Is it possible to host an ASP.NET WebAPI application on Linux?

Question

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There is a web service on ASP.NET WebAPI that uses Entity Framework, Autofac, Automapper.
Is it possible to host it on Linux?
How can this be implemented?

Answer 1

For starters, everything is possible!
Another question is how effective it will be.
ASP.NET is a Microsoft technology and it is better to use the entire Microsoft suite to support it: Win Server + IIS + NET, etc. I have been working with their stack for a long time ...
According to the subject - it is possible, but this is a perversion, IMHO. If you really want to - google for the word Mono - this is a port of the NET Framework on Linux.

Answer 2

WebAPI can be it is already on OWIN (there is no dependency on system.web), for the rest, see the dependency on system.web, if there is one, then you can’t.

Answer 3

MVC 6 (vNext), is already taking off on Linux, only it's not even RC yet, but it's already pretty stable.