What is the correct usage of "runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests" in ASP.NET MVC2/3?

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Kev picture Kev · Dec 31, 2010 · Viewed 27.3k times · Source

I've read various posts and questions about the use of runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests in the modules section of <system.WebServer> and I'm concerned that I'm using this setting incorrectly.

All my ASP.NET MVC applications are written using .NET Framework 4.0 and MVC2, plus we have a beta of an application that uses MVC3.

These apps are deployed to servers running Windows 2008R2/IIS7.5. The sites are configured to run in Integrated Pipeline/.NET 4.0 application pools.

If I set runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="false" then I get a HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden error from IIS. If I set this to true then all is well.

However this article suggests this is a bad thing to do and a fix:

Don't use runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" when getting your MVC routing to work

Is it really that bad, should I follow this advice?

Answer

Max Toro picture Max Toro · Dec 31, 2010

How bad it is depends on the site traffic, if you are working on a high traffic website I'd say don't use it, and remove unneeded modules.

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