Running ASP.Net core on Tomcat for Rest-API

Question

Hello,
i want to create a Rest-API between my program and a database. My task is it to use ASP.Net and Tomcat as the webserver.
I didnt find any good answer for this combination, but many comments say that it is not possible to run asp.net programs with apache tomcat.
In my opinion i should better use asp.net core with Microsoft IIS. Maybe someone can tell me the right or better way to implement it.

Thank you very much!

Answer 1

Hi @HenrikWaschke-5013,

The Tomcat (Apache Tomcat) is Java exclusive, so it won't run anything .NET Core based.

To deploy and host the Asp.net core application, you can choose:

• Linux
  • Nginx
  • Apache
• Windows
  • IIS
  • Windows Service
• Azure App Service

Refer this article: Host and deploy ASP.NET Core.

Then, after deploy and host the API application, you can access the API method in another application, such as a Java application.

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Answer 2

For tomcat to host .net core you would use it as a reverse proxy, just as you would with Apache. Ngnix is a more common approach for a reverse proxy. In both cases you will need a startup application for the core app, like launchd.

If hosting .net core on windows, IIS is the common choice as it manages startup and error recovery.

Note: tomcat only natively hosts Java apps. You would configure .net core support similar to its node.js support.