Kestrel Meaning

It can be defined as a web server equipped within and enabled by default in ASP.NET Core project templates. For it, Kestrel, basically a web server, acts as a light weight, open source, and cross-platform.

It is supported by most of the systems, platforms, and versions in a web server that is supported by .NET Core. In other words, it can host ASP.NET applications on virtually all platforms thus making it versatile.

Main Features of Kestrel:

• Kestrel is a listening server
• It has the feature of being a command-line interface
• Kestrel supports a network without any block or hindrance 
• The file system access of Kestrel is Asynchronous
• It is comparatively a new default web server
• Another feature is that it is independent and runs in a system for which it forms a part. 

Pros and Cons of Kestrel:

Pros of Kestrel:

• Kestrel is quite fast
• Almost all platforms can support it
• It has the benefit of processing requests directly from the Internet
• Kestrel has better memory utilization which greatly helps its users.

Cons of Kestrel:

• It does not support multiple apps and functions using the same single port.
• It lacks a large number of functionalities
• A disadvantage of Kestrel is that it does not provide those features that are available in a standard web server

Conclusion:

Kestrel has many useful features. Microsoft launched the Kestrel web server. This launch was done together with ASP.NET Core. For a long time, the developers were asking for a cross-platform .Net development system which Microsoft did.