Host and deploy ASP.NET Core

In general, to deploy an ASP.NET Core app to a hosting environment:

• Deploy the published app to a folder on the hosting server.

• Set up a process manager that starts the app when requests arrive and restarts the app after it crashes or the server reboots.

• For configuration of a reverse proxy, set up a reverse proxy to forward requests to the app.

Publish to a folder

The dotnet publish command compiles app code and copies the files required to run the app into a publish folder. The publish folder contains one or more app assembly files, dependencies, and optionally the .NET runtime. A .NET Core app can be published as self-contained deployment or framework-dependent deployment.

Set up a process manager

An ASP.NET Core app is a console app that must be started when a server boots and restarted if it crashes. To automate starts and restarts, a process manager is required. The most common process managers for ASP.NET Core are:

• Linux

  • Nginx

  • Apache

• Windows

  • IIS

  • Windows Service

Set up a reverse proxy

If the app uses the Kestrel server, Nginx, Apache, or IIS can be used as a reverse proxy server. A reverse proxy server receives HTTP requests from the Internet and forwards them to Kestrel.