Self hosting

It is very easy to host ServiceStack in a console app or in a windows service. You simply have to derive from AppHostHttpListenerBase instead of AppHostBase:

	class Program {
		const string ListeningOn = "http://localhost:1337";

		public class AppHost : AppHostHttpListenerBase {
			public AppHost() : base("StarterTemplate HttpListener", typeof(HelloService).Assembly) { }

			public override void Configure(Funq.Container container) {
				Routes.Add<Hello>("/hello/{Name}");
			}
		}

		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			var appHost = new AppHost();
			appHost.Init();
			appHost.Start(ListeningOn);

			Console.WriteLine("AppHost Created at {0}, listening on {1}", DateTime.Now, ListeningOn);
			Console.ReadKey();
		}

		public class Hello {
			public string Name { get; set; }
		}

		public class HelloResponse {
			public string Result { get; set; }
		}

		public class HelloService : ServiceBase<Hello> 
		{
			protected override object Run(Hello request) 
			{
				return new HelloResponse { Result = "Hello, " + request.Name };
			}
		}
	}

Host as a Windows or Linux Console Host, Windows Service or Linux Daemon

This will run in as a Console Host in any Operating System with .NET 3.5 or Mono installed. In addition this can also be wrapped-up and run inside a Windows Service or run as a Linux Daemon which you can optionally elect to serve behind Apache or Nginx reverse proxies.

Easily Convert to an ASP.NET Web Service

As both AppHostBase and AppHostHttpListenerBase follow the same API they are easily convertible between the two. Here's some step-by-step instructions showing you how to convert an F# Console Host to an ASP.NET Web Service on OSX!