Dockerize your asp.net core application

A simple CLI tool to dockerize ASP.NET Core application

Usage:

Install module globally

npm i -g dockerize-aspnetcore
cd /path/to/app
dockerize-aspnetcore <WEB_PROJECT_NAME>

where <WEB_PROJECT_NAME> (e.g. MyApp.Web) is a name of a folder with asp.net core project in your solution.

As a result, you'll see ready-to-use Dockerfile and .dockerignore files in your web project folder.

If you are against global installation, you can install it locally:

cd /path/to/app/frontend/folder
npm i dockerize-aspnetcore
cd /back/to/app
npx dockerize-aspnetcore <WEB_PROJECT_NAME>

The global installation is still recommended as your source code doesn't have to know about this module - the Dockerfile is enough.

Some extra details:

It is assumed that your app was created using the standard dotnet new syntax.

If your app is SPA - it's also supported. Please check Dockerfile (line 2) for details - npm installation is already in place. The implementation is pretty simple there - Docker build process relies on dotnet publish command, which does all the needed stuff. It's reasonable - as both Angular- and React-based asp.net core templates come up with such configuration out-of-the-box.

If you have a bit more complex setup with your frontend and backend apps - please take a look on the Multi-Stage Docker builds