Plinth.WindowsService 1.8.1

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dotnet add package Plinth.WindowsService --version 1.8.1

NuGet\Install-Package Plinth.WindowsService -Version 1.8.1

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="Plinth.WindowsService" Version="1.8.1" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="Plinth.WindowsService" Version="1.8.1" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="Plinth.WindowsService" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add Plinth.WindowsService --version 1.8.1

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#r "nuget: Plinth.WindowsService, 1.8.1"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package Plinth.WindowsService@1.8.1

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=Plinth.WindowsService&version=1.8.1
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=Plinth.WindowsService&version=1.8.1
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

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README

Plinth.WindowsService

Makes creating a windows service easy

1. Install as service

Include these in your csproj

     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>

be sure to add the --urls {URLS} parameter to your binpath
- to run multiple ports, use semi-colon ';' between urls
  - --urls http://localhost:5050;https://something/
- note the usage of SetContentRoot() when using your own IWebHost/IHost
- windows services don't start with the current directory where your .exe is
Install > sc create {ServiceName} displayName= "{DisplayName}" binpath= "D:\full\path\app.exe --urls http://localhost:9090" start= auto > sc description {ServiceName} "Service for Plinth WebApp"
Change path or params after installing > sc config {ServiceName} binPath= "{PathAndParams}"
Delete service > sc delete {ServiceName}
Start/Stop > net start {ServiceName} > net stop {ServiceName}

2. Standard ASP.NET Core project using NLog

Program.cs [below]
Add --urls http://localhost:5050 to your Debug settings as command line arguments
- to run multiple ports, use semi-colon ';' between urls
  - --urls http://localhost:5050;https://something/

public class Program
{
	public static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		var log = StaticLogManagerSetup.BasicNLogSetup();
		log.Debug("startup!");

		WindowsServiceRunner.RunWebHost(
		    BuildWebHost,
		    args,
		    callbacks: new Dictionary<ServiceState, Action>()
		    {
		        [ServiceState.Starting] = () => log.Debug("Starting..."),
		        [ServiceState.Started] = () => log.Debug("Started"),
		        [ServiceState.Stopping] = () => log.Debug("Stopping..."),
		        [ServiceState.Stopped] = () => log.Debug("Stopped"),
		    });
	
		log.Debug("exit!");
	}

	public static IWebHost BuildWebHost(string[] args) =>
	    WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
	        .UseStartup<Startup>()
	        .UseContentRoot(WindowsServiceRunner.FindContentRoot())   // <====  REALLY IMPORTANT!
	        .ConfigureLogging(builder => builder.AddNLog())
	        .CaptureStartupErrors(false)
	        .Build();
}

3. Console project (no web interface), without NLog

Program.cs [below]
Add --urls http://localhost:5050 to your Debug settings as command line arguments
- to run multiple ports, use semi-colon ';' between urls
  - --urls http://localhost:5050;https://something/

	static void Main(string[] args)
	{
		var log = StaticLogManagerSetup.ConfigureForConsoleLogging();

		log.Debug("startup!");

		var mycallbacks = new Dictionary<ServiceState, Action>()
		{
		    [ServiceState.Starting] = () => log.Debug("Main: Starting..."),
		    [ServiceState.Started] = () => log.Debug("Main: Started"),
		    [ServiceState.Stopping] = () => log.Debug("Main: Stopping..."),
		    [ServiceState.Stopped] = () => log.Debug("Main: Stopped"),
		};

		try
		{
		    // option 1, make your own host and hosted service
		    // WindowsServiceRunner.RunHost(BuildHost, args, callbacks: mycallbacks);

		    // option 2, make your own hosted service
		    // WindowsServiceRunner.RunHostedService(new LoggerService(), args, callbacks: mycallbacks);

		    // option 3, a cancellable user action
		    // WindowsServiceRunner.RunAction(MyAction, args, callbacks: mycallbacks);

		    // option 4, a cancellable user action (async)
		    WindowsServiceRunner.RunAsyncAction(MyAsyncAction, args, callbacks: mycallbacks);
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
		    log.Fatal("failed during startup", e);
		    throw;
		}
	}

