Simplified .

Net Background Jobs with

Hangfire
INTRODUCTION

Rag Dhiman

@ragdhiman
Background Job
Some .Net code which needs to be run in the
background because running it on the main thread is
not appropriate; Due to its nature or due to a specific
requirement.
Hangfire
Is an open-source framework that helps you to create,
process and manage your background jobs in a reliable
way.
Demo
Hangfire
- Without
- With
 Course Overview

Getting to Know Background

Introduction
Job Types

Hangfire Dashboard and Best Practices and Scaling

Persisting Jobs Hangfire
Summary Hangfire features
Hangfire architecture
Installing Hangfire
Hangfire integration
Hangfire Pro
Hangfire Features
Why Not Do It Yourself?
Hangfire is simple to use
Management and visibility of jobs
Reliability of jobs
Can be distributed or simple
ASP.Net issues
- Request thread is king
- Multiple instances
- AppDomain and App Pool recycling
Hangfire is available and ready
Fire and forget jobs
Delayed jobs
Recurring jobs
Continuation jobs
Batch jobs
Batch continuations
 Hangfire Architecture

Hangfire Server
3. Fetch next
Hangfire Client
2. Return to a
caller
4. Perform in
background

1. Create a job

Job Storage
Installing Hangfire
 Route Delivery Application
- ASP.Net MVC web application
Demo
- Generates delivery schedules based on:
- Drivers
- Customers
- Deliveries
- Optimization request to generate
delivery schedules (long running task)
 Route Delivery Application

ASP.Net MVC Models Data

Drivers Driver
UnitOfWork
Customers Customer

Deliveries Delivery Repositories

Schedules Schedule Route
EDM Delivery
Optimization
Request
Optimization
Requests
Optimization Engine
Demo Installing Hangfire
- Hangfire references
- Hangfire configuration
- Fire and Forget background job
- Hangfire Dashboard
 Installing Hangfire
ASP.Net MVC Models Data

Drivers Driver UnitOfWork

Customers Customer
Deliveries Delivery Repositories
Schedules Schedule
EDM Route
Optimization Delivery
Request
Optimization
Request
Optimization Engine

Hangfire Hangfire
Client Server Hangfire
Storage
Hangfire Integration
 Single Process

Application

Hangfire Job
Storage Hangfire Application
 Web Garden
Web Application 1

Hangfire Application

Web Application N
Hangfire Job
Storage

Hangfire Application
 Web Farm
Web Application 1

Hangfire Application
Server 1

Web Application N
Hangfire Job
Storage DB Server

Hangfire Application
Server N
 Separate Service
Application

Hangfire Web
Client Application

Windows Service
Hangfire Job
Storage

Hangfire Server
 Separate Server

Hangfire Web
Client Application

App Server

Windows Service

Hangfire Job
Storage DB Server

Hangfire Server

Backend Server
Hangfire Pro
 Batch jobs
Chaining batches
Complex workflows
Support Redis storage
Performance counters
Summary Hangfire features
Hangfire architecture
Installing Hangfire
Hangfire integration
Hangfire Pro