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  kobruleht

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  Use kestrel with https in production server

  Apr 02, 2021 08:43 AM|kobruleht|LINK

  ASP.NET 5 MVC application is published as self contained executable in Visual Studio 2019.
  appsettings.json has standard settings:
  
  {
        "AllowedHosts": "*",   "Logging": {
          "LogLevel": {
            "Default": "Information",
            "Microsoft": "Warning",
            "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information"
          }   },   "runtimeOptions": {
          "configProperties": {
            "System.GC.HeapHardLimitPercent": 30
          }   } }
  
  In same development workstation it listens in two ports:
  
      info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
            Now listening on: http://localhost:5000 info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
            Now listening on: https://localhost:5001 info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
            Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down. info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
            Hosting environment: Production info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
            Content root path: C:\eeva\store5

  If application is copied to production server, running store.exe listens only in http port.

  Line 

  Now listening on: https://localhost:5001 info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]

  does not appear in output.

  How to use https in production server ?

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  PatriceSc

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  Re: Use kestrel with https in production server

  Apr 02, 2021 11:23 AM|PatriceSc|LINK

  Hi,

  According to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/servers/kestrel/endpoints?view=aspnetcore-5.0 it uses https only when a "development certificate" (ie self signed?) is found but a production certificate needs to be configured explicitly.

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  Re: Use kestrel with https in production server

  Apr 02, 2021 11:59 AM|mgebhard|LINK

  kobruleht

  How to use https in production server ?

  Are you using dotnet to run the application?  Well, you need a certificate for localhost.  You also must configure Kestrel.

  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46621788/how-to-use-https-ssl-with-kestrel-in-asp-net-core-2-x

  The official documentation covers the detials.

  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/servers/kestrel?view=aspnetcore-5.0