Windows service webs server cannot connect to other machines
Question
I am attempting to design a windows service that contains a web server to do basic get request handling. Requests from the localhost work just find but I am unable to process requests from other machines. On python, setting the IP address to 0.0.0.0 allows the server to process requests from any IP on the network. I have found examples that use http://*:port/ or http://+:port/ to obtain this functionality in C# but these have not worked for me.
I am currently starting a HttpListener ( WebServer.cs ) when the windows service ( UsherService.cs ) receives its start command. If there is a better way to do this, I'd appreciate that answer as well.
Program.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace UsherService
{
static class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
static void Main()
{
ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
{
new UsherService()
};
ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
}
}
}
UsherService.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace UsherService
{
public partial class UsherService : ServiceBase
{
WebServer ws;
public UsherService()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public static string SendResponse(HttpListenerRequest request)
{
return string.Format("<HTML><BODY>My web page.<br>{0}</BODY></HTML>", DateTime.Now);
}
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
try
{
ws = new WebServer(SendResponse, "http://*:5000/");
ws.Run();
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(@"C:\Users\kburd\Desktop\WriteText.txt", "Started Successfully");
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(@"C:\Users\kburd\Desktop\WriteText.txt", e.Message);
}
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(@"C:\Users\kburd\Desktop\WriteText.txt", "Stopped Successfully");
}
}
}
WebServer.cs
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
public class WebServer
{
private readonly HttpListener _listener = new HttpListener();
private readonly Func<HttpListenerRequest, string> _responderMethod;
public WebServer(string[] prefixes, Func<HttpListenerRequest, string> method)
{
if (!HttpListener.IsSupported)
throw new NotSupportedException(
"Needs Windows XP SP2, Server 2003 or later.");
// URI prefixes are required
if (prefixes == null || prefixes.Length == 0)
throw new ArgumentException("prefixes");
// A responder method is required
if (method == null)
throw new ArgumentException("method");
foreach (string s in prefixes)
{
_listener.Prefixes.Add(s);
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(@"C:\Users\kburd\Desktop\WriteText2.txt", s);
}
_responderMethod = method;
_listener.Start();
}
public WebServer(Func<HttpListenerRequest, string> method, params string[] prefixes)
: this(prefixes, method) { }
public void Run()
{
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem((o) =>
{
Console.WriteLine("Webserver running...");
try
{
while (_listener.IsListening)
{
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem((c) =>
{
var ctx = c as HttpListenerContext;
try
{
string rstr = _responderMethod(ctx.Request);
byte[] buf = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(rstr);
ctx.Response.ContentLength64 = buf.Length;
ctx.Response.OutputStream.Write(buf, 0, buf.Length);
}
catch { } // suppress any exceptions
finally
{
// always close the stream
ctx.Response.OutputStream.Close();
}
}, _listener.GetContext());
}
}
catch { } // suppress any exceptions
});
}
public void Stop()
{
_listener.Stop();
_listener.Close();
}
}
1 answers
solution1
0 2018-01-15 20:02:00
The firewall was blocking the localhost from communicating to other devices on the network. I had to allow for communication over that port
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