XSockets. version 3.06 getting Net net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED with wss:// - websocket

Question

I’m running into an issue getting wss:// to work on version 3.06 in production.
I’ve been able to get it working in a test environment locally (see test environment settings at the end).
If I used ws:// and not wss://, the production server works
In production I get the following error: net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
(Note: when I use ws://, I’ve switched over my test web site to http:// and not https://
Production environment:
2 separate Web servers running a web application (load balanced)
1 separate server running XSockets v3.06 (as a Windows Service)
All servers are in a sub domain:
a. Web server: web1.acme.com
b. Xsocket Server: commbus.acme.com
(Note: I’m not showing the real domain name here (acme))
All servers are using the same wildcard certificate “cn=*.acme.com”
All servers are behind a firewall.
I’ve tried using a ConfigurationSettings class with the following different constructors:
(Note: the 192.168.1.1 is not the real internal IP we use but it’s similar)
1) I used this option because it worked in the test environment
public class SecureConfig : ConfigurationSetting
{
public SecureConfig()
: base()
{}
}
2)
public SecureConfig()
: base(new Uri("wss://commbus.acme.com:4502"), new Uri("wss://192.168.1.1:4502"))
{
this.CertificateLocation = StoreLocation.LocalMachine;
this.CertificateSubjectDistinguishedName = "cn=*.acme.com";
}
3)
public SecureConfig()
: base(new Uri("wss://commbus.acme.com:4502"), new Uri("wss://192.168.1.1:4502"))
{
4)
public SecureConfig()
: base(new Uri("wss://commbus.acme.com:4502")
{}
5)
public SecureConfig()
: base(new Uri("wss://commbus.acme.com:4502")
{
this.CertificateLocation = StoreLocation.LocalMachine;
this.CertificateSubjectDistinguishedName = "cn=*.acme.com";
}
Test environment:
To verify that I can setup wss://. I’ve been able to do the following test:
1) Run IIS Express locally with HTTPS
2) Run the XSockets code in a console application
(Note: All XSockets code is in a separate library assembly and the same library assembly is used in both my test console application and production)
3) For the test I used the certificate “cn=localhost”
This worked fine if I used the following in a ConfiguationSetting Class:
public class SecureConfig : ConfigurationSetting
{
public SecureConfig()
: base()
{
}
}
Behavior I’ve notice with the testing site:
I would get the same error in production if I used the following contructors for the ConfigurationSettings class:
public SecureConfig()
: base(new Uri("wss://localhost:4502"))
{
}
Or
public SecureConfig()
: base(new Uri("wss://localhost:4502"))
{
this.CertificateLocation = StoreLocation.LocalMachine;
this.CertificateSubjectDistinguishedName = "cn=local";
}
I’m not sure what I’m missing.

Answer 1

I was able to get it working.
I had to load the certificate from the file system.
public class SecuritConfig: ConfigurationSetting
{
public SecureConfig():base(new Uri("wss://commbus.acme.com"), new Uri("wss://192.168.1.100"))
{
this.Certificate = new X509Certificate2("wildcard.acme.com.pfx", "pwd");
}
}