Klondike private NuGet repository api page responds with an HTTP 404.0 error

Using the instructions in this link and the "How to Deploy Klondike" github instructions I have installed the Klondike release on my local IIS (Version 10.0.15063.0). At first it looked promising, but then I realized that the main page is showing "loading..." rather than the Klondike URL. See image:

Additionally the when I click the API page tab, the site navigates to http://localhost:8081/api which returns a 404.0 HTTP error. This error may not seem very surprising as the site's directory does not contain an api directory. However, I have reverse engineering a working server with Klondike configured on it and it also does not have the api directory. Here is an image of the 404.0 error:

Additionally, when I try to nuget pushto localhost:8081, it results with the error in the image here (note, the red blocked out text is the apikey).

Finally, I have left the handleLocalRequestsAsAdmin is set to true, but even though I am on localhost, it does not show me the "LocalAdministrator" link. I believe that all these symptoms are linked to the same issue.

I have tried the following with no affect on the behavior:

1. Putting this site in c:\inetpub\wwwroot and also in C:\Klondike;
2. Using different port numbers, such as 8081 and 80;
3. Putting a 127.0.0.1 alias in my hosts file and binding the value in IIS to the host name; and
4. Installed the Debugging tools for Windows install as was suggested on the github site and set the debuggingToolsPath to its path.

(at this point, I'm just guessing at the issue)

The settings I have changed in settings.config file are as follows:

1. packagesPath = C:\Klondike\App_Data\Packages
2. Left lucenePath = empty string (I also tried this with a value of C:\Klondike\App_Data\Lucene with no affect.
3. symbolsPath = C:\Klondike\App_Data\Symbols
4. debuggingToolsPath = C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64
5. ignorePackageFiles = "true"

I have not changed any values in the web.config file from the default web.config release values.

Thank you for any help that you can provide.