self hosting asp.net mvc

Question

Is it possible to self host asp.net mvc inside another application ie. console, windows forms, service etc etc.

I\'d like to build an app that offers a web interface

Answer 1

You can use "IIS 7.0 Hostable Web Core" and host the web server as part of any user process, even a console application. The benefit is that it is very similar to full blown IIS (incl config etc) but the web server itself is running in your process.

Have a look at the following articles:

1. Host your own Web Server in your application using IIS 7.0 Hostable Web Core
2. Creating Hosted Web Core Applications