Routing for custom ASP.NET MVC 404 Error page

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I’ve tried to enable custom errors on production server for 3 hours, seems I found final solution how to do this in ASP.NET MVC without any routes.

To enable custom errors in ASP.NET MVC application we need (IIS 7+):

  1. Configure custom pages in web config under system.web section:

    <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly"  defaultRedirect="~/error">
    <error statusCode="404" redirect="~/error/Error404" />
    <error statusCode="500" redirect="~/error" />
</customErrors>

    RemoteOnly means that on local network you will see real errors (very useful during development). We can also rewrite error page for any error code.

  2. Set magic Response parameter and response status code (in error handling module or in error handle attribute)

      HttpContext.Current.Response.StatusCode = 500;
  HttpContext.Current.Response.TrySkipIisCustomErrors = true;

  3. Set another magic setting in web config under system.webServer section:

    <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />

This was final thing that I’ve found and after this I can see custom errors on production server.

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