Use Visual Studio web server in local network

Is there a way to access visual studio web server from another computer that sh开发者_Python百科are the same router? I tried connecting to the IP address but it didnt work. Is there a setting in VS? or firewall?

You can achieve this by installing IIS Express. Go to

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1038

Once installed, change your project setting to this:

Then go to

%userprofile%\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationhost.config

and for the project change the binding to this:

   <bindings>
      <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation=":54715:" />
   </bindings>

Note, you can also specify the bindings like this if you just want to limit it to your IP and machine name:

<binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:54715:localhost" />
<binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:54715:anishaalaptop" />

I debug my app over Wifi using my android app so I leave the binding open.

I assume you mean the cassini web server built into visual studio. In short, no you can't. That cassini web server can only be accessed from the local computer.

I found some further information. According to MSDN, you can't access it from another machine. What are some known functionality limitations of the Cassini Web server?

It can host only one ASP.NET application per port.
It does not support HTTPS.
It does not support authentication.
It responds only to localhost requests.

see this MSDN article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893391

You can use ngrok or an extension for VS https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=vs-publisher-1448185.ConveyorbyKeyoti . I'm using this extension and it's very useful