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Context - Server 2008 R2 with private queue, IIS setup. Sending messages via HTTP from other computers. [MSMQ is not in the 'default web site'. I changed the ID of my website to 1 to install msmq (after previously un installing it)]

I could do with some help. I've read through all the 'msmq messages over http just don't get delivered' and looked into this a lot, but just can't get it working.

I CAN get the queue to receive messages if I use the IP address, not if I use the FQDN that resolves to the same IP address. I need the Domain Name to work, since my next step is to get SSL to work and obviously my cert if for the full domain name!

I have a very simple app that sends the following messages:

Private Function SendStuff() As String

    Dim output As String = "Mesages Sent To" & Environment.NewLine

    Dim Addresses As New List(Of String)
    Addresses.Add("Direct=HTTP://46.0.0.206/msmq/Private$/test.q")
    Addresses.Add("Direct=HTTPS://46.0.0.206/msmq/Private$/test.q")
    Addresses.Add("Direct=HTTP://subdomain.domain.net/msmq/Private$/test.q")
    Addresses.Add("Direct=HTTPS://subdomain.domain.net/msmq/Private$/test.q")

    For Each address In Addresses

        Dim fullAddress As String = "FormatName:" & address

        Dim mq As New System.Messaging.MessageQueue(fullAddress)
        Dim mm As New System.Messaging.Message()


        Dim body As String = "Hello via constructor " & fullAddress

        With mm
            .Body = body
            .AcknowledgeType = Messaging.AcknowledgeTypes.None
            .UseAuthentication = False
            .TimeToReachQueue = New TimeSpan(0, 20, 0)
            .Label = address.Substring(7, 14)
        End With

        mq.Send(mm)
        output = output & Environment.NewLine & fullAddress
    Next
    Return output
End Function

On the server, in the IIS logs, we get exactly this:

2014-03-07 09:04:02 46.0.0.206 POST /msmq/private$/test.q - 80 - 83.0.0.130 - 200 0 0 31 
2014-03-07 09:04:02 46.0.0.206 POST /msmq/private$/test.q - 443 - 83.0.0.130 - 200 0 0 46
2014-03-07 09:04:02 46.0.0.206 POST /msmq/private$/test.q - 80 - 83.0.0.130 - 200 0 0 78

I get 1 message in the test.q, I expect 2 (both from the HTTP protocols, the httpS I don't expect yet, but would be nice :)

Messages Received:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
<string>Hello via constructor FormatName:Direct=HTTP://46.0.0.206/msmq/Private$/test.q</string>

Can anybody inform me on what to look at next, there's nothing of interest in the Servers/Receiving computers Event log, despite me turning on 'end to end', logging I get nothing in "applications and services log\Microsoft\Windows\MSMQ' It's got 0 messages in it.

ANY help appreciated.

Thanks

We have a single web server with SQL server etc (all MS, server 2008 web etc).

We need to allow access to the database directly so our customer can write reports (it's the way SSRS is!). We original had the DB just sitting on the internet, you wouldn't believe how many attempts were made to get into the sa account!

sa account renamed to something else now, and we are using the Windows Firewall.

thing is, some of the customers work from home, with dynamic IP addresses, so they have to mail each day/weeek/router reboot, and I have to remote desktop in to allow that IP address.

IS THERE A BETTER WAY? I was thinking of a web interface for the firewall, they can add their own IP address, or preferably, they just log in, and it allows access to everything from that IP, or something like that.