I apologize if this has been answered before or for being a stupid question.
I have a web app (.NET MVC c#) that does a number of different functions. I want to add a new function which could utilize websockets
I have looked at SignalR and it looks fine for my use scenario in terms of while it is active, however I don't want it to be active all the time.
It will only be active for a period of time, where an Admin will "allow the function".
Imagine a Business web app which also has a chat option, but the chat option is only allowed during lunch break.
I don't want SignalR running in the background for the 90% of the time it wont be used, so how do I stop it or create a new instance of the Hub?
** EDIT **
Following the answer below (for which I am grateful), I don't think I made the question clear.
I am not sure how the hub "server" is started and stopped. With the abstraction in Visual Studio (ie just add a SignalR class), I cant work out how to dispose of the Hub and then restart it (create an instance of it)
You would stop the hub "server" in the same way that you would stop a webAPI server, a WCF server, or any web app running on a web-server; Disable it on the server.
With the abstraction of Visual Studio, it is still running under IIS Express - If you stop your signalR hub "server" from running, when you point your browser to it localhost:12345/signalr/hubs, the page will say something along the lines of "This site can’t be reached".
But why would you want to stop the hub "server" ? Best to let it run... and impose your lunchtime restriction server side.