Web services without IIS

[David Gagné]

Hello,
Is it possible for a web service to work without a web server. If yes, how
do you deploy the web service on a server and expose it on the Internet?
And, how the client applications can consume it?

This is because we don't have a web server but we would like to create web
services without the pain of installing and maintaining a web site only for
web services.

Thanks,
David.

[csharpcomputing.com]

David,
You do need a web server to run web services.
Aleksey Nudelman
http://csharpcomputing.com

"David Gagné" wrote:

Hello,
Is it possible for a web service to work without a web server. If yes, how
do you deploy the web service on a server and expose it on the Internet?
And, how the client applications can consume it?

This is because we don't have a web server but we would like to create web
services without the pain of installing and maintaining a web site only for
web services.

Thanks,
David.

[Eric Cherng]

Yes, you will need IIS only because ASP.NET only supports the HTTP transport
protocol. Web services, in general using SOAP, doesn't require a web server
as it is designed to work with multiple transport protocols.

If you are only writing .NET Web services and clients, you might want to
look into .NET Remoting. I found this article documenting some of the
differences between Web services and .NET Remoting on Microsoft's site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...tnetarch16.asp

--
Eric Cherng
MCP, MCDBA, MCSD
http://echerng.com
http://vertigosoftware.com
"David Gagné" <ga*********@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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Hello,
Is it possible for a web service to work without a web server. If yes, how
do you deploy the web service on a server and expose it on the Internet?
And, how the client applications can consume it?

This is because we don't have a web server but we would like to create web
services without the pain of installing and maintaining a web site only
for
web services.

Thanks,
David.

[Philip Rieck]

You don't need a web server, but it is the easiest way. However, you can
use WSE to host .net webservices in a windows service, instead of in IIS
(for example). However, these do still need to listen to TCP/IP traffic,
just like a webserver. By far and away, installing IIS is the easiest way
to get started with webservices.

Here's an article on hosting WSE in COM+
http://weblogs.asp.net/cweyer/archiv...25/220627.aspx
"csharpcomputing.com" <cs****************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:92**********************************@microsof t.com...

David,
You do need a web server to run web services.
Aleksey Nudelman
http://csharpcomputing.com

"David Gagné" wrote:

Hello,
Is it possible for a web service to work without a web server. If yes,
how
do you deploy the web service on a server and expose it on the Internet?
And, how the client applications can consume it?

This is because we don't have a web server but we would like to create
web
services without the pain of installing and maintaining a web site only
for
web services.

Thanks,
David.

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

can also use Cassini. (see www.asp.net) It is a lightweight HTTP engine,
not for production use but can host ASPX and ASMX.
-D

"Philip Rieck" <ju**@mckraken.spamcom> wrote in message
news:ui**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

You don't need a web server, but it is the easiest way. However, you can
use WSE to host .net webservices in a windows service, instead of in IIS
(for example). However, these do still need to listen to TCP/IP traffic,
just like a webserver. By far and away, installing IIS is the easiest way
to get started with webservices.

Here's an article on hosting WSE in COM+
http://weblogs.asp.net/cweyer/archiv...25/220627.aspx
"csharpcomputing.com" <cs****************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:92**********************************@microsof t.com...

David,
You do need a web server to run web services.
Aleksey Nudelman
http://csharpcomputing.com

"David Gagné" wrote:

Hello,
Is it possible for a web service to work without a web server. If yes,
how
do you deploy the web service on a server and expose it on the Internet?
And, how the client applications can consume it?

This is because we don't have a web server but we would like to create
web
services without the pain of installing and maintaining a web site only
for
web services.

Thanks,
David.