Self-Hosted SignalR service won't work (start)

Question

I have SignalR server as Class Library Project and i referenced it in Console application (to simulate Windows service)

Here is code for SignalR

    public void Start()
    {
        try
        {
            string url = @"http://*:8081";
            using (WebApp.Start<Startup>(url))
            {
                Logger.Info(string.Format("Server running at {0}", url));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Logger.Exception(ex, "Signalr start");
        }

        Run = true;

        Logger.Info("Starting Worker");
        workerThread = new Thread(() =>
        {
            Worker();
        });

        workerThread.Start();
    }

And here is Startup class

    public class Startup
    {
        Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.HubConfiguration hubconfiguration = null;

        public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
        {
            app.UseCors(CorsOptions.AllowAll);
            hubconfiguration = new HubConfiguration();
            hubconfiguration.EnableDetailedErrors = true;
            app.MapSignalR(hubconfiguration);
        }
    }

So, it is in one thread, and worker is in another. That seems fine since i did it in other project where it works. Worker thread isn't problem, it's just empty loop, not related to server in any way.

Problem is that server seems to "stop" - when i look with Netstat, nobody is listening on port 8081. There is no exception, it just silently fails.

I referenced Owin.Cors (and Owin.Host.HttpListener) in console project that actually runs this server but as I said, server just stops.

When I try to connect, client says "connection actively refused" and Putty (telnet) also says "can't connect".

Where is the problem? In a nutshell, i have Class Library with SignalR server that is referenced in Console project that runs it but server just wont work.

[edit]

And there is code of Console app that starts service

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ServiceEngine Engine = new ServiceEngine();
        Engine.Start();
        Console.ReadKey();
        Engine.Stop();
    }

P.S. Sorry for my bad English.

Answer 1

Well, i solved it. Here was a problem:

    public static void Start()
    {
        try
        {
            string url = @"http://127.0.0.1:8081";
            WebApp.Start<Startup>(url);
            Logger.Info(string.Format("Server running at {0}", url));
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Logger.Exception(ex, "signalr start");
        }

        Run = true;

        Logger.Info("Starting Worker");
        workerThread = new Thread(() =>
        {
            Worker();
        });

        workerThread.Start();
    }

As you can see, using statement was removed and now it works fine! Interesting note - you can also make Singleton implementation of this "Engine", and it will also work.