HttpModule not called in .NET 4.5
asp.net-mvc-4, httpmodule, visual-studio-2012
Solution
`<system.web>` is for IIS 6 and below (including Cassini), `<system.webServer>` is for IIS 7 and above. I generally put in both -- just in case -- and then add this node to `<system.webServer>` so it doesn't barf on the redundancy:
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
Problem
Just spent a lot of time sifting through contradictory advice on this problem, and thought I'd post my solution. My environment is .NET 4.5, Visual Studio 2012, working on an MVC 4 application. I created an Http Module like I'd done in the past, and added it to Web.config like so: ``` <configuration> <system.web> <httpModules> <add name="MyModule" type="Services.MyModule, Services" /> </httpModules> </system.web> </configuration> ``` However, the application never called the module's Init(). Eventually, I found advice that the modules should instead be inside `<system.webServer>`, and the element named `<modules>` instead of `<httpModules>`, like so: ``` <configuration> <system.webServer> <modules> <add name="MyModule" type="MyModule" type="Services.MyModule, Services" /> </modules> </system.webServer> </configuration> ``` Re-ran the application, and it called Init() as expected. FWIW, the page with the direction is here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227673.aspx HTH