Accessing ASP.NET web application that only runs on a local machine

Question

So I have zero experience with deploying software or putting something live. The situation is like this:

I have developed a dashboard web application on a laptop. This application uses a microsoft SQL database that also runs locally. When I run it, it's a localhost address. Now, I need to be able to access my web application from other PCs within my company's network. This way I can do some user testing. What are ways to do this? I searched and things confuse me to no end.

I use:

• .NET Framework 4.5
• Visual Studio Ultimate 2012
• IIS7

Thanks

Answer 1

There are a few things you'll need to do to make your local application visible on the network. I'm assuming you want your app running on something like http://foobar/myapp where foobar is the name of your machine

Here is what you need to do:

1. Add a URL reservation so your machine will allow IIS to serve content on the url http://foobar/myapp

2. Create an inbound rule in Windows Firewall to allow incoming connections on port 80

You can find the exact commands you need to run on Scott Hanselman's excellent blog post . Of course, he's focusing mainly on getting SSL to work with IIS Express, but it has enough pointers to get you going, too.

Answer 2

look at msdn.microsoft.com you can learn about:

• Prerequisites
• Creating the Web Site
• Creating a Test Page and Class
• Publishing the Web Site
• Testing the Published Web Site
• Next Steps