My MVC 4 with WIF do not run on Azure - azure

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I have been creating a page, which have been working fine on local machine. Time to deploy. Exception in Application_Start(). I made a check and throw a new exception to confirm what i belived: My FederatedAuthentication.WSFederationAuthenticationModule is null.
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
AuthConfig.RegisterAuth();
if (FederatedAuthentication.WSFederationAuthenticationModule == null)
throw new Exception("HELLO");
FederatedAuthentication.WSFederationAuthenticationModule.SecurityTokenValidated += WSFederationAuthenticationModule_SecurityTokenValidated;
}
I have been using NET 4.0 and heres my webconfig without db connections:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
-->
<configuration>
<configSections>
<!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
<section name="microsoft.identityModel" type="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Configuration.MicrosoftIdentityModelSection, Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
</configSections>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
<add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="ida:FederationMetadataLocation" value="https://traffictheory.accesscontrol.windows.net/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml" />
<add key="ida:ProviderSelection" value="ACS" />
</appSettings>
<location path="FederationMetadata">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<system.web>
<!--<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>-->
<authentication mode="None" />
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0" />
<!--Commented out by Identity and Access VS Package-->
<!--<authentication mode="Forms"><forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" /></authentication>-->
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
<httpRuntime requestValidationMode="2.0" />
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
<add name="WSFederationAuthenticationModule" type="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.WSFederationAuthenticationModule, Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
<add name="SessionAuthenticationModule" type="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.SessionAuthenticationModule, Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
<add name="ClaimsAuthorizationModule" type="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web.ClaimsAuthorizationModule, Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
</modules>
<handlers>
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Helpers" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework" />
</entityFramework>
<microsoft.identityModel>
<service>
<audienceUris>
<!--<add value="http://traffictheory.cloudapp.net/" />-->
<add value="http://localhost:48451/" />
</audienceUris>
<issuerNameRegistry type="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.ConfigurationBasedIssuerNameRegistry, Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
<trustedIssuers>
<add thumbprint="..." name="https://traffictheory.accesscontrol.windows.net/" />
</trustedIssuers>
</issuerNameRegistry>
<claimsAuthenticationManager type="S_Innovations.TrafficTheory.Web.Security.TrafficTheoryClaimsAuthenticationManager, S-Innovations.TrafficTheory.Web.Security" />
<federatedAuthentication>
<cookieHandler requireSsl="false" />
<wsFederation passiveRedirectEnabled="true" issuer="https://traffictheory.accesscontrol.windows.net/v2/wsfederation" realm="http://localhost:48451/" reply="http://localhost:48451/" requireHttps="false" />
</federatedAuthentication>
<certificateValidation certificateValidationMode="None" />
</service>
</microsoft.identityModel>
</configuration>
I have updated localhost to deployment also.

Answer 1

Could you try accessing the WSFederationAuthenticationModule when the service configuration is created?
void Application_Start()
{
FederatedAuthentication.ServiceConfigurationCreated += OnServiceConfigurationCreated;
}
private void OnServiceConfigurationCreated(object sender, ServiceConfigurationCreatedEventArgs e)
{
FederatedAuthentication.WSFederationAuthenticationModule.SecurityTokenValidated += WSFederationAuthenticationModule_SecurityTokenValidated;
}
If you're using a Web Role, you also need to make sure WIF is correctly installed (easy to do with Azure Plugin Library).