DotNetCore.WindowsService

Simple library that allows one to host dot net core application as windows services. Perfect solution to power micro-services architecture.

Installation

Using nuget: Install-Package PeterKottas.DotNetCore.WindowsService

Usage

Create .NETCore console app with a project.json simmilar to this:

{
	"version": "1.0.0-*",
	"buildOptions": {
		"emitEntryPoint": true
	},
	"frameworks": {
		"netcoreapp1.1": {
			"dependencies": {
				"Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
					"version": "1.1.0"//Optionally add "type": "platform" if you don't want self contained app
				}
			},
			"imports": "dnxcore50"
		}
	},
	"runtimes": { //Optionally add runtimes that you want to support
		"win81-x64": {}
	}
}

Create your first service, something like this:

public class ExampleService : IMicroService
{
	public void Start()
	{
		Console.WriteLine("I started");
	}
	
	public void Stop()
	{
		Console.WriteLine("I stopped");
	}
}

You can also inherit MicroService base class and take advantage of built in timers:

public class ExampleService : MicroService, IMicroService
{
	public void Start()
	{
		this.StartBase();
		Timers.Start("Poller", 1000, () =>
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Polling at {0}\n", DateTime.Now.ToString("o"));
		},
		(e) =>
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Exception while polling: {0}\n", e.ToString());
		});
		Console.WriteLine("I started");
	}
	
	public void Stop()
	{
		this.StopBase();
		Console.WriteLine("I stopped");
	}
}

Api for services (and yeah, it's simmilar to Topshelf, thanks for inspiration, I just couldn't wait for you guys to implement this):

ServiceRunner<ExampleService>.Run(config =>
{
	var name = config.GetDefaultName();
	config.Service(serviceConfig =>
		{
			serviceConfig.ServiceFactory((extraArguments) =>
		{
			return new ExampleService();
		});
		serviceConfig.OnStart((service, extraArguments) =>
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Service {0} started", name);
			service.Start();
		});

		serviceConfig.OnStop(service =>
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Service {0} stopped", name);
			service.Stop();
		});

		serviceConfig.OnError(e =>
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Service {0} errored with exception : {1}", name, e.Message);
		});
	});
});

Optionally set the name of the service like this:

ServiceRunner<ExampleService>.Run(config =>
{
	config.SetName("MyTestService");
});

Run the service without arguments and it runs like console app.
Run the service with action:install and it will install the service.
Run the service with action:uninstall and it will uninstall the service.
Run the service with action:start and it will start the service.
Run the service with action:stop and it will stop the service.
Run the service with username:YOUR_USERNAME, password:YOUR_PASSWORD and action:install which installs it for the given account.
Run the service with description:YOUR_DESCRIPTION and it setup description for the service.
Run the service with displayName:YOUR_DISPLAY_NAME and it setup Display name for the service.
Run the service with name:YOUR_NAME and it setup name for the service.
You can find the complete example in PeterKottas.DotNetCore.Example project.
Install the service using powershell: New-Service -Name $serviceName -BinaryPathName "$binPath action:run" -StartupType Automatic

Contributing

Fork it!
Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
Submit a pull request :D

License

MIT

Credit