Creating an ASP.Net Core app with a React frontend and Docker hosting

Jun 25, 2018 |  React, ASP.Net Core, .Net Core, Docker

I started a new project this week, a SPA written in React with an ASP.Net Core 2.1.1 backend hosted in a Docker container. This is the tale of how I got all those pieces working together.

The running code from this article can be seen on GitHub.

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.dockerignore is your friend

Mar 19, 2018 |  Docker, ASP.Net Core, C#

While working on a particular project built with a multi-stage Dockerfile I got this error:

Step 13/19 : RUN dotnet test "./DashboardServerTests/DashboardServerTests.csproj" -c Release --no-restore
 ---> Running in ac850e55464c
Build started, please wait...
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.0.3/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/build/Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets(323,5): error : Assets file '/Users/sankra/projects/DashboardServer/Grafana/obj/project.assets.json' not found. Run a NuGet package restore to generate this file. [/source/Grafana/Grafana.csproj]

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Running ASP.Net Core web app in a Docker container using a multi-stage Dockerfile

Mar 19, 2018 |  Docker, ASP.Net Core, C#

Lately. I’ve written multiple web applications with ASP.Net Core. Together with C# newfound cross-platformness, this stack is a joy to work with.

I user Docker to run the applications, some in Azure, some on on-premise Linux boxes. This has thought me a couple of things. Firstly, the app should be built from within a container using a multi-stage Dockerfile.

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