I have a very simple MVC2 apllication and it works when I start it in Visual Studio (on the dev. webserver)
I try to deploy this on a mono hosting, but currently no luck.
1 I’m not sure about the following about the applicaion:
how to deploy MANUALLY a mvc2 application – no matter if on mono or on windows asp.net.
I don’t know which files I need to copy where.
2 I’m not sure about the mono hosting:
when I put a simple aspx page to get version info I get the followin:
2.6.7 (tarball Tue Aug 31 04:50:05 MSD 2010)
according the mono 2.6.7 release notes mvc2 is supported…
when I try to run the MVC2 app after copying the files on the host server via filemanager I get the following instead of index:
Index of /
- Parent Directory
- Global.asax
- Web.config
Apache/2.2.21 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 DAV/2
mod_wsgi/3.3 Python/2.7.1 mod_mono/2.6.3 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1
mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 SVN/1.6.17 mod_perl/2.0.5
Perl/v5.8.8 Server at ……….
Any hints on manual deploying of MVC2 and on mono MVC2 support will be appriciated.
Thanks in advance
Best Regards
Ivan
1
In MonoDevelop, there is an option called “Deploy to Web…” in the “Project” menu item that will help you export only the files you need to run your site (I believe there is a similar option in Visual Studio called “Publish to Web”). Keep in mind that you need to set the build action to Content for any non-code files you want included in the export, i.e. picture files, style sheets, etc.
2
Running MVC2 sites using Mono isn’t as straightforward as simply installing the runtime. You’ll need a capable web server. In most cases, that web server will be Apache with the mod_mono mod enabled. I’ve only been able to get it to work using mod-mono-server4, which requires the Mono 2.8 runtime. You’ll also need a specific Virtual Host configuration.
A nice walkthrough for getting all of the above working can be found here: How to get ASP.NET MVC 2 working with Mono in 10 Steps