Level: Intermediate to Advanced

Rob Daigneau

Senior Fellow

Construx Software

Explore the benefits and trade-offs of self-hosting Web API based services.

The first and most natural stop for hosting Web API based services is IIS. After all, this infrastructure provides a number of mature features that help IT professionals monitor and manage web services. However, there are times when it makes sense to host these services outside of IIS. In this session, we'll explore the benefits and trade-offs of self-hosting Web API based services. You'll see how to implement a hosting container with OWIN and "windows services". We'll also look at techniques to implement basic health monitoring and service management.

You will learn:

• The benefits and trade-offs of self-hosting Web API based services
• How to implement self-hosting with OWIN and windows services
• How to implement basic health monitoring and service management