AspNetCore running as Windows Service

BuildAndRun.ps1

 dotnet build
 $binPath=(Get-Item bin\Debug\net6.0\*.exe).FullName

 # Installs service
 sc.exe create EML.AspNetCoreWindowsService binPath=$binPath DisplayName="Demo AspNetCore Windows Service"

 # Starts service, hits the URL, stop-service
 start-service EML.AspNetCoreWindowsService; curl.exe http://localhost:5000/; stop-service EML.AspNetCoreWindowsService

Program.cs

using Microsoft.AspNetCore;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices;

var host = WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder()
    .UseStartup<Startup>()
    .Build();

// This call will block until the service is stopped.
host.RunAsService();

public class Startup: IStartup
{
    public IServiceProvider ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        return services.BuildServiceProvider(validateScopes: true);
    }

    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
        app.Run(ctx => ctx.Response.WriteAsync("Windows Service says hello"));
    }
}

Sample.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.WindowsServices" Version="6.0.1" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>