different host name and added it in my host file (to mirror production domain name). When I browse the site, and force an exception, the exception does get logged (SQL Server) using the prod host name. However, I am not able to view the elmah.axd file (i.e. http://www.foo.com/admin/elmah.axd). I get “HTTP Error 404.0 – Not Found
The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.“

When I force an exception, using the localhost url, the exception still does get logged in SQL and I am able to browse this file: http://localhost:24425/admin/elmah.axd. However, I only see exceptions that occur under the localhost url (not the http://www.foo.com url).

After reviewing SQL, I see errors that happen using localhost with Application “/” and User set to the account I am logged in with. The errors generated when using http://www.foo.com have Application set to “/LM/W3SVC/6/ROOT” and the User column is blank.

I just need to be able to access the elmah.axd file when using http://www.foo.com/admin/elmah.axd. I have set security allowRemoteAccess to “1” in my web.config and have also added the elmah stuff to system.web and system.webServer nodes in my web.config.

I am using Windows Server 2008R2, IIS7.5 and it is a ASP.NET site (set up as a Web Application).

Thanks for any advice given.

Answer 1

By default elmah.axd can only be viewed on the local machine (whicj is why using localhost works).

You need to configure the web application to allow remote access.