Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions 8.0.0
About
Contains abstractions to host user code in an application by encapsulating an application's resources and lifetime functionality including:
- Dependency injection (DI).
- Logging.
- Configuration.
- Starting, stopping and obtaining notifications.
This package is also used to wire up specific application models like ASP.NET Core that are built on top of hosting.
Key Features
- Provides the
BackgroundServicebase class and theIHostedServiceinterface for implementing worker services. - Provides interfaces used to configure and start\stop a host.
- Provides types to obtain environment settings such as an application name and paths.
How to Use
See the Conceptual documentation below for using BackgroundService and IHostedService to host worker services.
Main Types
The main types provided by this library are:
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.BackgroundServiceMicrosoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostBuilderMicrosoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostedService
Additional Documentation
- Conceptual documentation
- API documentation
Related Packages
Microsoft.Extensions.HostingMicrosoft.Extensions.Configuration.AbstractionsMicrosoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.AbstractionsMicrosoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.AbstractionsMicrosoft.Extensions.FileProviders.AbstractionsMicrosoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions
Feedback & Contributing
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.
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Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting
ASP.NET Core hosting infrastructure and startup logic for web applications.
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App.Metrics.Extensions.Hosting
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (IHostBuilder) support for App Metrics.
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App.Metrics.Health.Extensions.Hosting
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting (IHostBuilder) support for App Metrics Health e.g. provide the ability to continuously report health via a Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.BackgroundService
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Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions
ASP.NET Core hosting and startup abstractions for web applications.
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Serilog.Extensions.Hosting
Serilog support for .NET Core logging in hosted services
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Azure.Identity
Provides APIs for authenticating to Microsoft Entra ID
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.NET Framework 4.6.2
- Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions (>= 4.5.4)
.NET 6.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
.NET 7.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
.NET 8.0
- Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
.NET Standard 2.0
- Microsoft.Bcl.AsyncInterfaces (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions (>= 4.5.4)
.NET Standard 2.1
- Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
- Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions (>= 8.0.0)
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