Remotely view error messages on Windows 2008
Published: 07/15/2010 by admin
Categories: Plesk Control Panel
Tags: error errors custom detailed 500 windows 2008 iis7
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When a website page encounters a coding error on a Windows 2008 hosting server, it will by default show a generic "500 Internal Error" page. You can override this behavior and return a detailed error message with debugging info by placing a web.config override file in the document root of your website with the following content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
</system.webServer>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>
If you already have an existing web.config file, you will need to edit/insert the "httpErrors" directive under the <system.webServer> tag.