Example ASP.NET Core running on Balena

Overview:

We have a simple multi-stage build Dockerfile which is in the balena-template format. This is to allow our cloud builders to do variable substitution on things like %%BALENA_ARCH%% which make the image suitable for amd64 and armv7hf targets.

The helper script install-dotnet.sh is responsible for acquiring the correct verison of the framework binaries for your platform, which is invoked in both the sdk and final stages of the build; first to acquire the SDK binaries and then to acquire ONLY the runtime binaries.

To deploy this project:

• Create a balena application using the cloud dashboard, e.g. myAspNetCoreApp
  • You can target any device type which is compatible with the following architectures:
    • armv7hf
    • amd64
• Clone this repo to your machine:
  • git clone https://github.com/balena-io-playground/balena-aspnet-core.git
• In the repo directory, use the balena-cli application to push it to your application:
  • balena push myAspNetCoreApp

This application will host a simple site on port 80 which you should be able to view once it is deployed.