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Deploy .NET Aspire projects to Azure Container Apps	Learn how to use the Azure Developer CLI to deploy .NET Aspire projects to Azure.	05/18/2024	devx-track-extended-azdevcli

Deploy a .NET Aspire project to Azure Container Apps

.NET Aspire projects are designed to run in containerized environments. Azure Container Apps is a fully managed environment that enables you to run microservices and containerized applications on a serverless platform. This article will walk you through creating a new .NET Aspire solution and deploying it to Microsoft Azure Container Apps using the Azure Developer CLI (azd). You'll learn how to complete the following tasks:

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Provision an Azure resource group and Container Registry

Publish the .NET Aspire projects as container images in Azure Container Registry

Provision a Redis container in Azure

Deploy the apps to an Azure Container Apps environment

View application console logs to troubleshoot application issues

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As an alternative to this tutorial and for a more in-depth guide, see Deploy a .NET Aspire project to Azure Container Apps using azd (in-depth guide).

Deploy .NET Aspire projects with `azd`

With .NET Aspire and Azure Container Apps (ACA), you have a great hosting scenario for building out your cloud-native apps with .NET. We built some great new features into the Azure Developer CLI (azd) specific for making .NET Aspire development and deployment to Azure a friction-free experience. You can still use the Azure CLI and/or Bicep options when you need a granular level of control over your deployments. But for new projects, you won't find an easier path to success for getting a new microservice topology deployed into the cloud.

Create a .NET Aspire project

As a starting point, this article assumes that you've created a .NET Aspire project from the .NET Aspire Starter Application template. For more information, see Quickstart: Build your first .NET Aspire project.

Install the Azure Developer CLI

The process for installing azd varies based on your operating system, but it is widely available via winget, brew, apt, or directly via curl. To install azd, see Install Azure Developer CLI.