c# - Kestrel shutdown function in Startup.cs in ASP.NET Core

Question

Is there a shutdown function when using Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel? ASP.NET Core (formerly ASP.NET vNext) clearly has a Startup sequence, but no mention of shutdown sequence and how to handle clean closure.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35257287/kestrel-shutdown-function-in-startup-cs-in-asp-net-core

Answer 1

In ASP.NET Core you can register to the cancellation tokens provided by IApplicationLifetime

public class Startup 
{
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IApplicationLifetime applicationLifetime) 
    {
        applicationLifetime.ApplicationStopping.Register(OnShutdown);
    }

    private void OnShutdown()
    {
         // Do your cleanup here
    }
}

IApplicationLifetime is also exposing cancellation tokens for ApplicationStopped and ApplicationStarted as well as a StopApplication() method to stop the application.

For .NET Core 3.0+

From comments @Horkrine

For .NET Core 3.0+ it is recommended to use IHostApplicationLifetime instead, as IApplicationLifetime will be deprecated soon. The rest will still work as written above with the new service