docker-patterns

You orchestrate an ASP.NET Core API with PostgreSQL and Redis using Docker Compose by defining multi-stage Dockerfiles, service health checks with depends_on conditions, and non-root runtime hardening to ensure reliable local development and safer container deployments.

Docker Compose health checks and depends_on conditions ensure reliable multi-service orchestration by preventing your ASP.NET Core API from starting until PostgreSQL and Redis pass their designated health checks, avoiding connection failures during local development.

Configuring a non-root runtime user in a Docker container for .NET applications involves applying hardened runtime configuration in your multi-stage Dockerfile, ensuring safer container deployments by preventing the ASP.NET Core process from executing with root privileges.

The best way to manage dev and prod Docker Compose overrides is using separate override files with appropriate file exclusions to maintain a clean build context, enabling dev hot-reload bind mounts while keeping production containerization secure and optimized.

Yes, Docker Compose supports a one-shot migrations service profile for .NET APIs by leveraging service profiles to execute database migrations independently, ensuring your PostgreSQL schema is updated before the main ASP.NET Core application container starts.

You need a .dockerignore file when building Docker images to maintain a clean build context, which directly reduces final image size and decreases build time by excluding unnecessary files from being sent to the Docker daemon during the multi-stage build process.