Sitemap URL returns 404

Hello all,

I have just moved my site from one server to another and have discovered that on the new server the sitemap URL is returning a 404 not found page.

The only real difference between the original and new server is that I was using the Helicon Rewrite Lite isapi plugin, on the new server I am using the IIS7 rewrite module.

Via ACP I can generate the sitemap files without any issues and the GZ files are successfully written to "/vbseo_sitemap/data/".

So I assume this is an issue with my web config file, so here it is:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
		<urlCompression doDynamicCompression="true" />
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
				<rule name="Redirect to WWW" stopProcessing="true">
		          <match url=".*" />
		          <conditions>
		            <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^mysite.com$" />
		          </conditions>
		          <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.mysite.com/{R:0}" redirectType="Permanent" />
		        </rule>
				<rule name="wordpress" patternSyntax="Wildcard">
					<match url="*" />
					<conditions>
						<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
						<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
					</conditions>
					<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
				</rule>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 1" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap={R:1}" appendQueryString="false" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 2" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{URL}" negate="true" pattern="(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)" ignoreCase="false" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo.php" appendQueryString="true" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Rewrite All" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^.*$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" negate="true" pattern="/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/" ignoreCase="false" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo.php" appendQueryString="true" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
        <httpErrors>
            <remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
            <error statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" prefixLanguageFilePath="" path="/404.php" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />
        </httpErrors>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Actually, scratch that comment about sitemaps being generated successfully

When I run the sitemap generator via the ACP link, I get a 500 error - if I run from ACP scheduled jobs I see a log entry saying that it has started but no other log entry.

In the data folder I can see a new file called sitemap_1.xml.gz but no others, normally there are files 1 through to 4 and the main gz file.

BTW this is Sitemap Generator 2.2 and vb 3.8 - I will get around to upgrading sometime soon

PLease try sitemap 2.5. 2.2 is no longer supported and is simply outdated for vb 3.8.

Rightio, just upgraded to 2.5 - It was something that I should have done months ago.

When running the "Run Sitemap" generator link in ACP -> VBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Reports I am still getting a 500 error. At first I thought this might be PHP execution time but the 500 error sometimes occurs after 20 seconds and sometimes after almost 2 minutes.

The web.config is still as posted above
The vbseo_sitemap directory (and all children) and set to full control for authenticated users (this is a dedicated server so this isn't an issue from a security POV)
I am seeing files being generated in vbseo_sitemap/data

err, can't think of anything else.

Can you check your error logs to see what the actual error is behind the 500?

Yeah, thats an odd one - the error logs don't contain any further information - it just logs the usual request information with a status code of 500 and no other information

Please open a ticket with login details and password to the sitemap so we can take a look.