Hosting Restful services on Windows service using OWIN

Hosting Restful services on Windows service using OWIN

Code:

public partial class Service : ServiceBase

{

protected override void OnStart(string[] args)

        {

            StartOptions options = new StartOptions();

           options.Urls.Add("http://+:9889/DPE");

            _startup = WebApp.Start<OwinStartup>(options);

        }

}

Steps on server:

1.       Open command prompt in Administration mode.

2.      Run netsh show command and redirect output to another txt file

e.g.,netsh http show urlacl >"netsh_registeredurls.txt"

=>Displays/outputs the registered urls in the HTTP.sys settings

3.      If particular port present, delete all entries using netsh http delete command

e.g., netsh http delete urlacl url=http://+:9889/

4.      Uninstall service

5.      Add registered entry in HTTP.sys

e.g., netsh http add urlacl url=http://+:9889/ user=jeder (Note: jeder is Germany equivalent of Everyone)

6.      Install service

7.      Launch service