ASP.NET Core deployed on IIS gives error: HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden

Question

I've gone through several posts online related to this error but most of these posts are related to classic ASP.NET, and a few that are related to ASP.NET core did not help either.

I created an ASP.NET Core app on VS2017 exactly following this official ASP.NET tutorial . Deployed the app on the IIS on same local machine ( Win 7.0 64bit ) using this official ASP.NET tutorial . But when I browse the app in IIS I get the following error :

HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden. The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.

NOTE : The app runs fine inside VS2017 and the IIS in question is on the same machine as on VS2017 . I've verified the path is correct. All the requirements for IIS deployment mentioned in the above tutorial are satisfied.

Answer 1

I would suggest verifying that your IIS is pointed to the correct folder.

Pointing it to an incorrect folder could explain what you are seeing.