ASP NET MVC Using wwwroot static files

ASP NET MVC Using wwwroot static files.txt

Create a new ASP.NET 4.5 project in VS2015, selecting the Empty Template
Add OWIN references through nuget (Install-Package Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb and Microsoft.Owin.StaticFiles)
Add a startup file similar to this:

[assembly: OwinStartup(typeof(MyApp.Startup))]
namespace MyApp.UI
{
public class Startup
{
    public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
    {
        string root = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
        var physicalFileSystem = new PhysicalFileSystem(Path.Combine(root, "wwwroot"));
        var options = new FileServerOptions
        {
            RequestPath = PathString.Empty,
            EnableDefaultFiles = true,
            FileSystem = physicalFileSystem
        };
        options.StaticFileOptions.FileSystem = physicalFileSystem;
        options.StaticFileOptions.ServeUnknownFileTypes = false;
        app.UseFileServer(options);
    }
}
}


Add the following to your web.config file, to prevent IIS from serving static files you don't want it to, and force everything through the OWIN pipeline:

<system.webServer>
    <handlers>
      <remove name="StaticFile"/>
      <add name="Owin" verb="" path="*" type="Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.OwinHttpHandler, Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb"/>
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>