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How to build with Cake on Linux using Cake.CoreCLR or the Cake global tool
In this post I show how to build .NET Core projects on Linux using the Cake.CoreCLR library or the .NET Core global tool Cake.Tool.…

Exploring the .NET Core MCR Docker files (updated): runtime vs aspnet vs sdk
In this post, I look at the various Docker base images available for .NET Core development on MCR, how they differ, and when you should use each of them.…

Caching Docker layers on serverless build hosts with multi-stage builds, --target, and --cache-from
In this post I describe how I improved the build performance of ASP.NET Core Docker containers built using AWS CodeBuild by using --target and --cache-from.…

Running smoke tests for ASP.NET Core apps in CI using Docker
In this post I'll describe how to use Docker to run a smoke test as part of a CI build pipeline to check that an ASP.NET Core app is able to start up…

Writing logs to Elasticsearch with Fluentd using Serilog in ASP.NET Core
In this post, I describe how to customise the output of the Serilog Console sink so that you can pipe your console output to Elasticsearch using Fluentd.…

Suppressing the startup and shutdown messages in ASP.NET Core
In this post I show how to disable the startup messages shown in the console when you run an ASP.NET Core application using WebHostBuilder or HostBuilder.…

