404 Not Found error when running ServiceStack on IIS8 Express - servicestack

Question

Regarding to this thread: 404 Not found
I still have this issue on Win 8.1 - VS 2013-1
<!--<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
</system.webServer>-->
<location path="api">
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<add path="*" type="ServiceStack.HttpHandlerFactory, ServiceStack" verb="*" />
</httpHandlers>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
<handlers>
<add path="*" name="ServiceStack.Factory" type="ServiceStack.HttpHandlerFactory, ServiceStack" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" resourceType="Unspecified" allowPathInfo="true" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
and
public class HelloAppHost : AppHostBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of your ServiceStack application, with the specified name and assembly containing the services.
/// </summary>
public HelloAppHost() : base("Hello Web Services", typeof(HelloService).Assembly) { }
/// <summary>
/// Configure the container with the necessary routes for your ServiceStack application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="container">The built-in IoC used with ServiceStack.</param>
public override void Configure(Container container)
{
//Register user-defined REST-ful urls. You can access the service at the url similar to the following.
//http://localhost/ServiceStack.Hello/servicestack/hello or http://localhost/ServiceStack.Hello/servicestack/hello/John%20Doe
//You can change /servicestack/ to a custom path in the web.config.
SetConfig(new HostConfig
{
HandlerFactoryPath = "api"
});
SetConfig(new HostConfig { DebugMode = true });
Routes
.Add<Hello>("/hello")
.Add<Hello>("/hello/{Name}");
}
}
When I uncomment the second system.webServer tag, I only get HandlerNotFound Exceptions from the api route. When I remove the location tag in web.config the same errors occur.
Like it is now it works ...
Any help for clarification appreciated,
thanks Norbert

Answer 1

You need to change the following:
SetConfig(new HostConfig
{
HandlerFactoryPath = "api"
});
SetConfig(new HostConfig { DebugMode = true });
to
SetConfig(new HostConfig
{
HandlerFactoryPath = "/api",
DebugMode = true
};
Just a guess, but your second instance of HostConfig is probably overriding the first one.