Does Azure compile ASP.NET Core apps in RELEASE mode?

Question

Hi all;

When I publish my Blazor (server side) app to an Azure App Service, either through Visual Studio or a GitHub action, does Azure then compile it in DEBUG or RELEASE mode (i.e. which of those is defined)?

thanks - dave

Answer 1

Hello @David Thielen

Azure App Service itself doesn't recompile the application; it hosts the compiled binaries that you deploy.

When you publish from Visual Studio, you have the option to choose the configuration. In the publish profile you can select DEBUG or RELEASE mode.

in GitHub Actions you can use dotnet build or dotnet publish command with the --configuration flag set to either Release or Debug mode.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/how-to-set-debug-and-release-configurations?view=vs-2022