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Publish the Web API Project

Install the Docker extension.

Manually create a docker file under the ServerAPIs folder.

Press Ctrl + Shift + P to generate a docker file using the extension, then add the following highlighted content:

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:8.0 AS base
WORKDIR /app
EXPOSE 5100

ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:5000

USER app
FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
ARG configuration=Release
WORKDIR /src

########Add the following lines########
COPY ../Directory.Build.props ./
COPY ["ServerAPIs/ServerAPIs.csproj", "ServerAPIs/"]
COPY ["AppModels/AppModels.csproj", "AppModels/"]
COPY ["UserExtensions/UserExtensions.csproj", "UserExtensions/"]
#################################

RUN dotnet restore "ServerAPIs/ServerAPIs.csproj"
COPY . .
WORKDIR "/src/ServerAPIs"
RUN dotnet build "ServerAPIs.csproj" -c $configuration -o /app/build

FROM build AS publish
ARG configuration=Release
RUN dotnet publish "ServerAPIs.csproj" -c $configuration -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false

FROM base AS final
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "ServerAPIs.dll"]

Build the Docker image.

In Visual Studio Code – TERMINAL, navigate to the ServerAPIs folder and run:

docker build -f Dockerfile -t salesdemocloud2

Run the container.

In PowerShell, execute:

docker run -d -p 5000:8080 --name salesdemocloud2_container salesdemocloud2

Open a browser and visit http://172.26.100.100:5000/health-ui. If the page loads successfully, the deployment to Docker is complete.