IIS support for TCP Stream on non-http/https port

Question

Does IIS support TCP Stream on non-http/https port. How could i setup a tcp upstream, similar to nginx tcp upstream on non-http port

Answer 1

Hello there,

Windows IIS by default supports only HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols and you will get those protocols in the binding window of IIS. You can follow the below steps and see if that helps.

-‘Turn Windows Features on or off’ - expand .NET Framework Advance Service.

-Expand WCF Services=>Select All the Features HTTPActivation, Message Queuing (MSMQ) Activation, Named Pipe Activation, TCPActivation, TCP Port Sharing. Click the OK button.

Open IIS=> in Connections panel=> expand Sites=>Select your website=>Go to Right site Action Pane=> click on Advanced Settings=> Expand the ‘Behavior’ section In the field ‘Enable Protocols’ set these below values by commas,

For activating TCP protocol set ‘net.tcp’

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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Answer 2

NGiNX appears to be a software proxy load balancer, is this the functionally you are looking for?

Answer 3

to use iis as a reverse proxy, use the application request routing module:

[https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/application-request-routing

Answer 4

iis rerouting only supports http and https

Answer 5

@venkatesh_vsa

If you wanted to use non-HTTP protocols (e.g. net.tcp) you had to self-host. Microsoft introduced the Windows Process Activation Service (WAS) to allow common hosting within IIS regardless of the communications protocol being used, you can host your net.tcp WCF services on IIS.

More information you can refer to below links:

1. Extend Your WCF Services Beyond HTTP With WAS
2. Choosing a Transport

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