Remotely connect to .net core self hosted web api
Solution 1:
My guess is that the issue isn't in your controller, it is in program.cs. You need to modify the construction of your WebHost
var host = new WebHostBuilder()
.UseKestrel()
.UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
.UseUrls("http://localhost:5000", "http://odin:5000", "http://192.168.1.2:5000")
.UseIISIntegration()
.UseStartup<Startup>()
.Build();
Unless you add the UseUrls line, Kestrel isn't going to listen outside of localhost. This makes sense, because in a normal situation Kestrel will be sitting behind a reverse proxy like IIS or NGNIX and doesn't need to bind to external URLs.
Solution 2:
The best way is to adjust the launchSettings.json
, which is located inside the Properties
folder.
Change
"applicationUrl": "https://localhost:5001"
to
"applicationUrl": "https://0.0.0.0:5001"
This allows the Kestrel Web Server to listen for traffic from all Network Interfaces.
Solution 3:
You can simply do the following to create your WebHost, this will allow remote connections to kestrel.
var host = WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
.UseUrls("http://0.0.0.0:80")
.UseStartup<Startup>()
.Build();
After using the following code I still wasn't able to access my API remotely, I had to disable the network adapters created by Docker in the windows control panel (Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections)