ToasterService

An example of embedding an Orleans silo in the same process as an ASP.NET Web API

The proposal being that this be provided as an add-on to ASP.NET Core: Install-Package Orleans.AspNetCore

Installing said package would also create scaffolding for example grains, similar to in the included demo project.

Please note

1. This project uses a pre-release build of Orleans for .NET Core, so you will need to add the following to your NuGet feeds list: https://dotnet.myget.org/F/orleans-prerelease/api/v3/index.json

2. The solution is configured to build and debug in Docker, but if you don't have Docker installed you can just right click on the ToasterService.Api project and select Debug.

Value

1. Durable, distributed state
2. Durable scheduling
3. Streaming of data from and to the Web API, and across a Web API cluster
4. SignalR backplane implementation similar to OrleansR possible
5. Easier introduction to Orleans for traditional Web API developers
6. No need to deploy and debug a separate actor hosting process.