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I am working on a new installation of Drupal 8 (8.1.8) on a Windows Server 2012 running IIS 8. I have installed PHP v7.0.9 and MySQL v5.7.14. During the installation process, I must have done something wrong. Upon completion, the home page is just the HTML without any styling and all of the links return an HTTP Error 404.

The error: The HTTP Error

I've tried as much as I can think of (eg reinstalling IIS/Drupal/PHP/MySQL, triple checking passwords for MySQL, making sure URL Rewrite is working, etc)

UPDATE: I have also tried using drush to clear the cache.

UPDATE #2: It would seem as though my HTTP problem comes from the URL Rewrite module not working properly.

UPDATE #3: The site now has styling!!!!!! After reading this post, I realized that there was no 'tmp' directory in '/sites/default/files'. However, there is still a problem with the URL Rewrite. I have to include '/index.php' in every url to go to any pages.

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  • check for apache log error , presence of .htaccess file in root folder and SWITCH ON error reporting in settings.php
    – Ajay Reddy
    Aug 10, 2016 at 13:40
  • try to clean the cache, I had a similar issue yesterday and I solved cleaning the cache.
    – Adrian Cid Almaguer
    Aug 10, 2016 at 13:47
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    @AAjayKumarReddy I'm running IIS not Apache
    – Preston Howell
    Aug 10, 2016 at 13:51
  • @AdrianCidAlmaguer Are you talking about browser or Drupal cache? I cleared the browser with no success, but I cannot get to any of the admin pages because of the HTTP Error.
    – Preston Howell
    Aug 10, 2016 at 13:52
  • I'm talking about the drupal cache, you can install drush and use the command drush cc all
    – Adrian Cid Almaguer
    Aug 10, 2016 at 13:55

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Probably it's a directory permission issue. Drupal is not able to write into web/sites/default/files. Give this file directory right permissions for your server user. (www-data in case of apache)

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  • permissions seem to be correct
    – Preston Howell
    Aug 10, 2016 at 15:40
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I don't sure if Drush works on IIS but if it works the command for D8 is drush cache-rebuild all.

However, I share the answer of ssibal check the permissions, on sites/default/files and themes/your-default-theme

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  • Drush apparently works if you use Acquia Dev Desktop. I've tried clearing the cache and checking permissions. Everything appears to be set correctly.
    – Preston Howell
    Aug 10, 2016 at 15:50
  • What theme are you using?
    – SIS Technologies
    Aug 10, 2016 at 15:55
  • I believe it is "bartik". This is a fresh install. I haven't been able to do anything else. As soon as the Drupal installer was finished, this is the result.
    – Preston Howell
    Aug 10, 2016 at 16:01
  • ok check out this path admin/reports/status on this path you can see the status of the website.
    – SIS Technologies
    Aug 10, 2016 at 16:54
  • Still get the same HTTP Error
    – Preston Howell
    Aug 10, 2016 at 16:55
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Apparently, the URL Rewrite module had become corrupted. After repairing it, I began receiving an HTTP Error 500.50. While in discussion with one of my colleagues, we learned that I needed to set HTTP_PROXY as a server variable. Then the whole thing worked!

Lots of stress off my shoulders.

http://forums.iis.net/t/1178209.aspx?URL+Rewrite+Module+Not+working+at+all

http://weblogs.asp.net/owscott/500-50-error-using-url-rewrite

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