Can't access Visual Studio project from IP, only http://localhost

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I'm running a project in visual studio. I hit run and it launches IE pointing at http://localhost:1267

If I try to visit http://10.211.55.3:1267 (the machine's IP), I get nothing, even when visiting from the same machine. IIS7 works fine.

The machine is actually a VM running in parallels.

Any ideas what's may be going on?

Does the application run correctly when visiting the localhost address? — Bryan Ray, May 05 '11 at 16:55

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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If you are using the Visual Studio Development Server (and not IIS,) your server will only bind to localhost. You can not use another IP address to access it. If you must, you can work around this with proxies.

If you are running IIS, make sure that your web server is binding to all addresses (0.0.0.0)

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered May 05 '11 at 16:48

Karmic Coder

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Thanks. Is it possible to make VS push a project to IIS? – Mark Kahn May 05 '11 at 16:51
Please note that it should also be possible to resolve your application using `http://127.0.0.1:1267` as well. – Bryan Ray May 05 '11 at 17:00
@Bryan - yeah, but that doesn't exactly help me :) – Mark Kahn May 05 '11 at 17:03
Yes, just point IIS to your project directory as an application. Then click on project properties, web tab, and set server to "Use Local IIS Web server" – Karmic Coder May 05 '11 at 17:05
You are wrong, it can be done via bindingInformation – zdarsky.peter Aug 28 '15 at 19:03

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '13 at 09:26

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CygWin Solution (no proxy install needed)

ssh USER@OTHER_HOST -R IIS_PORT:localhost:IIS_PORT

replace USER, OTHER_HOST and IIS_PORT. Now you can browse with your OTHER_HOST to the testpage on localhost:IIS_PORT. This enables you the ability to test your stuff on remote Linux hosts (for example).

answered Dec 10 '13 at 09:26

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Of course a proper, clean and easy solution to this problem is downvoted once useful non-microsoft stuff is invloved. Does not surprise me at all. – mschmoock Jan 26 '14 at 14:57

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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For IIS Express, you need to grant yourself permission to bind to network adapters other than localhost, and configure IIS express to bind to all adapters. If you desire access from another computer, you need to also open the port on your firewall. This answer details these steps.

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answered Oct 11 '13 at 11:31

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 28 '15 at 19:04

To do this you need to edit applicationhost.config file manually

<bindings>
   <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:57177:localhost" />
   <binding protocol="http" bindingInformation="*:57177:127.0.0.1" />
</bindings>

Aplication will be accessible on:

localhost:57177
127.0.0.1:57177

If you want remote access, I think adding your IP address and disabling firewall will do it.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 11:12

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Try Changing the IIS server to Local Right Click Web Project - Properties - Web - Select Local IIS

answered Apr 03 '20 at 11:12

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Can't access Visual Studio project from IP, only http://localhost

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