Is it possible to integrate IIS into a C# application?

Question

Programming

The crux of the matter is as follows, without installing IIS, a web server should be raised along with the application, preferably on ASP. NET. The most important thing is that it shouldn't be a standalone program, everything should be "integrated" into the C# application. I have seen something like this for a long time, there were some experiments on integration, but now I tried to google nothing similar, I didn’t find anything similar, if anyone is in the subject, is it really possible to implement this?

Answer 1

First, you need to determine what exactly to do - integrate IIS into the application, which is practically impossible, I think, or simply raise a web server that would process requests for applications. The second is theoretically possible to do, here you should look towards HttpListener, Owin / Katana. I myself once made a primitive web server with support for aspx pages, though on the related vb.net. And I saw a lot of similar working projects on the same codeproject.

Answer 2

Maybe cassini will suit you: cassinidev.codeplex.com

Answer 3

As far as I know ASP.NET can be compiled as a standalone application that doesn't need IIS to run.
There is also IIS express, it seems to be free, though with limitations.

Answer 4

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