Kestrel is the latest application server developed by Microsoft. The main purpose of Kestrel development is supporting Linux and macOS operating systems.
By doing that, Microsoft ensures that all ASP.NET web developers can use Linux or macOS systems to develop and serve the application.
Kestrel is developed with cross-platforming in mind, but it is also developed with new architecture and patterns.
Kestrel is a dependency package of the ASP.NET Core web project, and is installed by the NuGet Package Manager. .NET Core CLI (dotnet.exe
) will be installed when you install .NET Core on your computer.
dotnet.exe
is the starter of any .NET Core application on any platform, such as Windows, Linux, or macOS.
Let's create a new ASP.NET Core Web Application
and launch the application by excuting the following command:
dotnet new web
Note
Example project can be found at: https://github.com/polatengin/B05277/tree/master/Chapter19/2-HostingKestrel...