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If you are starting with ASP .NET 5 (1.0.0-rc1-final) and you just want to serve an “index.html”, you can follow these steps:

• Start Visual Studio 2015
• File > New > Project…
• Installed > Templates > Visual C# > Web > ASP.NET Web Application
• Choose .NET Framework 4.6.1

• ASP.NET 5 Templates > Empty

• Open project.json and add package dependency “Microsoft.AspNet.StaticFiles”: “1.0.0-rc1-final”:

• Open Startup.cs and remove the app.Run lines:

• In Startup.cs add the follwoing lines in the Configure methode beneath app.UseIISPlatformHandler();:
  • app.UseDefaultFiles();
  • app.UseStaticFiles();
• Like so:

• Add an index.html file to the wwwroot folder and add the text “Hello world from html” to the body:

Press F5 and the a browser should appear showing you the “Hello world from html”