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vand777
August 17th, 2011, 20:57
1. Install Mono

# cd /usr/ports/lang/mono
# make config-recursive
# make install clean

In order to test Mono installation, create a new file /tmp/test.cs:

using System;

class Program {
static void Main ()
{
Type t = Type.GetType ("Mono.Runtime");
if (t != null)
Console.WriteLine ("You are running with the Mono VM");
else
Console.WriteLine ("You are running something else");
}
}

Then compile it and run:

# cd /tmp
# mcs test.cs
# mono test.exe
You are running with the Mono VM

2. Install Nginx web server
# cd /usr/ports/www/nginx
# make config-recursive
# make install clean
# echo "nginx_enable=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf
vand777
August 17th, 2011, 20:59
3. Install Xsp

# cd /usr/ports/www/xsp
# make config-recursive
# make install clean

4. Configure Nginx

Edit /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf file:

...
user asp;
worker_processes 4; # should be equal to number of cores on your server
...

location / {
fastcgi_pass 192.168.1.100:9000; # change this IP to the IP and port of your fastcgi-mono-server (see below)
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}

#location / {
# root /usr/local/www/nginx;
# index index.html index.htm;
#}
...

Create a new user asp (shell nologin, random password):

# adduser
...
# mkdir /home/asp/www
# chown asp:asp /home/asp/www/
# chmod 555 /home/asp/www/
# touch /var/log/mono-server4.log
# chown asp:asp /var/log/mono-server4.log
vand777
August 17th, 2011, 21:03
5. Configure startup scripts

Create a new file /home/asp/fcgi:

fastcgi-mono-server4 /socket=tcp:9000 /address=192.168.1.100 /applications=/:. /root=/home/asp/www /logfile=/var/log/mono-server4.log &

Adjust its permissions:

# chmod ug+x /home/asp/fcgi

Create a startup script for fastcgi-mono-server4 in the /home/asp/fcgi_startup file:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/bin:; export PATH
PID=`/bin/ps waux | /usr/bin/grep mono | /usr/bin/grep -v grep | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $2 }'`

if ps waux | grep mono | grep -v grep > /dev/null
then
echo "fastcgi-mono-server4 seems to run on PID $PID"
exit
else
echo "fastcgi-mono-server4 is not running. Starting it"
/home/asp/fcgi
fi

Make it executable:

# chmod ug+x /home/asp/fcgi_startup

Now add the job to crontab:

# crontab -uasp -e

And then add the following line to crontab file:

* * * * * /home/asp/fcgi_startup > /home/asp/mono_laststate

Start Nginx:

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/nginx start

Do not forget to adjust firewall rules.
vand777
August 17th, 2011, 21:05
Test it

Create a new file /home/asp/www/hello.aspx:

<html>
<body>
<p>It works! <% =Environment.OSVersion.ToString() %></p>
</body>
</html>

And then request it at http://your.ip.address/hello.aspx. It should give you the version of your operating system. It displays on my system:

It works! Unix 8.2.2.0
vand777
August 17th, 2011, 21:11
Asp.Net Web Forms and MVC2 applications

Asp.Net Web Forms and MVC2 applications should work automatically under this setup (Mono 2.10.2). Just copy files into the /home/asp/www/ folder.

Asp.Net MVC3 applications


In order to make Asp.Net MVC3 applications working under Mono 2.10.2, you have to copy additional files from your Windows development workstation into your project's bin directory (these files will finally end up in /home/asp/www/bin folder):

c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET MVC 3\Assemblies\System.Web.Mvc.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET MVC 3\Assemblies\System.Web.Mvc.xml
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\NuGet.Core.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.Helpers.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.Helpers.xml
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.Razor.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.Razor.xml
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.xml
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.Administ ration.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.Deployme nt.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.Deployme nt.xml
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.dl l
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.xm l
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\WebMatrix.Data.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\WebMatrix.Data.xml
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\WebMatrix.WebData.dll
c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\WebMatrix.WebData.xml


Also you have to delete EntityFramework.xml and EntityFramework.dll from /home/asp/www/bin folder after you have copied your project there.

Please read the section "ASP.NET MVC3 Support" on Mono 2.10 Release Notes (http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_2.10) for the details.
vand777
August 17th, 2011, 21:15
Should you have any problems when building or running mono, please do not forget to read /usr/ports/lang/mono/pkg-message message. Maybe you will find the solution to your problem.

For example, this part might be important:
* If you are in a jailed environment, ensure System V IPC are enabled.
You can rely on the security.jail.sysvipc_allowed sysctl to check
this status. The following enables this feature on the host system:
# echo "jail_sysvipc_allow=\"YES\"" >> /etc/rc.conf


The above tutorial was tested in jail on FreeBSD 8.2p2, Mono 2.10.2.
vand777
August 17th, 2011, 21:16
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vand777
August 17th, 2011, 21:16
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Claud
November 29th, 2011, 07:08
Hello,
Excelent tutorial thanks,
First, i don`t have bash as a default shell script fomr my user and it seems that the startup script needs some adjustemts or it will return bash pid olso , so the script that worked for me was:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$HOME/bin:; export PATH
PID=`/bin/ps waux | /usr/bin/grep mono | /usr/bin/grep -v grep | /usr/bin/grep -v /bin/bash | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $2 }'`

if ps waux | grep mono | grep -v grep | grep -v /bin/bash > /dev/null
then
echo "fastcgi-mono-server4 seems to run on PID $PID"
exit
else
echo "fastcgi-mono-server4 is not running. Starting it"
/home/asp/fcgi
fi

Hope someone finds it useful.
vand777
December 3rd, 2011, 20:16
Thank you, Claud!
wblock@
December 3rd, 2011, 22:20
...
PID=`/bin/ps waux | /usr/bin/grep mono | /usr/bin/grep -v grep | /usr/bin/grep -v /bin/bash | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $2 }'`
...


should be replaceable with


PID=`/usr/bin/pgrep mono`