use nodejs and problem with express routing

I solve it

just add rewrite rule and handlers in web.config like this :

<handlers>

<add name="iisnode" path="server.js" verb="*" modules="iisnode" />

</handlers>



<rewrite>

<rules>

<rule name="myapp">

<match url="/*" />

<action type="Rewrite" url="server.js" />

</rule>

<!-- Don't interfere with requests for node-inspector debugging -->

<rule name="NodeInspector" patternSyntax="ECMAScript" stopProcessing="true">

<match url="^server.js\/debug[\/]?" />

</rule>



</rules>



</rewrite>



<directoryBrowse enabled="true" />



<iisnode devErrorsEnabled="true" debuggingEnabled="true" loggingEnabled="false" nodeProcessCommandLine="C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" />

Quoted from Guest on Monday, 09 March 2026

I solve it

just add rewrite rule and handlers in web.config like this :

<handlers>

<add name="iisnode" path="server.js" verb="*" modules="iisnode" />

</handlers>



<rewrite>

<rules>

<rule name="myapp">

<match url="/*" />

<action type="Rewrite" url="server.js" />

</rule>

<!-- Don't interfere with requests for node-inspector debugging -->

<rule name="NodeInspector" patternSyntax="ECMAScript" stopProcessing="true">

<match url="^server.js\/debug[\/]?" />

</rule>



</rules>



</rewrite>



<directoryBrowse enabled="true" />



<iisnode devErrorsEnabled="true" debuggingEnabled="true" loggingEnabled="false" nodeProcessCommandLine="C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" />

Dear rmazarlou, I'd like to thank you for this post. Spent days dealing with nodejs on windows plesk in vain. Thanks to this article, i made it wonderfully, thanks again.

Hey People,
i found this question here and tried the solution but i still have some problems after that change.
The url: test.mydomain.com gives me a repsone that my express server is started
i also get a response if i try the url "test.mydomain.com/api/hello"
but when i try to call "test.mydomain.com/api/auth/user/login" it is giving only a 404 back from plesk.

My rewrite rules:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<configuration>

  <system.webServer>

    <httpErrors>

      <remove statusCode="400" />

      <error statusCode="400" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\bad_request.html" />

      <remove statusCode="401" />

      <error statusCode="401" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\unauthorized.html" />

      <remove statusCode="403" />

      <error statusCode="403" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\forbidden.html" />

      <remove statusCode="404" />

      <error statusCode="404" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\not_found.html" />

      <remove statusCode="405" />

      <error statusCode="405" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\method_not_allowed.html" />

      <remove statusCode="406" />

      <error statusCode="406" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\not_acceptable.html" />

      <remove statusCode="407" />

      <error statusCode="407" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\proxy_authentication_required.html" />

      <remove statusCode="412" />

      <error statusCode="412" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\precondition_failed.html" />

      <remove statusCode="414" />

      <error statusCode="414" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\request-uri_too_long.html" />

      <remove statusCode="415" />

      <error statusCode="415" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\unsupported_media_type.html" />

      <remove statusCode="500" />

      <error statusCode="500" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\internal_server_error.html" />

      <remove statusCode="501" />

      <error statusCode="501" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\not_implemented.html" />

      <remove statusCode="502" />

      <error statusCode="502" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\bad_gateway.html" />

      <remove statusCode="503" />

      <error statusCode="503" path="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\error_docs\maintenance.html" />

    </httpErrors>

    <tracing>

      <traceFailedRequests>

        <clear />

      </traceFailedRequests>

    </tracing>

    <handlers>

<add name="iisnode" path="index.js" verb="*" modules="iisnode" />

</handlers>





<rewrite>

<rules>

<rule name="myapp">

<match url="/*" />

<action type="Rewrite" url="index.js" />

</rule>

<!-- Don't interfere with requests for node-inspector debugging -->

<rule name="NodeInspector" patternSyntax="ECMAScript" stopProcessing="true">

<match url="^index.js\/debug[\/]?" />

</rule>





</rules>





</rewrite>





<directoryBrowse enabled="true" />





<iisnode devErrorsEnabled="true" debuggingEnabled="true" loggingEnabled="false" nodeProcessCommandLine="C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" />

  </system.webServer>

  <system.web>

    <compilation tempDirectory="C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\tmp" />

  </system.web>

</configuration>