Is it possible to run Orleans in a windows service?

Question

Please tell me if there are any direct methods to run Orleans hosted on the Windows Service. If there are no direct methods, then are there any indirect methods for this?

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Here is a sample based on the top of the shelf. link https://github.com/migrap/Topshelf.Orleans

static void Main() { HostFactory.Run(c => { c.Service<OrleansService>(s => { s.ConstructUsing(sc => { sc.ConfigFileName("OrleansConfiguration.xml"); //do some config at runtime if you want //sc.DeploymentId("blachblahc"); }); s.WhenStarted((service, control) => service.Start()); s.WhenStopped((service, control) => service.Stop()); }); c.RunAsLocalSystem(); c.UseAssemblyInfoForServiceInfo(); c.SetServiceName("OrleansSiloHostService"); c.StartAutomaticallyDelayed(); }); } public class OrleansService { private readonly SiloHost host; private Task startup; internal OrleansService(SiloHost silohost) { host = silohost; } public bool Start() { host.LoadOrleansConfig(); host.InitializeOrleansSilo(); startup = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { return host.StartOrleansSilo(); }); return true; } public bool Stop() { if (startup.Status == TaskStatus.RanToCompletion) { host.ShutdownOrleansSilo(); } return true; } }