Portal Alias not redirecting properly
Hello everyone,
I have recently upgraded the portal site to 9.9.1 from 7.3.4.
When I try to access a url https://abc.com.au/addis , it gives me the following error
The url does not allow me to redirect to the proper alias site. Only when I type the full url does it redirect properly, eg https://abc.con.au/addis/loginpage.aspx. Otherwise just having the alias ‘/addis’ wont work.
The message reads as follows
AbsoluteURL:/Default.aspx
DefaultDataProvider:DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNuke
ExceptionGUID:4d71c004-524e-49ae-9034-698d815503ef
AssemblyVersion:9.9.1
PortalId:1
UserId:-1
TabId:125
RawUrl:/addis/|Home.aspx
Referrer:
UserAgent:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/98.0.4758.102 Safari/537.36
ExceptionHash:ArLLwqa6hCd8VmsCCOgMUWiXtO4=
Message:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
StackTrace:
InnerMessage:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
InnerStackTrace:
at ASP.desktopmodules_staplesuserinfomodule_view_ascx.__Render__control1(HtmlTextWriter __w, Control parameterContainer) in c:\SPSPortalTest\SPSEnterpriseTest991\DesktopModules\StaplesUserInfoModule\View.ascx:line 4
at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderChildrenInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ICollection children)
at System.Web.UI.Control.RenderControlInternal(HtmlTextWriter writer, ControlAdapter adapter)
at DotNetNuke.UI.Modules.ModuleHost.RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
at System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlContainerControl.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
at System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.RenderChildren(HtmlTextWriter writer)
at System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter writer)
at DotNetNuke.Framework.PageBase.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
at DotNetNuke.Framework.DefaultPage.Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
at System.Web.UI.Page.d__523.MoveNext()
On my PortalAlias table in the db, the HTTPALias is ‘abc.winc.com.au/addis’.
So I believe it is setup correctly.
I have checked IIS server and web.config, but nothing there indicates what else is required.
Could there be something else I am missing?
Thanks very much for your help.
Roy
Did you upgrade in one step, or did you follow the DNN Platform Suggested Upgrade Path -- DNN Docs (dnncommunity.org)?
Happy DNNing! Michael
Hi Michael,
I did the upgrade in stages 7.3.4 → 8.0.4 → 9.1.1 → 9.4.4 → 9.9.1
Regards,
Thanks, Michael.
I tested basic functionality for each step as I upgraded, but not for that particular url activity. I only discovered it a bit later, after the upgrade to 9.9.1.
In the final version 9.9.1, I also created a standard portal template based on the root site. Using that template I was able to create other sites based on it. When I tried typing the url as the above, it all worked. So it seems the newly created sites(post- 9.9.1) worked, but older sites (created prior to 9.9.1) did not with respect to the url test. But those older alias sites would have been upgraded along with the root every step of the way.
The .NET FW version is 4.8.
Would there be another area to look at in configs, IIS, skin, modules or even sql db to find out?
StaplesUserInfoModule is a local module that is used to manage user profiles. This error does not appear when I try entering the URL of a site that I created in the new version. The portal site uses that module to determine user profiles and roles, and it has not been a problem after the upgrade. It only errors out when I try to type just the alias name on the URL, and it fails to redirect to the proper site.
I have a number of other local modules which I did not have to upgrade to the higher version, and they all worked when I tested them.
Thanks very much for your suggestions Michael and Sebastian,
I got it working.
I had to hunt down the source for StaplesUserInfoModule, and target it to .NET FW 4.7.2. It was previously 4.5.1. Then I had to copy the latest DotNetNuke.dll and Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.dll from the 9.9.1 DNN site. I compiled the solution and copied the latest StaplesUserInfoModule.dll to the bin directory of the site. It worked as expected. There are no other errors with regards to the URL redirection for any of the alias sites.
Thanks again for the tip,
Cheers,
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