How can I pass a SSL certificate to Nowin when using Nancy

Question

So I am using Nancy with Nowin.

The beauty of using Nowin is I don't have to mess around with various Windows commands to set up a simple web server. According to the Nowin readme I can configure SSL using the following line

builder.SetCertificate(new X509Certificate2("certificate.pfx", "password"));

However, when using Nancy I don't seem to have access to this Server builder class. Everything seems to happen magically behind the scenes.

Any ideas how I can pass the certificate through to Nowin?

Answer 1

1. Make sure you have the Nancy.Owin package installed.

2. Use code like this to start the server up:

.

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Nancy.Owin;
using Nowin;

public class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var myNancyAppFunc = NancyMiddleware.UseNancy()(NancyOptions options =>
        {
            // Modify Nancy options if desired;

            return Task.FromResult(0);
        });

        using (var server = ServerBuilder.New()
            .SetOwinApp(myNancyAppFunc)
            .SetEndPoint(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 8080))
            .SetCertificate(new X509Certificate2("certificate.pfx", "password"))
            .Build()
        )
        {
            server.Start();

            Console.WriteLine("Running on 8080");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

If you look at this document, it says the following:

Configuration of OWIN

It'll just be there if the host sends it on.

If you use IIS as a host. You'll need to do the same config as with Aspnet. And you'll need an OWIN Aspnet host that supports the ClientCertificate. The one in the OWIN demo in Nancy does. The one by @prabirshrestha also does.

In the OWIN Demo, check this line:

if (request.ClientCertificate != null && request.ClientCertificate.Certificate.Length != 0)
        {
            env[OwinConstants.ClientCertificate] = new X509Certificate(request.ClientCertificate.Certificate);
        }

Hope it helps you, good luck.