Installation on Ubuntu

This page describes the basic steps to host the RemoteSupport proxy on Ubuntu Server 12.12. These steps are derived from Brain Cast Exception - Installing a Mono server for WCF.

Install apache and the mono requirements:

sudo apt-get install mono-apache-server2 libapache2-mod-mono mono-gmcs mono-utils
sudo apt-get install apache2

Open /etc/apache2/mods-available/mod_mono.conf in your favorite text editor, and append ".svc" to this line:

AddType application/x-asp-net .aspx .ashx .asmx .ascx .asax .config .ascx

To create a new site, create a new text file /etc/apache2/sites-available/yoursite. Note the path to /var/www/public where we'll assume the proxy will be installed:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    # mono configuration
    MonoServerPath remotesupportproxy "/usr/bin/mod-mono-server2"
    MonoDebug remotesupportproxy false
    MonoSetEnv remotesupportproxy  MONO_IOMAP=all
    MonoSetEnv remotesupportproxy MONO_STRICT_MS_COMPLIANT=yes
    MonoAutoApplication disabled
    # Define application name and path
    MonoApplications remotesupportproxy "/:/var/www/public"

    <Location />
        Allow from all
        MonoSetServerAlias remotesupportproxy
        SetHandler mono
        Order allow,deny
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>

Activate the site with

a2ensite yoursite

Create a self signed certificate (Steps 1 through 4 on How to create a self-signed SSL Certificate )

openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024
openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
cp server.key server.key.org
openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key
openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt

Convert the key and certificate into a PFX file:

openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.pfx -inkey server.key -in server.crt

Use PFX certificates as input for the Configure application, and after running Configure, copy the result from ...\build\public to the /var/www/public directory. Reload apache and you're done:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload