How to keep web service start and running without manual intervention

Question

Hi I want to start my ASP.Net Web service whenever IIS starts and want to keep it running. I don't want to manually start my Web service. How can I achieve this? Not about Windows service please. Any ideas please. Thanks Sreenath

Suthish Nair · Answer

A Web Service is programmable application logic accessible via standard Web protocols. Web services are components on a Web server that a client application can call by making HTTP requests across the Web. Yes you need to call the methods programatically from other programs (projects) and also you can schedule those projects. So your web service will get run through schedule task. You need to be more specific when asking question. Members like me sometimes get confused and will not post a reply.

Sreenath G · Answer

Hi I mean I have some continue check which is written in a function...but if I just host the service..even then I ll have to manually call that function right..?

Muralidharan Deenathayalan · Answer

If you host the web service as new application/web site automatically it will whenever the IIS starts. For the newly created website you can set the Start Automatically property as True (I've checked in windows 7) . Windows Service Microsoft Windows services formerly known as NT services enable you to create long-running executable applications that run in their own Windows sessions. These services can be automatically started when the computer boots can be paused and restarted and do not show any user interface. These features make services ideal for use on a server or whenever you need long-running functionality that does not interfere with other users who are working on the same computer. You can also run services in the security context of a specific user account that is different from the logged-on user or the default computer account. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d56de412%28v=vs.80%29.aspx http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/simplewindowsservice.aspx Hope this helps you.