Deploying .Net container App to Heroku cloud
I'm tired of searching every time I need to deploy to heroku cloud. Being that said I'm finally writing down the steps do deploy a docker container app to Heroku cloud.
By the way, Heroku Cloud it is really cool.
Requirements to deploy
- Docker client (windows or linux) installed Link
- Heroku CLI (command line interface) installed Link
- Application with a Dockerfile
Changes you have to make in your Dockerfile
First remove the Entrypoint and EXPOSE statments of your Dockerfile.
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "SOME-APP.dll"]
Instead of use the EXPOSE command we should rely on environment variable PORT (Heroku sets the output port you should use) and execute a CMD command instead of ENTRYPOINT as the last command line.
#set up as a environment variable
CMD export ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://*:$PORT
#or set up in the command line of execution
CMD ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://*:$PORT dotnet ENTRYPOINT-DLL.dll
The final Dockerfile:
FROM microsoft/dotnet:2.2-aspnetcore-runtime AS base
WORKDIR /app
FROM microsoft/dotnet:2.2-sdk AS build
WORKDIR /src
COPY . .
RUN dotnet restore "FuraFila.WebApp/FuraFila.WebApp.csproj"
WORKDIR "/src/FuraFila.WebApp"
RUN dotnet build "FuraFila.WebApp.csproj" -c Release -o /app
RUN dotnet ef database update
FROM build AS publish
RUN dotnet publish "FuraFila.WebApp.csproj" -c Release -o /app
FROM base AS final
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=publish /app .
CMD export ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://*:$PORT
RUN echo 'we are running some # of cool things'
CMD ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://*:$PORT dotnet FuraFila.WebApp.dll
Also a sample Dockerfile can be found in my personal Github account.
Pushing thing to Heroku Container Registry
Open your CLI (Command Line Tool), such as bash or command prompt and execute the following steps.
#first login into heroku CLI
heroku login
#build your docker image
docker build -t rick/furafila:heroku -f Dockerfile.heroku .
#test your docker image. This step it's not necessary
docker run -p 5000:5000 -d -e PORT=5000 rick/furafila:heroku
#tag your docker image
docker tag rick/furafila:heroku registry.heroku.com/rick-furafila/web
By the way, rick/furafila:heroku is the name of my application. Don't forget to replace with yours.
#if you are not logged in into Heroku Container Registry.
heroku container:login
#pushing to Heroku cloud
docker push registry.heroku.com/rick-furafila/web
Releasing it to live
Finally tell Heroku to release it to live environment.
heroku container:release web -a rick-furafila
Now you're free :)