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JCircio
JCircio

Reputation: 543

ASP.NET Core Azure Deployment

I have taken the giant step to re-(write? Do? Architect, whatever?) an existing production MVC 4 app to Asp.Net Core. We are running on 4.6.2 framework.

The current deployment is to Azure cloud Service (Classic). The deployment has startup tasks (install certs, install 3rd party software, install Microsoft software, ect).

After spending weeks getting the new Asp.Net Core web site up and running, I have come to find out you cannot deploy to Azure Cloud Service (at least not in the visual studio IDE??). I cannot seem to find out how to deploy to a App Service (even if I wanted too) and install software on startup tasks. (Does startup tasks even exist in App Services).

What are my deployment options? The current production site already has a DNS record pointing to the deployment and SSL Certs for HTTPS. I need to keep all of these things in place.

Am I out of luck here, or has Microsoft just hidden the answer in plan sight? All of MS samples of deploying Asp.Net Core are simple and trivial "Hello World" apps.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 143

Answers (2)

JCircio
JCircio

Reputation: 543

So it seems what I am trying to do cannot be done. Or at least not done the way I "used" to do it. There is no easy way to deploy an AspNet Core web app to a Cloud Service. And since App Services are not actual VM's that I have control over (no install of 3rd party software) we are stuck. Unless I spin up VM's (and now have to manage them) we must can the AspNet Core web site for now.

It seems as if MS has dropped the ball on this.

Upvotes: 1

Mike
Mike

Reputation: 4051

Following is a theoretical solution to your problem:

Upload your dependencies using FTP: https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu/wiki/Accessing-files-via-ftp

Create post deployment script to setup external dependencies: https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu/wiki/Post-Deployment-Action-Hooks

Upvotes: 0

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