Does anyone know of a framework that would allow me to easily host and configure WCF services within a Windows Service?
Originally I had developed a system where a single host application contained one Windows Service per service host so that the administrators could manage these services individually in the Services applet.
However, other systems are coming on-line with an increasing number of WCF services that would need to be hosted this way and there is growing concern that this will become too complex to manage through the Services applet.
The requirements coming from above are that we need the ability to configure what services are hosted within the Windows Service, start and stop them as required, and allow for easy deployments.
I believe that within the service we could host a management WCF service that would allow us to control the behaviour of the other services but if someone has already created a framework for doing this I am more than happy to use the wheel that has already been invented.
Seems like this app matches some what you’re looking for. It can dynamically host wcf services and has a UI for managing it.
(source: wcfstorm.com)
App : http://www.wcfstorm.com/wcf/getting-started-with-wcfstormhost.aspx