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HTTP 405.0 Error from Persona Bar

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Hans Zassenhaus

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8/4/2025 11:25 AM

We are experiencing an issue with errors issued whenever we attempt to use many of the Persona Bar operations. The software issues a HTTP 405.0 error.

Looking at the error log entry, we notice that the value for the Requested URL appears to be mal-formed as shown below:

Module ManagedPipelineHandler Requested URL https://vwcProd:80/API/pe...s/UpdateUserSettings

Notification | ExecuteRequestHandler Physical Path C:\home\site\wwwroot\API\personaBar\UserSettings\UpdateUserSettings
Handler System.Web.Http.WebHost.HttpCon Logon Method Anonymous
trollerHandler Logon User Anonymous

Error Code 0x00000000

What could be causing this error and how can it be corrected?

johnhenley

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8/4/2025 11:54 AM

Hans, this is often a misconfigured IIS setting. Particularly, make sure to disable the 'WebDAV Authoring Rules' feature in IIS.

johnhenley

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8/4/2025 11:56 AM

Hans, regarding “malformed” url it looks like you have https with port 80. Which is correct ?

Hans Zassenhaus

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8/4/2025 4:26 PM

John,

That is the issue. This is an SSL website. The correct URL should read as https://thevwc.org:443 ....... to be configured correctly.

Now, what can cause this type of problem?

johnhenley

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8/4/2025 5:15 PM

It sounds like you have an issue with "site aliases"? Is this a production server itself, or is this a local copy of the site? Ideally, if you have host access, you should look at the "Site Alias" under "Site Settings" | "Site Behavior" in the persona bar. However, if you're having issues with the persona bar, that might not work for you. If you have database access, look at the "PortalAlias" table, and see if there is a value in there for vwcProd:80. (It sounds like whoever built the site probably built it on a local server, and SSL wasn't used). See what rows you have in the PortalAlias table and report back. Hopefully, we can help you out!

Hans Zassenhaus

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8/5/2025 7:36 AM

John,

Thank you for your suggestion which was spot on! I updated the Site Aliases with the correct domain as thevwc.org. Somehow it got set to "localhost", which I use for the development server.

Again, thank you ...all seems to be okay at the present.

johnhenley

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8/5/2025 8:04 AM

Hans, glad it’s resolved for you! Definitely have dealt with that. What I do is just have production aliases and then use a sql script after copying to local machine for testing. BTW also check PortalSettings. There is also a url in there.

Will Strohl

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8/11/2025 1:10 PM

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