IIS Server status 500 error 0x8007000d - what's the "malformed xml element" in web.config?

I've deployed my Asp Net Core 2.0 app to an IIS server following this guide but I get 0x8007000d status 500 error.

According to Microsoft's support website,

This problem occurs because the ApplicationHost.config file or the Web.config file contains a malformed XML element.

But I can't understand what's wrong with it... Can you help me, please?

Here's my web.config file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <handlers>
      <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified" />
    </handlers>
    <aspNetCore processPath="dotnet" arguments=".\MyFirstAngularApp.dll" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" />
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

I had the same error when trying to deploy my Asp Net Core 3.1 app to IIS. It turns out, it had nothing to do with my web.config file containing a malformed XML element, rather it was something else.

I needed to install the Asp Net Core hosting bundle. https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.1

This article helped me out. https://dotnetcoretutorials.com/2019/12/23/hosting-an-asp-net-core-web-application-in-iis/