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Jimmy
Jimmy

Reputation: 1072

How to use static content in .NET Core from server location?

In my .NET Core web app, I want to upload PDF files and display them later. I want to store these files in a folder outside of the project folder on a Windows 2016 server (eg. C:\files).

At first I thought, I could use a virtual directory pointing to C:\files on the IIS server but it seems like that's not possible in .NET Core anymore.

As per this blog post (https://www.jauernig-it.de/asp-net-coreiis-serving-content-from-a-file-share/ ), one should use UseFileServer() instead. Is it possible to configure UseFileServer with a folder outside of the project?

This is what I've tried:

In my Startup.cs

app.UseFileServer(new FileServerOptions
        {
            FileProvider = new 
PhysicalFileProvider(@"\\servername\C:\folder"),
            RequestPath = new PathString("/Uploads"),
            EnableDirectoryBrowsing = false
        });

For testing, I stored an image inside of the folder and then tried:

<img src="/Uploads/image.jpg" />

Unfortunately, the image is not being displayed. Am I missing something?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1877

Answers (1)

Benjamin J.
Benjamin J.

Reputation: 1279

The problem in your code is, that \\servername\C:\folder would expect a directory named folder on the share drive C: which is located on a remote server with the name servername.

But in your case the folder is on the same machine as IIS. So I would only be C:\folder.

Upvotes: 1

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