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Building a middleware pipeline with WebApplication
Exploring .NET 6 - Part 4

In this post I look at some of the code behind WebApplication, and focus on how the middleware and endpoints are configured…

October 05, 2021 in .NET Core ASP.NET Core .NET Core 6 Source Code Dive Middleware Generic Host HostBuilder Hosting
Controlling IHostedService execution order in ASP.NET Core 3.x

In this post I show how to control whether your IHostedService runs before or after the GenericWebHostService starts the Kestrel HTTP server…

August 18, 2020 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection Generic Host HostBuilder
Extending the shutdown timeout setting to ensure graceful IHostedService shutdown

In this post I describe a problem where you get an exception when shutting down an app that used IHostedService, when the service takes too long to shut down.…

May 12, 2020 in ASP.NET Core Generic Host HostBuilder
Introducing IHostLifetime and untangling the Generic Host startup interactions
Exploring ASP.NET Core 3.0 - Part 5

In this post I introduce the new IHostLifetime interface and look at the interactions involved in the ASP.NET Core generic host startup and shutdown processes…

September 26, 2019 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core 3.0 Generic Host
Adding Serilog to the ASP.NET Core Generic Host

In this post I introduce the Serilog.Extensions.Hosting package, discuss why it's necessary, and describe how to use it to add Serilog to a generic host app…

August 07, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.1 Logging Generic Host
The ASP.NET Core Generic Host: namespace clashes and extension methods

In this post I discuss the generic host introduced in ASP.NET Core 2.1, and how its different namespace can cause problems for existing code.…

July 31, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.1 Generic Host

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Building a middleware pipeline with WebApplication
Exploring .NET 6 - Part 4

Controlling IHostedService execution order in ASP.NET Core 3.x

Extending the shutdown timeout setting to ensure graceful IHostedService shutdown

Introducing IHostLifetime and untangling the Generic Host startup interactions
Exploring ASP.NET Core 3.0 - Part 5

Adding Serilog to the ASP.NET Core Generic Host

The ASP.NET Core Generic Host: namespace clashes and extension methods

Building a middleware pipeline with WebApplication Exploring .NET 6 - Part 4

Controlling IHostedService execution order in ASP.NET Core 3.x

Extending the shutdown timeout setting to ensure graceful IHostedService shutdown

Introducing IHostLifetime and untangling the Generic Host startup interactions Exploring ASP.NET Core 3.0 - Part 5

Adding Serilog to the ASP.NET Core Generic Host

The ASP.NET Core Generic Host: namespace clashes and extension methods

Building a middleware pipeline with WebApplication
Exploring .NET 6 - Part 4

Introducing IHostLifetime and untangling the Generic Host startup interactions
Exploring ASP.NET Core 3.0 - Part 5