Estimated reading time: 2 minutes This example demonstrates how to dockerize an ASP.NET Core application.

This tutorial shows how to run an ASP.NET Core app in Docker containers. In this tutorial, you: Learn about Microsoft .NET Core Docker images Download an ASP.NET Core sample app Run the sample app locally Run the sample app in Linux containers Run the sample app in Windows containers Build and deploy manually For this tutorial, you download an ASP.NET Core sample app and run it in Docker containers.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to containerize a .NET Core application with Docker. Containers have many features and benefits, such as being an immutable infrastructure, providing a portable architecture, and enabling scalability. The image can be used to create containers for your local development environment, private cloud, or public cloud.

In the recommended configuration for ASP.NET Core, the app is hosted using IIS/ASP.NET Core Module, Nginx, or Apache. Proxy servers, load balancers, and other network appliances often obscure information about the request before it reaches the app: When HTTPS requests are proxied over HTTP, the original scheme (HTTPS) is lost and must be forwarded in a header.

By Sourabh Shirhatti This guide explains setting up a production-ready ASP.NET Core environment on an Ubuntu 16.04 server. These instructions likely work with newer versions of Ubuntu, but the instructions haven't been tested with newer versions. For information on other Linux distributions supported by ASP.NET Core, see Prerequisites for .NET Core on Linux.