Deploying ASP.NET Core Applications: From Fundamentals to Advanced Deployment Strategies

Introduction

• Supercharge your ASP.NET deployment strategy
• What you should know

1. Introduction to ASP.NET Application Deployments

• Understanding the deployment landscape
• Deployment environments
• Building and packaging for deployment
• Dependency management
• Deployment tools and processes
• Deployment best practices

2. Deploying to On-Premises Servers

• Internet Information Services (IIS) setup and configuration
• Preparing your ASP.NET applications for deployment
• Creating and configuring a website in IIS
• Application pool configuration
• Testing and troubleshooting

3. Deploying to Cloud Platforms: Azure

• Introduction to Azure deployment
• Azure App Service deployment: Part 1
• Azure App Service deployment: Part 2
• Configuring networking and security for Azure application services
• Managing application secrets in Azure
• Monitoring and diagnostics with Azure Application Insights

4. Deploying to Cloud Platforms: AWS

• Introduction to AWS deployment
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk deployment for ASP.NET applications
• Deploying applications to AWS
• Configuring networking and security for AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Managing application secrets on AWS

5. Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment

• Introduction to CI/CD pipelines
• Setting up CI with GitHub Actions
• Setting up CD with GitHub Actions and Azure
• Setting up CI/CD for other branches
• Automating to CI/CD pipelines

6. Docker Deployments

• Introduction to Docker and containerization
• Containerizing ASP.NET Core applications
• Building and pushing Docker images with Visual Studio
• Building and pushing Docker images with Command Prompt: Part 1
• Building and pushing Docker images with Command Prompt: Part 2
• Deploying Docker images to Docker hosts

7. Advanced Deployment Strategies

• Blue-green deployments
• Canary releases
• Rollback and recovery strategies
• Deployment automation and orchestration
• Implementing caching and content delivery networks (CDNs)

Conclusion

• Next steps