Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting Namespace

Provides types that help configure and start web applications.

Classes

AppServicesWebHostBuilderExtensions	Extension method to add Azure AppServices integration to the app.
DelegateStartup	Used for initializing services and middlewares used by an application.
EnvironmentName	Commonly used environment names.
HostingAbstractionsWebHostBuilderExtensions	Contains extension methods for configuring the IWebHostBuilder.
HostingEnvironmentExtensions	Extension methods for IHostingEnvironment.
HostingStartupAttribute	Marker attribute indicating an implementation of IHostingStartup that will be loaded and executed when building an IWebHost.
KestrelServerOptionsSystemdExtensions	Extensions for integrating with systemd
ListenOptionsConnectionLoggingExtensions	Extensions for connection logging.
ListenOptionsHttpsExtensions	Extension methods for ListenOptions that configure Kestrel to use HTTPS for a given endpoint.
ServiceFakesWebHostExtensions	Extension methods supporting Kestrel server unit testing scenarios.
StartupBase	Base class for initializing services and middlewares used by an application.
StartupBase<TBuilder>	Base class for initializing services and middlewares used for configuring a TBuilder.
WebHostBuilder	A builder for IWebHost
WebHostBuilderContext	Context containing the common services on the IWebHost. Some properties may be null until set by the IWebHost.
WebHostBuilderExtensions	Contains extensions for configuring an IWebHostBuilder.
WebHostBuilderHttpSysExtensions	Provides extensions method to use Http.sys as the server for the web host.
WebHostBuilderIISExtensions	Extension methods for the IIS Out-Of-Process.
WebHostBuilderKestrelExtensions	Kestrel IWebHostBuilder extensions.
WebHostBuilderNamedPipeExtensions	IWebHostBuilder extension methods to configure the Named Pipes transport to be used by Kestrel.
WebHostBuilderQuicExtensions	IWebHostBuilder extension methods to configure the Quic transport to be used by Kestrel.
WebHostBuilderSocketExtensions	IWebHostBuilder extension methods to configure the Socket transport to be used by Kestrel.
WebHostDefaults	Contains a set of constants representing configuration keys.
WebHostExtensions	Contains extensions for managing the lifecycle of an IWebHost.

Interfaces

IApplicationLifetime	Allows consumers to perform cleanup during a graceful shutdown. This type is obsolete and will be removed in a future version. The recommended alternative is Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostApplicationLifetime.
IHostingEnvironment	Provides information about the web hosting environment an application is running in. This type is obsolete and will be removed in a future version. The recommended alternative is Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostEnvironment.
IHostingStartup	Represents platform specific configuration that will be applied to a IWebHostBuilder when building an IWebHost.
IStartup	Provides an interface for initializing services and middleware used by an application.
IStartupConfigureContainerFilter<TContainerBuilder>	This API supports the ASP.NET Core infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. This API may change or be removed in future releases.
IStartupConfigureServicesFilter	This API supports the ASP.NET Core infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. This API may change or be removed in future releases.
IStartupFilter	Provides an interface for extending the middleware pipeline with new Configure methods. Can be used to add defaults to the beginning or end of the pipeline without having to make the app author explicitly register middleware.
IWebHost	Represents a configured web host.
IWebHostBuilder	A builder for IWebHost.
IWebHostEnvironment	Provides information about the web hosting environment an application is running in.

Remarks

For more information about ASP.NET Core hosting, see .NET Generic Host in ASP.NET Core.