ASP.NET Core
A set of technologies in the .NET Framework for building web applications and XML web services.
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How to continuously deploy and run my app on a Linux host?
Mahmudul Hasan
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Hello, I have a web app written in .NET 5, I bought a Linux VPS, set up Nginx and other stuff to run my app, pushed the release file via FTP using Visual Studio. Now if I try dotnet myapp.dll, the app fires up and I can access it.
The problem is if I make a change and push the newly modified-release files, each and every time I have to restart the app to see the changes. Which is a hassle. I want to automate this task.
I found a GitHub action that can build and deploy to my FTP server. But how can I automate the dotnet myapp.dll thing each time I push the code to my repo?
Here are few steps that will help to illustrate the scenario -
- I made some changes to my app
- I will push it to my repository (GitHub or Azure DevOps)
- Action will build the app
- If the build is successful, it will push it to the FTP (GH Action or DevOps Pipe-line)
- When the new file arrives at the FTP, an action will restart the app and make the changes active.
alternatively,
- I made some changes to my app
- I will build the app and publish it to the FTP via Visual Studio
- When the new file arrives at the FTP, an action will restart the app and make the changes active.
How can I do this?
ASP.NET Core
C#
C#
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Cheong00 3,471 Reputation points2021-04-13T10:22:06.287+00:00 How about deploy with WinSCP then use "call" command to kill the old instance and run "dotnet myapp.dll"?
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Mahmudul Hasan 1 Reputation point
2021-04-13T10:32:31.63+00:00 I'm looking for a more like CI/CD solusion. I don't want to restart the app manually, I want it to be automatic. How can I do that? There must be a way.
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Cheong00 3,471 Reputation points
2021-04-14T03:44:21.647+00:00 GitHub Action supports multiple steps so you can 1) run SSH with command to kill your instance first, then 2) deploy the compiled binary to server, and 3) use SSH to run command to start it.
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Vaibhav Patil 11 Reputation points2021-04-22T11:32:25.047+00:00 Your using system service to manage (start, restart, monitor) your app right ? Or your just killing your app instance and starting it again each time. I am currently looking for same solution as you to achieve automation.
This is what I have in my mind
1) Set up following script with Github Action
name: Command via SSH on: push jobs: build: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: ls -a via OPEN SSH Private Key uses: garygrossgarten/github-action-ssh@release with: command: ls -a host: ${<!-- -->{ secrets.HOST }} username: garygrossgarten password: ${<!-- -->{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }} privateKey: ${<!-- -->{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY}} env: CI: true1) Push commit
2) Action will execute SSH script on remote server and restart app service
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