I have a .net core web app that I would like to install as a regular app on Windows or OSX. If I deploy that as a self contained app, will the web server start when the .exe is run? And, how can I configure what port the app will listen on?
My long term goal would be to create a UI to let the user configure some stuff and have the app distributable from Windows Store and/or Mac AppStore, but I'm not sure if this is possible?
In order to deply as a self contained app you need to specify a runtime in your csproj file. :
<PropertyGroup>
<RuntimeIdentifiers>win10-x64;osx.10.11-x64;ubuntu.16.10-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
</PropertyGroup>
Than publish the application for that runtime:
dotnet publish -c Release -r win10-x64
If you want to change the port your application is listening on you need to set that in the Program.cs file:
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
var host = new WebHostBuilder()
.UseKestrel()
.UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
.UseIISIntegration()
.UseStartup<Startup>()
.UseApplicationInsights()
// Set url and port here.
.UseUrls("http://0.0.0.0:5005")
.Build();
host.Run();
}
You can now run your app by running the yourapp.exe file in your publish directiry.
