C# ASP.NET MVC web.config and MachineToApplication error

Question

I have two projects that is on iis like this:

inetpub/wwwroot/mysites/secure/web_application_1 --> has its own web.config

inetpub/wwwroot/mysites/secure/web_application_2 --> has its own web.config

The two applications are totally different applications, however, they both have their own client authentications & custom role & custom membership.

web_application_1 works fine as its the old application.

web_application_2 is the new application, when I ran it on the web, I got errors:

It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level.

I am not sure what is wrong in the web.config ?

The web.config is same with the exception that:

• connection strings is different as they both uses different db
• custom membership & custom role is different as they both uses the namespace of the project

The whole IIS & URL was set up for web_application_1; and since it takes like forever to request new setup from my sysadmin, we both suggested i could just do this:

https://www.mywebsite.com/secure/web_application_1

inetpub/wwwroot/mysites/secure/web_application_1 --> has its own web.config
https://www.mywebsite.com/secure/web_application_2

inetpub/wwwroot/mysites/secure/web_application_2 --> has its own web.config

Answer 1

ok found my own solution:

Add the folder “web_application_2” as an application in IIS manager: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b5488995-fa99-460f-96d7-29d1ddcf3fac.mspx?mfr=true