.NET embeddable web server ???

[USCode]

Anyone care to recommend a .NET web server that I can embed in my VB.NET
application?
Requirements:
- Must be start/stoppable from the application
- Must support HTTPS
- Doesn't require "installation", maybe even just a DLL or exe that I
can distribute with my application
Thanks!

 

[Vic Ceccato]

What a perfect solution for a happy little enthusiast like me
Does it (asp) come with a plastic bucket and spade ?

Thanks!

 

[Patrice]

This is for ? AFAIK WCF allows to expose some services as HTTP handlers...

If you want to really run ASPX pages perhaps a Cassini based server
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini_Web_Server) but having a stand alone
application based on web pages doesn't sound easy to me.

Good luck.

 

[USCode]

This is for ? AFAIK WCF allows to expose some services as HTTP handlers...

If you want to really run ASPX pages perhaps a Cassini based server
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini_Web_Server) but having a stand alone
application based on web pages doesn't sound easy to me.

Good luck.

Thanks Patrice.

Unfortunately, Cassini doesn't support HTTPS and only supports requests
from localhost, AFAIK.

 

[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

Unfortunately, Cassini doesn't support HTTPS and only supports requests

from localhost, AFAIK.

Both True

for the HTTPS part i do not have a solution , the second problem however is
easy solved it requires just some commenting in the source and a rebuilt to
get cassini to work with multiple connections and accessible all over the
network

I have done this and it worked without anny problems on every system even
windows XP home

michel

 

[Patrice]

That's why I talked about a Cassini *based* server. The source was released
and some have change this to support additional features (such as UtilDev
Cassini Web Server that is mentioned on the link I mentioned). In the worst
case you would have to do it by yourself if don't find another solution...

 

[Tom Shelton]

Anyone care to recommend a .NET web server that I can embed in my VB.NET
application?
Requirements:
- Must be start/stoppable from the application
- Must support HTTPS
- Doesn't require "installation", maybe even just a DLL or exe that I
can distribute with my application
Thanks!

What features should the web server support? Are you looking for
something to be a runtime host that can support asp.net - or is it
mostly static content (html, images, etc)?

Honestly, a webserver is not that difficult to write. Just grap the RFC
and go. And yes, I have written one before - hmmm... an embedable web
server - that's a good idea