Remote debugging web service hosted by Cassini

Question

Is there any way to remote debug a web service on my local machine that is being hosted by Cassini?

ie On my local machine I can browse to http:// localhost:1234/webservice, but I cannot go to another machine and access http:// ip_address_of_my_machine:1234/webservice.

Is there a way?

Thanks, Jon

Answer 1

Use Fiddler!

Fiddler can operate as a "reverse proxy" which means that it can forward inbound requests to a different port or web server.

Step #0 Before either of the following options will work, you must enable other computers to connect to Fiddler. To do so, click Tools > Fiddler Options > Connections and tick the "Allow remote computers to connect" checkbox. Then close Fiddler.

Option #1: Configure Fiddler as a Reverse-Proxy Fiddler can be configured so that any traffic sent to http://127.0.0.1:8888 is automatically sent to a different port on the same machine. To set this configuration:

Start REGEDIT Create a new DWORD named ReverseProxyForPort inside HKCUSOFTWAREMicrosoftFiddler2. Set the DWORD to the local port you'd like to re-route inbound traffic to (generally port 80 for a standard HTTP server) Restart Fiddler Navigate your browser to http://127.0.0.1:8888

Source: http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler/help/reverseproxy.asp