	// needed for option 1
	public static IHost BuildHost(string[] args) =>
		new HostBuilder()
		    .UseContentRoot(WindowsServiceRunner.FindContentRoot())   // <====  REALLY IMPORTANT!
		    .ConfigureServices((hostContext, services) =>
		    {
		        services.AddHostedService<LoggerService>();
		    })
		    .Build();

	// needed for option 1 and option 2
	public class LoggerService : IHostedService, IDisposable
	{
		private static readonly ILogger log = StaticLogManager.GetLogger();

		public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
		{
		    log.Debug("service start()");
		    return Task.CompletedTask;
		}

		public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
		{
		    return Task.CompletedTask;
		}

		public void Dispose()
		{
		    _timer?.Dispose();
		}
	}

	// option 3
	private static void MyAction(CancellationToken token)
	{
		while (!token.IsCancellationRequested)
		{
		    log.Debug("timer");
		    Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), token).Wait(); // try not to block on non cancellable calls
		}
	}

	// option 4
	private static async Task MyAsyncAction(CancellationToken token)
	{
		while (!token.IsCancellationRequested)
		{
		    log.Debug("timer");
		    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), token); // try not to block on non cancellable calls
		}
	}

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net8.0-windows7.0 is compatible. net9.0-windows was computed. net9.0-windows7.0 is compatible. net10.0-windows was computed. net10.0-windows7.0 is compatible.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

net10.0-windows7.0
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices (>= 10.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices (>= 10.0.0)
- Plinth.Common (>= 1.8.1)
- Plinth.Logging.NLog (>= 1.8.1)
net8.0-windows7.0
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices (>= 8.0.22 && < 9.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices (>= 10.0.0)
- Plinth.Common (>= 1.8.1)
- Plinth.Logging.NLog (>= 1.8.1)
- System.Text.Json (>= 10.0.0)
net9.0-windows7.0
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices (>= 9.0.11 && < 10.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 10.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices (>= 10.0.0)
- Plinth.Common (>= 1.8.1)
- Plinth.Logging.NLog (>= 1.8.1)
- System.Text.Json (>= 10.0.0)

NuGet packages

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GitHub repositories

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
1.8.1	136	12/11/2025
1.8.0	302	11/13/2025
1.8.0-b211.72089fd9	237	11/12/2025
1.7.4	300	8/6/2025
1.7.3	113	8/2/2025
1.7.2	256	3/16/2025
1.7.1	224	12/12/2024
1.7.0	193	11/12/2024
1.6.6	191	11/8/2024
1.6.5	219	8/31/2024
1.6.4	199	8/2/2024
1.6.3	238	5/15/2024
1.6.2	252	2/16/2024
1.6.1	284	1/5/2024
1.6.0	272	11/30/2023
1.5.10-b186.aca976b4	148	11/30/2023
1.5.9	188	11/29/2023
1.5.9-b174.64153841	137	11/23/2023
1.5.9-b172.dfc6e7bd	109	11/17/2023
1.5.9-b171.4e2b92e2	152	11/4/2023
1.5.8	199	10/23/2023
1.5.7	270	7/31/2023
1.5.6	250	7/13/2023
1.5.5	281	6/29/2023
1.5.4	395	3/7/2023
1.5.3	396	3/3/2023
1.5.2	464	1/11/2023
1.5.2-b92.7c961f5f	223	1/11/2023
1.5.0	485	11/9/2022
1.5.0-b88.7a7c20cd	231	11/9/2022
1.4.7	559	10/20/2022
1.4.6	567	10/17/2022
1.4.5	592	10/1/2022
1.4.4	549	8/16/2022
1.4.3	557	8/2/2022
1.4.2	575	7/19/2022
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1.4.1	609	6/13/2022
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1.3.8	617	4/12/2022
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1.3.6	642	3/17/2022
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1.0.3	698	9/1/2020
1.0.2	703	8/29/2020
1.0.1	719	8/29/2020
1.0.0	715	8/29/2020
1.0.0-b1.c22f563d	408	8/28/2020

net10.0 support

Plinth.WindowsService 1.8.1

README

Plinth.WindowsService

net10.0-windows7.0

net8.0-windows7.0

net9.0-windows7.0

NuGet packages

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