Is it possible to self-host an ASP.NET Core Application without IIS?

Question

I have a full-working ASP.NET MVC application (.NET Core, ASP.NET Core) which runs fine in Visual Studio (which uses IISExpress).

I would now like to have a console application which takes the ASP.NET Core application and hosts it (self hosting).

Answer 1

Is it possible to self-host an ASP.NET Core Application without IIS?

Yes. In fact, all ASP.NET Core applications are self-hosted. Even in production, IIS/Nginx/Apache are a reverse proxy for the self-hosted application.

In a reasonably standard Program.cs class, you can see the self-hosting. The IISIntegration is optional - it's only necessary if you want to integrate with IIS.

public class Program {     public static void Main(string[] args)     {         var config = new ConfigurationBuilder()             .AddCommandLine(args)             .AddEnvironmentVariables(prefix: "ASPNETCORE_")             .Build();          var host = new WebHostBuilder()             .UseConfiguration(config)             .UseKestrel()             .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())             .UseIISIntegration()             .UseStartup<Startup>()             .Build();          host.Run();     } } 

Answer 2

Yes,ASP.NET Core supports the Open Web Interface for .NET (OWIN),your have two options to host your Asp.net core web application:

1. IIS

2. Self-Host

But,self-hosting web application can't restart automatically on system boot and restart or in the event of a failure.