ASP.NET Core 2.0 Upgrade causes HTTP 502
A lot of guys run into an error during the upgrade fom ASP.NET Core 1.x to ASP.NET Core 2.0:
HTTP Error 502.5 - Process Failure
The reason is very simple:
ASP.NET Core 2.0 merges all assemblies into one to improve the startup time. Side effect: your deployment packages has less files.
This also means: you have to configure your deployment and delete all additional files in your deployment target!
For example: by default this is not activated in the Visual Studio Team Services deployment tasks to Azure.
You have to activate this checkbox or configure your deployment to remove all additional / old files.
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Benjamin Abt
Ben is a passionate developer and software architect and especially focused on .NET, cloud and IoT. In his professional he works on high-scalable platforms for IoT and Industry 4.0 focused on the next generation of connected industry based on Azure and .NET. He runs the largest german-speaking C# forum myCSharp.de, is the founder of the Azure UserGroup Stuttgart, a co-organizer of the AzureSaturday, runs his blog, participates in open source projects, speaks at various conferences and user groups and also has a bit free time. He is a Microsoft MVP since 2015 for .NET and Azure.