Determine if ASP.NET application is running locall

Question

I want to know if there is a recommended way of determining if an asp application is running locally. At the moment I use the Request object and do a string search for localhost or 127.0.0.1 on the server variable but this has several limitations. The biggest one being that the Request object is not always available when I need it.

Answer 1

You can check the Request.IsLocal property

Answer 2

In a MVC view / ASP page / code behind class:

bool isLocal = HttpContext.Current.Request.IsLocal;

In an MVC controller :

bool isLocal = Request.IsLocal;

Answer 3

This worked for me with Application_Start

if (!HostingEnvironment.IsDevelopmentEnvironment)
{
      GlobalFilters.Filters.Add(new RequireHttpsAttribute());
}

To know more about how IsDevelopmentEnvironment is set, please look at the following thread.

In ASP.NET, what determines the value of HostingEnvironment.IsDevelopmentEnvironment?

Answer 4

Request.IsLocal is the same as checking for 127.0.0.1 or ::1. See this post: http://forums.asp.net/p/1065813/4081335.aspx.

Answer 5

See HttpRequest.IsLocal

bool isLocal = HttpContext.Current.Request.IsLocal;

Answer 6

Request is not always available in ASP.NET environment?

HttpContext and its properties Request/Response are initialized as soon as the server starts processing the page. So at any place you can execute c# code in your page life cycle you should be able to check the request url.