Is it possible to install ASP on Linux Ubuntu Hardy?

Question

I recently purchased a Slicehost VPS with Ubuntu Hardy installed. Can I configure a server to work with ASP? I don't know if this is possible, but if so, does anyone have any good tutorials?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The answer is a big "it depends."

Are you talking about classic ASP?
Sun had (has?) A product called "SunOne ASP" - although the product changed names so many times that I couldn’t say that it really was with the exception of the original ChiliSoft ASP product purchased and renamed Sun.

In any case, the above product will allow you to run ClassicASP / VBScript code on the * nix server and, for the most part, will work well. It was a little more fussy about some things, and there were certain things that didn't work perfectly right, but if you were leaning on it, you could make it work. Having said all this, I think that somewhere I read somewhere that the project was discontinued. Therefore, it may not be available.

There is also an Apache: ASP module, which (in my experience) only works with code written with it. If you are trying to port an application from a Windows server, its one of the options is "share your risk".

Are you talking about ASP.NET?
If so, you have a better chance ... the aforementioned Mono Project would be your best bet. He has come a long way since the last time I looked at him, but I did not have to install anything, I really can’t talk about how good / bad he is.

All things are equal ...
All things being equal, I would say that if you intend to use the MS programming language, run it on the MS server. It may cost a little more, but it will probably save you more headaches in the long run.

Answer 2

Mono Project contains some information on this topic. You can run ASP using Mono under Apache or XSP, a dedicated (but rather limited HTTP server) for hosting ASP.Net on Linux.

You will find information in this article .

EDIT: This question seems to be about classic ASP. Afaik there is no way to run this on Linux / Unix.

Answer 3

AnonJr is right if you are developing and deploying Net or Microsoft, and then it's better to be on the Microsoft platform. if you are a startup, then microsoft has a program - "BizSpark" - http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ you can get licenses for deployment and deployment almost free for 3 years, while you run less than a million dollars. You can get more details from the link above.