Deploying multiple ASP.NET MVC application in a single Virtual directory

Question

Normally an ASP.NET MVC application can be deployed by placing the application folder in the virtual Directory.

The application folder contains

bin folder
Scripts Folder(If needed)
Views folder
Global.asax file
web.config file

But, I want to place the bin folder outside the application folder so that I can deploy more applications in a single application folder. All applications share the bin folder and session also get shared.

What I want to do
..Virtual Directory
..\bin
..\App1Name\App1Contents
..\App2Name\App2Contents
..\App3Name\App3Contents
..web.config

I already achieved this for web application with web forms without Global.asax file. But in MVC application I am unable to shared the bin folder.

How to achieve it?
Where I need to place the Global.asax file?
How the route all the applications with bin folder placed outside the Applications?

Thanks in advance

"deploy more applications" & "share the bin folder and session also get shared". It sounds like you want to make a single, bigger application. — spender
– spender, Commented Oct 13, 2014 at 14:43
Yes, I want to create a single bigger application. But each sub application have different functionality, views and controller. Only the session needs to be shared. — Veera
– Veera, Commented Oct 14, 2014 at 4:22

Chris Pratt · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-13 14:40:55Z

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This is not possible. You were able to achieve this with Web Forms because each individual page is in effect it's own application. However, MVC works differently. Many factors, not the least of which is the routing framework, requires that the web application be secluded. You cannot deploy multiple MVC applications to the same document root. You can deploy a second MVC application to a virtual directory within the first, but be advised that the web.config of the outermost application will affect the inner application as well.

answered Oct 13, 2014 at 14:40

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Veera Over a year ago

If the common bin folder is not possible then how I suppose to share the session.

Chris Pratt Over a year ago

By setting matching machine keys for each application. See: blogs.msdn.com/b/httpcontext/archive/2012/06/22/…. It's focused on setting up a Web Farm, but the principle is the same. FWIW, sharing a bin folder has nothing to do with this anyways.

ohlando · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-13 15:23:49Z

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Based on the fact that your applications are sharing common binaries already, you may want to look into using MVC Areas to facilitate a logical separation between applications (but have them all as part of a single application). The following link describes this in more detail: MVC Areas

answered Oct 13, 2014 at 15:23

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