Hangfire configuration to always run

Web/Global.asax.cs

@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ namespace MileageTraker.Web
 			ModelMetadataProviders.Current = new CustomMetadataProvider();
 
 			LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger().Info("Application_Start()");
+
+			HangfireBootstrapper.Instance.Start();
+		}
+
+		protected void Application_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
+		{
+			HangfireBootstrapper.Instance.Stop();
 		}
 	}
 

Web/Startup.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using System;
+using System.Web.Hosting;
 using Hangfire;
 using Microsoft.Owin;
+using MileageTraker.Web;
 using MileageTraker.Web.Email;
 using Owin;
 
-[assembly: OwinStartup(typeof(MileageTraker.Web.Startup))]
+[assembly: OwinStartup(typeof (Startup))]
 
 namespace MileageTraker.Web
 {
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ namespace MileageTraker.Web
 		public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
 		{
 			GlobalConfiguration.Configuration
-				.UseSqlServerStorage("MileageTrakerContext");
+			                   .UseSqlServerStorage("MileageTrakerContext");
 
 			app.UseHangfireDashboard();
 			app.UseHangfireServer();
@@ -27,4 +29,62 @@ namespace MileageTraker.Web
 				"serviceReminderJob", s => s.SendAllNotificationEmails(), Cron.Weekly(DayOfWeek.Monday, 6));
 		}
 	}
+
+	// http://docs.hangfire.io/en/latest/deployment-to-production/making-aspnet-app-always-running.html
+	public class ApplicationPreload : IProcessHostPreloadClient
+	{
+		public void Preload(string[] parameters)
+		{
+			HangfireBootstrapper.Instance.Start();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public class HangfireBootstrapper : IRegisteredObject
+	{
+		public static readonly HangfireBootstrapper Instance = new HangfireBootstrapper();
+
+		private readonly object _lockObject = new object();
+		private bool _started;
+
+		private BackgroundJobServer _backgroundJobServer;
+
+		private HangfireBootstrapper()
+		{
+		}
+
+		public void Start()
+		{
+			lock (_lockObject)
+			{
+				if (_started) return;
+				_started = true;
+
+				HostingEnvironment.RegisterObject(this);
+
+				GlobalConfiguration.Configuration
+								   .UseSqlServerStorage("MileageTrakerContext");
+				// Specify other options here
+
+				_backgroundJobServer = new BackgroundJobServer();
+			}
+		}
+
+		public void Stop()
+		{
+			lock (_lockObject)
+			{
+				if (_backgroundJobServer != null)
+				{
+					_backgroundJobServer.Dispose();
+				}
+
+				HostingEnvironment.UnregisterObject(this);
+			}
+		}
+
+		void IRegisteredObject.Stop(bool immediate)
+		{
+			Stop();
+		}
+	}
 }

Web/Web.csproj

@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@
     <Content Include="fonts\fontawesome-webfont.ttf" />
     <Content Include="fonts\fontawesome-webfont.eot" />
     <Content Include="fonts\FontAwesome.otf" />
+    <Content Include="Logs\empty.txt">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
     <Content Include="NLog.config">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
@@ -616,7 +619,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="App_Data\Uploads\" />
-    <Folder Include="Logs\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Migrations\201509111820437_FuelLog.resx">