Keep Dotnet Core Grpc Server running as a console application?

Question

I am trying to keep a Grpc server running as a console daemon. This gRPC server is a microservice that runs in a docker container.

All of the examples I can find make us

Answer 1

Use ManualResetEvent to block the main thread until you receive a shutdown event.

For example in a trivial situation:

class Program
{
  public static ManualResetEvent Shutdown = new ManualResetEvent(false);

  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    Task.Run(() =>
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Waiting in other thread...");
      Thread.Sleep(2000);
      Shutdown.Set();
    });

    Console.WriteLine("Waiting for signal");
    Shutdown.WaitOne();

    Console.WriteLine("Resolved");
  }
}

For example, in your case, I imagine something like:

using System;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Grpc.Core;
using Helloworld;

namespace GreeterServer
{
  class GreeterImpl : Greeter.GreeterBase
  {
    // Server side handler of the SayHello RPC
    public override Task SayHello(HelloRequest request, ServerCallContext context)
    {
      Program.Shutdown.Set(); // <--- Signals the main thread to continue 
      return Task.FromResult(new HelloReply {Message = "Hello " + request.Name});
    }
  }

  class Program
  {
    const int Port = 50051;

    public static ManualResetEvent Shutdown = new ManualResetEvent(false);

    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      Server server = new Server
      {
        Services = {Greeter.BindService(new GreeterImpl())},
        Ports = {new ServerPort("localhost", Port, ServerCredentials.Insecure)}
      };
      server.Start();

      Shutdown.WaitOne(); // <--- Waits for ever or signal received

      server.ShutdownAsync().Wait();
    }
  }
}