Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices 9.0.2

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.NET 8.0 .NET Standard 2.0 .NET Framework 4.6.2

dotnet add package Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices --version 9.0.2

NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices -Version 9.0.2

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="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="9.0.2" />

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

paket add Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices --version 9.0.2

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

#r "nuget: Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices, 9.0.2"

#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.

// Install Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices&version=9.0.2

// Install Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices&version=9.0.2

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

About

Supports using Windows Services with the hosting infrastructure.

Key Features

Can configure a host to be a Windows Service.

How to Use

From a Worker Service app created using the Visual Studio template:

IHost host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
    .ConfigureServices(services =>
    {
        services.AddHostedService<Worker>();
    })
    // Configure as a Windows Service
    .UseWindowsService(options =>
    {
        options.ServiceName = "My Service";
    })
    .Build();

host.Run();

Main Types

The main types provided by this library are:

Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServiceLifetimeHostBuilderExtensions
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices.WindowsServiceLifetime

Additional Documentation

Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.WindowsServices is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 was computed. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 is compatible. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed.
.NET Core	netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed.
.NET Standard	netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 is compatible.
.NET Framework	net461 was computed. net462 is compatible. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed.
MonoAndroid	monoandroid was computed.
MonoMac	monomac was computed.
MonoTouch	monotouch was computed.
Tizen	tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed.
Xamarin.iOS	xamarinios was computed.
Xamarin.Mac	xamarinmac was computed.
Xamarin.TVOS	xamarintvos was computed.
Xamarin.WatchOS	xamarinwatchos was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

.NETFramework 4.6.2
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 9.0.2)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 9.0.2)
.NETStandard 2.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 9.0.2)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 9.0.2)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 9.0.2)
.NETStandard 2.1
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 9.0.2)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 9.0.2)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 9.0.2)
net8.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 9.0.2)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 9.0.2)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 9.0.2)
net9.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (>= 9.0.2)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventLog (>= 9.0.2)
- System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController (>= 9.0.2)

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9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5	5,198	10/8/2024
9.0.0-rc.1.24431.7	4,205	9/10/2024
9.0.0-preview.7.24405.7	4,683	8/13/2024
9.0.0-preview.6.24327.7	2,986	7/9/2024
9.0.0-preview.5.24306.7	1,670	6/11/2024
9.0.0-preview.4.24266.19	1,114	5/21/2024
9.0.0-preview.3.24172.9	7,002	4/11/2024
9.0.0-preview.2.24128.5	2,004	3/12/2024
9.0.0-preview.1.24080.9	3,111	2/13/2024
8.0.1	1,653,136	10/8/2024
8.0.0	7,943,169	11/14/2023
8.0.0-rc.2.23479.6	9,905	10/10/2023
8.0.0-rc.1.23419.4	16,694	9/12/2023
8.0.0-preview.7.23375.6	9,003	8/8/2023
8.0.0-preview.6.23329.7	4,335	7/11/2023
8.0.0-preview.5.23280.8	4,615	6/13/2023
8.0.0-preview.4.23259.5	5,738	5/16/2023
8.0.0-preview.3.23174.8	3,273	4/11/2023
8.0.0-preview.2.23128.3	3,810	3/14/2023
8.0.0-preview.1.23110.8	6,192	2/21/2023
7.0.1	3,389,438	6/13/2023
7.0.0	4,313,036	11/7/2022
7.0.0-rc.2.22472.3	3,308	10/11/2022
7.0.0-rc.1.22426.10	3,252	9/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.7.22375.6	2,635	8/9/2022
7.0.0-preview.6.22324.4	16,824	7/12/2022
7.0.0-preview.5.22301.12	2,887	6/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.4.22229.4	1,833	5/10/2022
7.0.0-preview.3.22175.4	10,654	4/13/2022
7.0.0-preview.2.22152.2	2,896	3/14/2022
7.0.0-preview.1.22076.8	1,489	2/17/2022
6.0.3	21,439	11/12/2024
6.0.2	1,009,706	6/13/2023
6.0.1	3,241,849	10/11/2022
6.0.0	10,012,564	11/8/2021
6.0.0-rc.2.21480.5	11,038	10/12/2021
6.0.0-rc.1.21451.13	3,638	9/14/2021
6.0.0-preview.7.21377.19	2,863	8/10/2021
6.0.0-preview.6.21352.12	2,658	7/14/2021
6.0.0-preview.5.21301.5	2,082	6/15/2021
6.0.0-preview.4.21253.7	3,411	5/24/2021
6.0.0-preview.3.21201.4	10,271	4/8/2021
6.0.0-preview.2.21154.6	4,567	3/11/2021
5.0.1	5,278,547	12/8/2020
5.0.0	1,486,934	11/9/2020
5.0.0-rc.2.20478.4	25,633	10/13/2020
5.0.0-rc.1.20451.7	4,026	9/14/2020
5.0.0-preview.8.20407.3	5,898	8/25/2020
5.0.0-preview.7.20365.4	3,078	7/21/2020
5.0.0-preview.6.20306.1	2,876	6/25/2020
5.0.0-preview.5.20278.3	2,262	6/10/2020
5.0.0-preview.4.20251.2	6,059	5/18/2020
5.0.0-preview.3.20215.2	3,646	4/23/2020
5.0.0-preview.2.20160.3	2,077	4/2/2020
5.0.0-preview.1.20120.4	1,462	3/16/2020
3.1.32	118,010	12/13/2022
3.1.31	24,270	11/8/2022
3.1.30	28,792	10/11/2022
3.1.29	12,998	9/13/2022
3.1.28	33,337	8/9/2022
3.1.27	27,324	7/12/2022
3.1.26	19,191	6/14/2022
3.1.25	108,878	5/10/2022
3.1.24	47,651	4/11/2022
3.1.23	49,479	3/8/2022
3.1.22	331,152	12/14/2021
3.1.21	84,581	11/7/2021
3.1.20	47,687	10/11/2021
3.1.19	89,069	9/14/2021
3.1.18	152,499	8/10/2021
3.1.17	57,502	7/13/2021
3.1.16	96,133	6/8/2021
3.1.15	211,113	5/11/2021
3.1.14	144,010	4/6/2021
3.1.13	108,133	3/9/2021
3.1.12	131,341	2/9/2021
3.1.11	174,018	1/12/2021
3.1.10	274,111	11/9/2020
3.1.9	596,051	10/13/2020
3.1.8	716,255	9/8/2020
3.1.7	536,524	8/11/2020
3.1.6	575,227	7/14/2020
3.1.5	970,528	6/9/2020
3.1.4	604,044	5/12/2020
3.1.3	921,813	3/24/2020
3.1.2	679,700	2/18/2020
3.1.1	551,354	1/14/2020
3.1.0	488,575	12/3/2019
3.1.0-preview3.19553.2	2,544	11/13/2019
3.1.0-preview2.19525.4	759	11/1/2019
3.1.0-preview1.19506.1	1,979	10/15/2019
3.0.3	16,691	2/18/2020
3.0.2	6,951	1/14/2020
3.0.1	100,470	11/18/2019
3.0.0	920,192	9/23/2019
3.0.0-rc1.19456.10	1,300	9/16/2019
3.0.0-preview9.19423.4	1,571	9/4/2019
3.0.0-preview8.19405.4	6,301	8/13/2019
3.0.0-preview7.19362.4	5,645	7/23/2019
3.0.0-preview6.19304.6	2,712	6/12/2019
3.0.0-preview5.19227.9	3,399	5/6/2019
3.0.0-preview4.19216.2	715	4/18/2019
3.0.0-preview3.19153.1	1,236	3/6/2019