aspnetcore-angular-ssr

A simple ASP.NET Core Web API and Angular Client with server-side rendering.

• The default Angular route displays the WeatherForecastListComponent.
• This route gets its data via the WeatherForecastResolver.
• The resolver uses the WeatherForecastService which makes the HTTP request to the Web API

Angular Client

Install Angular CLI and Angular-ESLint schematics globally

npm i -g @angular/cli @angular-devkit/core @angular-devkit/schematics @angular-eslint/schematics

Initialize an Angular app:

ng new ng-client --directory=ng-client --routing --skip-git --strict --style=scss --package-manager=npm --collection=@angular-eslint/schematics

Follow the instructions described in the official Angular Universal docs: https://angular.io/guide/universal

ng add @nguniversal/express-engine

Follow these instructions:

Update server.ts for Production (instructions taken from https://bossprogrammer.medium.com/how-to-deploy-an-angular-10-universal-app-with-server-side-rendering-to-azure-a2b90df9ca64 )

Replace this line in server.ts:

const distFolder = join(process.cwd(), 'dist/YOUR_APP_NAME/browser');

With:

let distFolder = join(process.cwd(), 'browser');
if (!existsSync(distFolder)) {
  distFolder = join(process.cwd(), 'dist/YOUR_APP_NAME/browser');
}

ASP.NET Core Web API

dotnet new webapi -n WebAPI -o WebAPI -f net5.0

The Web API runs on IIS Express when started in Visual Studio 2019: (as stated in launchSettings.json)

• http://localhost:4053
• https://localhost:44398

The Angular app uses the value from environment.ts as the base URL for HTTP requests.

HTTPS redirection is disabled in ASP.NET Core, otherwise HTTP requests in SSR development mode will fail.

Azure

Create an Azure App Service (Web App) with Stack ".NET 5"

Go To TLS/SSL Settings and enable "HTTPS Only"

Go to Configuration and add this application setting:

• Key: WEBSITE_NODE_DEFAULT_VERSION
• Value: ~12

Add/Edit Path Mappings:

Virtual Path	Physical Path	Type
/	site\wwwroot\ng-client	Application
/webapi	site\wwwroot\webapi	Application