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Web.config for Azure App Services/Web Sites to allow downloading static files (withouth extension) for Electron autoupdate
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<staticContent>
<mimeMap fileExtension="." mimeType="text/plain" />
<mimeMap fileExtension=".nupkg" mimeType="application/octet-stream" />
<mimeMap fileExtension=".exe" mimeType="application/octet-stream" />
<mimeMap fileExtension=".zip" mimeType="application/x-zip-compressed" />
</staticContent>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
@rochapablo
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did not work for me

@alexsorokoletov
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@rochapablo, curious what did work for you

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still looking for something... I'm always getting The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

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abij commented Oct 28, 2020

@rochapablo it works for me placing web.config in the site/wwwroot (default location)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <staticContent>
        <mimeMap fileExtension=".woff" mimeType="application/font-woff" />
        <mimeMap fileExtension=".woff2" mimeType="application/font-woff" />
        <mimeMap fileExtension=".json" mimeType="application/json" />
        <mimeMap fileExtension=".svg" mimeType="image/svg+xml" />
        </staticContent>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

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