Developing and Deploying ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core for Azure

This post will explain an end-to-end ASP.NET Core development and deployment to Azure. Below, we've provided some introductory steps to get started. A video tutorial at the end of the article will then walk you through the rest of the process. 

Clone the Sample Application

In the terminal window, cd to a working directory. Run the following commands to clone the sample app:

git clone https://github.com/azure-samples/dotnetcore-sqldb-tutorial

cd dotnetcore-sqldb-tutorial

The sample project contains a basic CRUD (create-read-update-delete) app using Entity Framework Core.

Run the Application

Run the following commands to install the required packages, run database migrations, and start the application.

dotnet restore

dotnet ef database update

dotnet run

Navigate to http://localhost:5000 in a browser. Select the Create New link, and create a couple to-do items.

Azure Cloud Shell

To run the code in Azure Cloud Shell:

Start the Cloud Shell. Select the Copy button on a code block to copy the code. Paste the code into the Cloud Shell session. Select Enter to run the code.

Create a Production SQL Database

In this step, you will create a SQL Database in Azure. When your app is deployed to Azure, it uses this cloud database.

For SQL Database, this tutorial uses an Azure SQL Database.

Create a Resource Group

See the rest of the steps in the video: