Please see https://docs.hangfire.io for more information on using Hangfire. The `Hangfire` meta-package is using SQL Server as a job storage and intended to run in any OWIN-based web application when targeting full .NET Framework, or ASP.NET Core web application on .NET Core. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | !!! DASHBOARD REQUIRES AUTH CONFIGURATION !!! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ By default, ONLY LOCAL requests are allowed to access the Dashboard. Please see the `Configuring Dashboard authorization` section in Hangfire documentation: https://docs.hangfire.io/en/latest/configuration/using-dashboard.html#configuring-authorization Sample ASP.NET Core Startup class --------------------------------- using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder; using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection; using Hangfire; namespace MyWebApplication { public class Startup { public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { services.AddHangfire(x => x.UseSqlServerStorage("")); services.AddHangfireServer(); } public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app) { app.UseHangfireDashboard(); } } } Sample OWIN Startup class ------------------------- using Hangfire; using Microsoft.Owin; using Owin; [assembly: OwinStartup(typeof(MyWebApplication.Startup))] namespace MyWebApplication { public class Startup { public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app) { GlobalConfiguration.Configuration .UseSqlServerStorage(""); app.UseHangfireDashboard(); app.UseHangfireServer(); } } }