Unable to obtain configuration from well-known/openid-configuration

Question

I am using ASP.NET 5, In my solution I have Web API, Identity Server and Angular 2 project and I am authenticating Angular 2 client by using Identity Server, Angular 2 client consumes web api by passing token in http request and web api authenticate token and gives response, for this I have written a custom attribute which checks that user is authenticated or not

When I consume API I am getting following exception and Web API returns 500 internal server error.

System.InvalidOperationException: IDX10803: Unable to obtain configuration from: 'http://xx.xx.xx.x:3926/.well-known/openid-configuration'. ---> System.IO.IOException: IDX10804: Unable to retrieve document from: 'http://xx.xx.xx.x:3926/.well-known/openid-configuration'. ---> System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException: An error occurred while sending the request. ---> System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond xx.xx.xx.x:3926 at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.EndConnect(IAsyncResult asyncResult) at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception)

Answer 1

The reason for this error was proxy and was able to resolve it by implementing the code below:

options.BackchannelHttpHandler = new HttpClientHandler()
            {
                ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = HttpClientHandler.DangerousAcceptAnyServerCertificateValidator,
                Proxy = new WebProxy(Configuration["System:Proxy"])
            };

If you are getting "unable to retrieve document from: '[pii is hidden]'" you need to add below to ConfigureServices:

    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
            {
......
IdentityModelEventSource.ShowPII = true;
    }

I hope this help.

Answer 2

I used something like this, and it resolved my issue.

services.AddAuthentication(o => {
            o.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
            o.DefaultChallengeScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
        })            
        .AddCookie(cfg => cfg.SlidingExpiration = true)
        .AddJwtBearer(cfg =>
        {
            cfg.Audience = "http://localhost:4200/";
            cfg.Authority = "http://localhost:5000/";
            cfg.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
            cfg.SaveToken = true;
            cfg.TokenValidationParameters = tokenValidationParameters;
            cfg.Configuration = new OpenIdConnectConfiguration();  <-- Most IMP Part
        });