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How to use Docker to run ASP.NET Core apps on Google App Engine

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Posted by Ivan Naranjo, Software DeveloperGoogle App EngineApp Engine Flexible Environment
Step 1: Run your ASP.NET Core app locallyNuGet packages for Google Cloud APIs in .NETGoogle Cloud StorageGoogle Cloud Pub/Submachine learningdocumentation.NET Core runtimeBower

Step 2: Package it as a Docker container⸺

dotnet publish -c Release.NET Core Portable Appcd bin\Release\netcoreapp1.0\publish dotnet DemoFlexApp.dll

The Dockerfile that describes how to package the app files into a Docker container

The app.yaml file that tells the Google Cloud SDK tools how to deploy the app

FROM microsoft/dotnet:1.0.1-runtime COPY . /app WORKDIR /app EXPOSE 8080 ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://*:8080 ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "DemoFlexApp.dll"]DockerfileMicrosoft official image⸺App Engine Flexible requirementsASPNETCORE_URLSruntime: custom vm: true
Step 3: Deploy to App Engine Flexiblethese stepsGoogle Cloud Platform projectgcloud app deploy app.yamlgcloud app browse