Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices

About

Supports using Windows Services with the hosting infrastructure.

Key Features

• Can configure a host to be a Windows Service.

How to Use

From a Worker Service app created using the Visual Studio template:

IHost host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
    .ConfigureServices(services =>
    {
        services.AddHostedService<Worker>();
    })
    // Configure as a Windows Service
    .UseWindowsService(options =>
    {
        options.ServiceName = "My Service";
    })
    .Build();

host.Run();

Main Types

The main types provided by this library are:

• Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServiceLifetimeHostBuilderExtensions
• Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices.WindowsServiceLifetime

Additional Documentation

• WindowsServiceLifetime
• WindowsServiceLifetimeHostBuilderExtensions
• Create Windows Service using BackgroundService
• Host ASP.NET Core in a Windows Service

Related Packages

• Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
• System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.