Mod-Monomod_mono is an Apache module that makes it possible to run ASP.NET applications in Linux environments running Apache. While ASP.NET is a Microsoft technology and is traditionally used with IIS, mod_mono has become a viable option for deploying ASP.NET applications on Linux.
The module passes off requests for ASP.NET pages to an external program, mod-mono-server, which actually handles the requests. The communication between the Apache module and mod-mono-server is established using a Unix socket or a TCP socket.
Prerequisites
You will need apache, the web server, installed.
From the Mono project 'Downloads' page you can get mono, XSP and mod_mono. XSP is the module where mod-mono-server resides
Compiling mod_mono:$ tar xzf mod_mono-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
$ cd mod_mono-X.Y.Z
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
Your first time :
When you installed XSP, a bunch of sample ASP.NET pages and web services were installed too. If the prefix used to configure XSP was /usr, the sample files are located in /usr/share/doc/xsp/test.
Let's say you want those file to be available under the virtual path /test. Edit your httpd.conf file (hint: /etc/httpd, /etc/apache2) and append the following lines (remove the numbers ;-):
- LoadModule mono_module modules/mod_mono.so
- Alias /test "/usr/share/doc/xsp/test"
- AddMonoApplications default "/test:/usr/share/doc/xsp/test"
- <Location /test>
- SetHandler mono
- </Location>
Ok. Now start/restart apache and browse
http://127.0.0.1/test/index.aspx.
Voila ! welcome to ASP.NET!
So next time when a customer ask a simple question like “Can I run asp pages in my Linux server?” don't startle
( like I did :
). Remember the word “mod-mono”
