dotnet-core-runtime

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Dotnet Core Runtime Cloud Native Buildpack

The Dotnet Core Runtime CNB provides a version of the Dotnet Core Runtime and sets the initial $DOTNET_ROOT location.

Integration

The Dotnet Core Runtime CNB provides dotnet-runtime as a dependency. Downstream buildpacks, like Dotnet Core Build, Dotnet Core ASPNet and Dotnet Core SDK can require the dotnet-runtime dependency by generating a Build Plan TOML file that looks like the following:

[[requires]]

  # The name of the Dotnet Core Runtime dependency is "dotnet-runtime". This value is considered
  # part of the public API for the buildpack and will not change without a plan
  # for deprecation.
  name = "dotnet-runtime"

  # The version of the Dotnet Core Runtime dependency is not required. In the case it
  # is not specified, the buildpack will provide the default version, which can
  # be seen in the buildpack.toml file.
  # If you wish to request a specific version, the buildpack supports
  # specifying a semver constraint in the form of "3.*", "3.1.*", or even
  # "3.1.1".
  version = "3.1.1"

  # The Dotnet Core Runtime buildpack supports some non-required metadata options.
  [requires.metadata]

    # Setting the build flag to true will ensure that the Dotnet Core Runtime
    # dependency is available to subsequent buildpacks during their build phase.
    # Currently we do not recommend having your application directly interface with
    # the runtimes instead use the dotnet-core-sdk. However,
    # if you are writing a buildpack that needs to use the dotnet core runtime during
    # its build process, this flag should be set to true.
    build = true

    # Setting the launch flag to true will ensure that the Dotnet Core Runtime
    # dependency is available on the $DOTNET_ROOT for the running application. If you are
    # writing an application that needs to run Dotnet Core Runtime at runtime, this flag should
    # be set to true.
    launch = true

Specifying runtime versions

Self contained applications & Framework dependent applications

Be aware that specifying a dotnet runtime version for both framework dependent deployments and self contained deployments may result in errors if the selected runtimes do not match those used to build the application.

Source based applications

We do not recommend specifying a runtime version for source based workflows. Doing so could result in an incompatibility between the dotnet-sdk and it's internal dotnet-runtime.

Usage

To package this buildpack for consumption

$ ./scripts/package.sh

This builds the buildpack's Go source using GOOS=linux by default. You can supply another value as the first argument to package.sh.

buildpack.yml Configurations

dotnet-framework:
  # this allows you to specify a version constaint for the dotnet-runtime dependency
  # any valid semver constaints (e.g. 2.* and 2.1.*) are also acceptable
  version: "2.1.14"