asp.net mvc 3 and elmah.axd - yet another 404 - asp.net-mvc-3

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Hi all I know that this has been posted as a prior question several times, but I've gone through each question and their proposed solutions and I'm still not able to surmount my 404 issue. I'm running Elmah 1.1 32-bit. I've referred to ASP.NET MVC - Elmah not working and returning 404 page for elmah.axd but I haven't had any luck after applying the suggestions.
I'm running ASP.NET MVC 3. Here's my web.config:
...
<httpHandlers>
<add verb="POST,GET,HEAD" path="elmah.axd" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" />
</httpHandlers>
<httpModules>
<add name="ErrorLog" type="Elmah.ErrorLogModule, Elmah"/>
<add name="ErrorMail" type="Elmah.ErrorMailModule, Elmah" />
<add name="ErrorFilter" type="Elmah.ErrorFilterModule, Elmah" />
</httpModules>
...
<errorLog type="Elmah.SqlErrorLog, Elmah"
connectionStringName="dbconn" />
<errorFilter>
<test>
<jscript>
<expression>
<![CDATA[
// #assembly mscorlib
// #assembly System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
// #import System.IO
// #import System.Web
HttpStatusCode == 404
|| BaseException instanceof FileNotFoundException
|| BaseException instanceof HttpRequestValidationException
/* Using RegExp below (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h6e2eb7w.aspx) */
|| Context.Request.UserAgent.match(/crawler/i)
|| Context.Request.ServerVariables['REMOTE_ADDR'] == '127.0.0.1' // IPv4 only
]]>
</expression>
</jscript>
</test>
</errorFilter>
I have my .axd routes ignored using:
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
I'm running the site on IIS7, 32 bit mode enabled. I've tried many different configuration options but all to no avail. Any ideas?
Thanks
Shan

Answer 1

My bad. My .axd ignore route rule was ordered after the default route mapping. The default route mapping rule was matching the URL elmah.axd. I guess I didn't realize that the ignore rules had to be listed above this route. Thanks everyone for your help!
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new
{
controller = "Home",
action = "Index",
id = UrlParameter.Optional
} // Parameter defaults
);
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
Simply moving routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); before the Default route mapping resolved this issue.

Answer 2

Copy the .dll to your bin and reference... add the elmah defaults to configSections
Don't put the handler inside the system.webServer as mentioned above, try system.web section like this instead in your web.config.
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<add verb="POST,GET,HEAD" path="elmah.axd" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" />
</httpHandlers>
</system.web>
just leave your global.asax as default:
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
browse to the axd locally
then if working, lock it down with the config section Gedas mentioned above.

Answer 3

Have you tried this?
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<add name="elmah" verb="POST,GET,HEAD" path="elmah.axd" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
also make sure to secure elmah.axd location from regular users:
<location path="elmah.axd">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow roles="Admin" />
<deny users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>

Answer 4

I was getting a 404 error due to the SQLServer Compact database being over the default max file size. Just deleted the SDF data file and 404 went away.

Answer 5

In asp.net mvc 3 global.asax.cs file
public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
{
//filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
}
HandleErrorAttribute will swallow all exceptions, leaving nothing for ELMAH to handle.
See Joe's blog http://joel.net/wordpress/index.php/2011/02/logging-errors-with-elmah-in-asp-net-mvc3-part1/