getting a usable TCP port from Windows Azure Service Bus

Question

I am trying to get a service bus connection to connect from an Azure Application to a Server in house. There will be multiple Servers, running a mix of Java and .NET. The in house server is currently set to talk HTTP. the Azure Client will do a HTTP Post to the Server, and get a response.

The question I have is: How do i get a usable port from the Azure Service Bus? Any code i have seen shows me how to open a WCF service and listen on that, but i want to open a HTTPListener... Is it possible?

Answer 1

That's pretty much what's its rigged to do right now. routing http posts isn't a common usage. In your situation, I might try to create a port bridge. It requires an agent on both ends, but once created, you can essentially forward any TCP/IP based traffice. The examples that are out there are a bit dated, but they should still work. They also allow for the multi-plexing of connections to help manage the connection costs.

Alternatively, have you looked into Azure Connect? If allows a server-to-server trusted connection that may also accomplish what you need.

You can find out more about the port bridge at: http://vasters.com/clemensv/PermaLink,guid,3e35d8bd-b755-453f-8c63-1a57c570eb4c.aspx