<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="IIS AspNetCore Module" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-25T17:26:12.111097700Z" />
<EventRecordID>294371</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>SOSHIR_DESKTOP.redmond.corp.microsoft.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Process '508648' started successfully and is listening on port '1664'.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
dbug: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost[3]
Hosting starting
dbug: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Internal.WebHost[4]
Hosting started
Hosting environment: Production
Content root path: C:\sites\DefaultAppPool\iissample_shared
Now listening on: http://localhost:1664/
Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="IIS AspNetCore Module" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-25T17:32:20.477110600Z" />
<EventRecordID>294372</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>SOSHIR_DESKTOP.redmond.corp.microsoft.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Process '0' failed to start. Port = 2869, Error Code = '-2147024894'.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Empty log file created
Nothing in event logs
Could not load host policy library from [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\1.0.0-rc2-24008]
This may be because the targeted framework ["Microsoft.NETCore.App": "1.0.0-rc2-24008"] was not found.
Request pending. I canceled the request after a minute.
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="IIS AspNetCore Module" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-25T19:37:28.264763100Z" />
<EventRecordID>294418</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>SOSHIR_DESKTOP.redmond.corp.microsoft.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Process '499796' failed to start. Port = 26995, Error Code = '-2147023829'.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Could not load host policy library from [C:\sites\DefaultAppPool\iissample_shared]
Request pending. I canceled the request after a minute.
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="IIS AspNetCore Module" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-26T17:58:15.405231100Z" />
<EventRecordID>295450</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>SOSHIR_DESKTOP.redmond.corp.microsoft.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Process '0' failed to start. Port = 27949, Error Code = '-2147024894'.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Empty log file created
processPath="IISSample_Standalone.exe"
instead of processPath=".\IISSample_Standalone.exe"
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="IIS AspNetCore Module" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-26T18:06:38.944530900Z" />
<EventRecordID>295608</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>SOSHIR_DESKTOP.redmond.corp.microsoft.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Process '0' failed to start. Port = 20529, Error Code = '-2147024894'.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Empty log file created
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="IIS AspNetCore Module" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1004</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-04-26T18:08:39.445885400Z" />
<EventRecordID>295632</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>SOSHIR_DESKTOP.redmond.corp.microsoft.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Warning: Could not create stdoutLogFile \\?\C:\sites\DefaultAppPool\iissample_standalone\logs\stdout_636032_201642618839.log, ErrorCode = -2147024893.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
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