How to create a web interface for a windows service in .Net?

.net windows-services web-frontend
David Thibault picture David Thibault · Oct 4, 2009 · Viewed 8.3k times · Source

I'm looking for a way to host a web UI in a windows service so that I can configure and control it within a browser. I'd like a simple and lightweight solution, and I don't want to use IIS.

I could probably hand-roll most of it but I was wondering if there was something already made to ease the process.

Answer

Derek Schwartz picture Derek Schwartz · Jan 19, 2010

Here's another option if you want an embedded server, but not a service or any external HTML/ASPX files:

WebConfig - your wireless router has it, now you can too http://www.codeproject.com/KB/game/WebConfig.aspx

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