Serve static file index.html by default

I’ve got a very simple angular app project that needs to do nothing more than serve static files from wwwroot. Here is my Startup.cs:

public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { }

    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
        app.UseIISPlatformHandler();
        app.UseStaticFiles();
    }

    // Entry point for the application.
    public static void Main(string[] args) => WebApplication.Run<Startup>(args);
}

Whenever I launch the project with IIS Express or web I always have to navigate to /index.html. How do I make it so that I can just visit the root (/) and still get index.html?

Answers:

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Method 1

You want to server default files and static files:

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder application)
{
    ...
    // Enable serving of static files from the wwwroot folder.
    application.UseStaticFiles();
    // Serve the default file, if present.
    application.UseDefaultFiles();
    ...
}

Alternatively, you can use the UseFileServer method which does the same thing using a single line, rather than two.

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder application)
{
    ...
    application.UseFileServer();
    ...
}

See the documentation for more information.

Method 2

Simply change app.UseStaticFiles(); to app.UseFileServer();

public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { }

    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
        app.UseIISPlatformHandler();
        app.UseFileServer();
    }

    // Entry point for the application.
    public static void Main(string[] args) => WebApplication.Run<Startup>(args);
}

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