I'm trying to convert my RabbitMQ micro-service to a windows service. I have used TopShelf for the conversion. My RabbitMQ micro-service works perfectly fine on its own but when I run it as a service it no longer receives messages. In my public static void Main(string[] args) I have:
HostFactory.Run(host =>
{
host.Service<PersonService>(s =>
{
s.ConstructUsing(name => new PersonService());
s.WhenStarted(tc => tc.Start());
s.WhenStopped(tc => tc.Stop());
});
host.SetDescription("Windows service that provides database access totables.");
host.SetDisplayName("Service");
host.SetServiceName("Service");
});
}
Then in my PersonService class I have
public void Start() {
ConsumeMessage();
}
And finally my ConsumeMessage function:
private static void ConsumeMessage() {
MessagingConfig.SetInstance(new MessagingConstants());
IMessageFactory pmfInst = MessageFactory.Instance;
//message worker
var factory = new ConnectionFactory() {
HostName = MessagingConfig.Instance.GetBrokerHostName(),
UserName = MessagingConfig.Instance.GetBrokerUserName(),
Password = MessagingConfig.Instance.GetBrokerPassword()
};
var connection = factory.CreateConnection();
using (var channel = connection.CreateModel()) {
channel.QueueDeclare(queue: MessagingConfig.Instance.GetServiceQueueName(),
durable: true,
exclusive: false,
autoDelete: false,
arguments: null);
channel.BasicQos(0, 1, false);
var consumer = new EventingBasicConsumer(channel);
channel.BasicConsume(queue: MessagingConfig.Instance.GetServiceQueueName(),
noAck: false,
consumer: consumer);
Console.WriteLine("Service.");
Console.WriteLine(" [x] Awaiting RPC requests");
// Code Below Is Not Executed In Service
consumer.Received += (model, ea) => {
string response = null;
var body = ea.Body;
var props = ea.BasicProperties;
var replyProps = channel.CreateBasicProperties();
replyProps.CorrelationId = props.CorrelationId;
string receivedMessage = null;
try {
receivedMessage = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(body);
response = ProcessMessage(receivedMessage);
}
catch (Exception e) {
// Received message is not valid.
WinLogger.Log.Error(
"Errror Processing Message: " + receivedMessage + " :" + e.Message);
response = "";
}
finally {
var responseBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(response);
channel.BasicPublish(exchange: "", routingKey: props.ReplyTo,
basicProperties: replyProps, body: responseBytes);
channel.BasicAck(deliveryTag: ea.DeliveryTag,
multiple: false);
}
};
Console.ReadLine();
}
Looking at A similar SO question it looks like it has something to do with the return the Windows Service is wanting, but I'm not sure of how to call ConsumeMessage so consumer.Received += (model, ea) => {...}; is executed.
EDIT: It looks like my blocking mechanism Console.ReadLine(); is ignored by the service so it just continues on and disposes of the message consumer. So how do I block there for messages to be received?