I have an asp.net mvc application hosted in amazon aws. Is there a service in amazon that sets the geo location of each request in a header or server variable which i can access in code and show personalized stuff ?
Is there some other dns service I can use that will give me this data as a header variable ?
I do not aware of any services provided in AWS.
However, there is 3rd party commercial HTTP module that you can install inside IIS such as http://www.ip2location.com/software/http-module
You can get the country code from server variable "HTTP_X_COUNTRY_SHORT". There are also other variables available.
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I want to use API Gateway for its mutual TLS capability and add it to an existing .net fx 4.8 web application hosted in IIS which is fronted by and AWS ALB:-
client browser -> apigw -> alb -> ec2
I have configured the apigw method to return html and to use proxy integration, but I am having issues in a couple of places:-
any request made to a subfolder of the mapped path returns {"message":"Missing Authentication Token"}
images are not being returned (tested by using the iis home page on the root
In the absence of any api auth being configured, I understand that the missing token response could indicate a bad url. I am new to apigw so I may be missing something obvious, but I cannot believe I would have to map every single possible path available in our web app in the apigw config - there are simply too many!
I have read a few articles/messages talking about handling images but these either refer to using s3 as the store or, in the case of the image being the only thing in the response, configuring the apigw to return an image content type. In this case of a .net web app which will return html and images, I have not found any advice.
So my question is (before I spend way too long trying to make this work!), is it possible or even advisable to front a .net fx web app with an aws api gateway?
You need to configure "Catch-all Path Variables" in API Gateway, as described here.
My backend is a simple dockerized Node.js express app deployed onto elastic beanstalk. It is exposed on port 80. It would be located somewhere like
mybackend.eba-p4e52d.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com
I can call my APIs on the backend
mybackend.eba-p4e52d.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/hello
mybackend.eba-p4e52d.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com/postSomeDataToMe
and they work! Yay.
The URL is not very user friendly so I was hoping to set up API gateway to allow to me simply forward API requests from
api.myapp.com/apiFamily/ to mybackend.eba-p4e52d.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com
so I can call api.myapp.com/apiFamily/hello or api.myapp.com/apiFamily/postMeSomeData
Unfortunately, I can't figure out (i) if I can do this (ii) how to actually do it.
Can anybody point me to a resource that explains clearly how to do this?
Thanks
Yes, you can do this. For this to happen you need two things:
a custom domain that you own and control, e.g. myapp.com.
a valid, public SSL certificate issued for that domain.
If you don't have them, and want to stay within AWS ecosystem, you can use Route53 to buy and manage your custom domain. For SSL you can use AWS ACM which will provide you with free SSL certificate for the domain.
AWS instructions on how to set it up all is:
Setting up custom domain names for REST APIs
I am new to backend world, currently I am very confused with these concept relationships and really need some help here.
So currently I already have an iOS app and backend server(using python, hosting at AWS) ready. Now I need to register a new domain name and build a basic website to explain and promote my app.
Let's assume I am using goDaddy to register a domain name as "hello.com", now I have my basic website ready as well, I guess I need to upload html files to goDaddy hosting server then the website should be able to run, but then how can I link it to our python server?
For example, in the iOS code when I am sending a http request, I will need to send it to "https://hello.com/api/xxx", correct? Please correct me if I am wrong.
You should use subdomains for the different servers:
www.hello.com = your static website hosted on Godaddy or wherever
api.hello.com = your Python api server
etc...
To make this work you would just edit your DNS zone on Godaddy (or wherever you have your domain hosted) and create a record for "www" that points to your website server and a record for "api" that points to your API server.
I've built an .NET MVC4 website using C#, and now I want to upload it to the internet.
I've never uploaded any website so I don't really know what steps I need to do.
Does it matter what kind of server to use, because when I run the website through VS2012 I can see it runs with IIS express, but then I realized there are several kinds of servers, like apache. Do I need specific kind of server?
And what about domain? what is the difference between domain and server.
Thanks.
You will need IIS for running .NET applications. Apache is more suited for Java, PHP and other languages.
The server/hosting is the space where you upload your project files.
The domain or ip address is what in put in your browser bar to be able to access your application. (Ex: google.com is a domain which is pointing to some server where the google site is hosted).Unless you want to access your application by typing the ip address of the server in the browser you need to buy a domain.
Take a look here for a more detailed explanation:
http://support.hostgator.com/articles/hosting-guide/what-is-the-difference-between-domains-vs-hosting-vs-website
Many web hosting providers allow you to buy a domain when purchasing the hosting serivce but you can buy it separatly and then point it to the ip address of your server.
I dont know many about WIndows web hosting providers but you might start looking in the Microsoft Asp.net website: http://www.microsoft.com/web/hosting/home
In your case you need to choose a hosting provider which supports MVC4.
Then you need to upload your project to the server. Take a look here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd410407(v=vs.90).aspx
Your server should come with an FTP account configured. You can use it to upload your files.
A domain is only a address in the internet which allows people to find certain places like an adress in a city.
So in order to make people find your stuff on the internet you have to have it a domain name.
It's the www.mvc4.com <----domain name
The other thing is the type of Server you need apache is also a server but in most cases it is used with java applications. What you need to do is to find a server which supports C# code and
type in .net hosting in google and you will find a lot hosters where you can register domain name for your C# code
step 1: Buy domain from website like Godaddy, net4 india etc
Step 2: Buy windows hosting to host MVC Application from web hosting like Godaddy, net4 india etc. Please buy latest framework hosting
Step 3: Build application using MVC(any version)
Step 4: Upload the published files to FTP.
Run the application.
I have a webdomain www.MyDomain.com and a MVC4 web application MyMVCWebApp.
First I publish the application to a local destination.
For instance: C:\TempLocation
And then I host it to my domain with a FTP-tool (FileZilla??)
The files will be hosted but I can't find the webpage.
Which url do I have to write?
http://www.MyDomain.com/MyMVCWebApp/Home/Index.chtml or something?!
Do I have change the settings in my web.config?
What do I have to do?
You can't host an application on a domain.
An application is hosted on a web server. A domain name is only a way to translate an easy to remember address like "www.google.com" to the web server ip address which looks like 173.194.66.104
It is possible to purchase a domain without a web server.
So before going further:
Check if you actually bought a domain only, or a domain with a server
Your domain should redirect to your server ip address, you can see if he is correctly configured by opening a command prompt and doing
C:\> ping www.yourdomain.com
If this is not the case you will need to update the A record of your domain, and wait for the update to be replicated on DNS server worldwird.
If you have a managed server, you should check your hosting provider website. They usually provide in depth documentation, and they all have a different way to do things. Most of the time indeed you will be able to upload your files using a FTP software such as Filezilla.
However, in order to host a MVC 4 application you need a server with
the IIS web server, which means that you need a Windows server. So if
you have a Linux server, you should contact your hosting provider
support and tell them you made a mistake during your order. (It is
possible to host a MVC 4 application on Linux, but I don't think it
is often provided on managed servers)
If you have a dedicated server you are on your own.
The URL you will have to write to access your application will depends on what you have configured in the RegisterRoutes method of the RouteConfigs.cs file.
I recommend you to watch the last video on this page to have a better overview of the possibilities.