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Core runtime library of Microsoft Orleans that hosts and executes grains within a silo.

Published
Jun 4, 2025
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Install

dotnet add package Microsoft.Orleans.Runtime --version 9.2.0-preview2
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README

Microsoft Orleans Runtime

Introduction

Microsoft Orleans Runtime is the core server-side component of Orleans. It hosts and executes grains, manages grain lifecycles, and provides all the runtime services necessary for a functioning Orleans server (silo).

Getting Started

To use this package, install it via NuGet:

dotnet add package Microsoft.Orleans.Runtime

This package is automatically included when you reference the Orleans Server metapackage.

Example - Configuring a Silo

using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
using Orleans.Configuration;
using Orleans.Hosting;

var builder = Host.CreateApplicationBuilder(args)
    .UseOrleans(siloBuilder =>
    {
        siloBuilder
            .UseLocalhostClustering();
    });

await builder.Build().RunAsync();

Documentation

For more comprehensive documentation, please refer to:

Feedback & Contributing

Changes from Previous Version

No structural changes between v9.2.0-preview1 and v9.2.0-preview2.

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