Deploying .NET Core Applications to Azure

Welcome to the discussion on best practices for deploying .NET Core applications to Azure. Below you'll find step‑by‑step guides, code samples, and community resources to help you get your services up and running smoothly.

Prerequisites

• Azure subscription (free tier works for testing)
• .NET 6 SDK or later
• Azure CLI installed
• Git for source control

Quick Deployment with Azure CLI

# Create a resource group
az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus

# Create an App Service plan
az appservice plan create --name MyPlan --resource-group MyResourceGroup --sku B1 --is-linux

# Create a Web App
az webapp create --resource-group MyResourceGroup --plan MyPlan --name MyDotNetCoreApp --runtime "DOTNET|6.0"

# Deploy from local Git
git init
git remote add azure https://<username>@mydotnetcoreapp.scm.azurewebsites.net:443/mydotnetcoreapp.git
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push azure master

Deploying with GitHub Actions

Automate your deployment pipeline with a simple workflow file.

name: Azure Web App CI/CD

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]

jobs:
  build-and-deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Setup .NET
      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
      with:
        dotnet-version: '6.0.x'

    - name: Build
      run: dotnet publish -c Release -o ${{github.workspace}}/publish

    - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
      uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v2
      with:
        app-name: MyDotNetCoreApp
        slot-name: Production
        publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZURE_WEBAPP_PUBLISH_PROFILE }}
        package: ${{github.workspace}}/publish