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28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions docs/en/essentials/history-mode.md
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For Node.js/Express, consider using [connect-history-api-fallback middleware](https://github.com/bripkens/connect-history-api-fallback).

#### Internet Information Services (IIS)
```
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Handle History Mode and custom 404/500" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="(.*)" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.html" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
<httpErrors>
<remove statusCode="404" subStatusCode="-1" />
<remove statusCode="500" subStatusCode="-1" />
<error statusCode="404" path="/survey/notfound" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />
<error statusCode="500" path="/survey/error" responseMode="ExecuteURL" />
</httpErrors>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true"/>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
```

## Caveat

There is a caveat to this: Your server will no longer report 404 errors as all not-found paths now serve up your `index.html` file. To get around the issue, you should implement a catch-all route within your Vue app to show a 404 page:
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