Publishing .NET web service to Jetty web server?

Question

I have created a very simple webservice using C# in VS2008. I would like to publish this to a server using Jetty-6 as its web server. Is this possible, or is IIS the only way I can go.

Answer 1

Jetty is a Java web server, so I doubt you'll be able to use C# code in Jetty itself... you can of course use something like HttpClient in Jetty to communicate with your C# service over HTTP.

Answer 2

IIS isn't the only way you can go. Web Services using WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) can be published in the following ways:

• Self-hosting in any managed .NET application
• Hosting in a Windows service
• Hosting in different versions of IIS

This article breaks down pros and cons of the different options: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730158.aspx

In any case, each one is pretty simple to do. You should find templates for these options in Visual Studio.