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IIS Hosted Workflow Service How to Detect Application Start and Stop

I want to hook into the application start and stop events to track whether my IIS Hosted Workflow Services are running. Ideally, when I start my workflow service via starting the AppPool or the IIS Application (if multiple services share the same AppPool), I want to log an event into a database. And when I stop my workflow service via stopping the AppPool or the IIS Application, I want to log an event into the database.

Is there a way to do this?

Solution

  • You should check out this article on Windows Server AppFabric. Specifically, take a look at the section on "Tracked WF Events".

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee677205(v=azure.10).aspx

    AppFabric is a separate install (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff637745(v=azure.10).aspx), but I think it will go a long way towards helping you accomplish your objectives regarding workflow and service monitoring.

    Install AppFabric