Running .NET Core Web API default application gets HTTP Error 502.5 - Process Failure

I built a default ASP.NET Core Web API app in Visual Studio 2015 which runs locally like http://localhost:64910/api/values and will return a string :
["value1","value2"] from the default ValuesController.

I then deployed this using FTP from my project to a subdirectory "WebApplication1" on my site. The project deploys successfully to the subdirectory under the root. When I hit the url to my site: http://mydomain/WebApplication1/api/values I get:

HTTP Error 502.5 - Process Failure

Common causes of this issue:
• The application process failed to start
• The application process started but then stopped
• The application process started but failed to listen on the configured port

Here is my project.json file....tried using ASPNetCore version 1.0.0 and 1.0.1.

{
"dependencies": {
"Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
"version": "1.0.0",
"type": "platform"
},
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Logging": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions": "1.0.0"
},

"tools": {
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final"
},

"frameworks": {
"netcoreapp1.0": {
"imports": [
"dotnet5.6",
"portable-net45+win8"
]
}
},

"buildOptions": {
"emitEntryPoint": true,
"preserveCompilationContext": true
},

"runtimeOptions": {
"configProperties": {
"System.GC.Server": true
}
},

"publishOptions": {
"include": [
"wwwroot",
"**/*.cshtml",
"appsettings.json",
"web.config"
]
},

"scripts": {
"postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
}
}

 

Try setting /WebApplication1 as an Application Starting Point in Control Panel and see if you still get the error.

Knowledge Base article: Web Application root and starting point

 

Thanks, that worked! appreciate the quick response!

 

No problem, glad it worked.