Azure Deployment
As you may already know, XAF's Blazor Server UI can be deployed to Azure. If you are new to Azure, please refer to the following Microsoft deployment topic: Host and deploy ASP.NET Core Blazor Server. Popular Azure deployment options include:
- The default option with no additional settings and no WebSockets.
- Application Request Routing (ARR).
- Azure SignalR Service. This option is supported in v20.2.3 (RTM) and requires additional setup in the SolutioName.Blazor.ServerSide/Startup.cs file. Note that the ProxyHubConnectionHandler class is available in the Blazor demo (C:\Users\Public\Documents\DevExpress Demos 20.2\Components\eXpressApp Framework\MainDemo.Blazor\CS\MainDemo.Blazor.ServerSide\Services\ProxyHubConnectionHandler.cs) included in our Unified Component Installer.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) {
services.AddSingleton(
typeof(HubConnectionHandler<>),
typeof(ProxyHubConnectionHandler<>)
);
//...
}
With v21.1.4, if you miss this important setting, you may receive the following error message:"ValueManagerStorageAccessor.Storage is null likely due to incorrect Azure SignalR Service or Blazor application settings".
Windows and Linux Deployment
Should you prefer Windows with IIS or Linux with Nginx, a number of XAF customers successfully deployed XAF's Blazor in these hosting environments. You may find these additional community resources helpful:
When you deploy your Blazor apps to IIS, make certain to activate the following features: WebSocket Protocol and Sticky sessions with Application Request Routing (often forgotten by developers). BTW, our online Blazor demo is hosted on IIS: https://demos.devexpress.com/XAF/BlazorDemo/
Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron.NET
You can build cross platform desktop apps with ASP.NET Core (Razor Pages, MVC, Blazor). Electron.NET is a wrapper around a "normal" Electron application with an embedded ASP.NET Core application. The current Electron.NET CLI builds Windows/macOS/Linux binaries.
For more information, see https://github.com/ElectronNET/Electron.NET and watch the following video by Joche Ojeda: XAF with Electron for Windows, MacOS and Linux.
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