# STAGE 1: Build FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build WORKDIR /src # expose ports ENV ASPNETCORE_HTTP_PORTS=8081 EXPOSE 8081 # 1. Copy the .sln and .csproj files first to restore dependencies # This makes builds faster by caching the 'restore' layer COPY ["SampleApi/SampleApi.csproj", "SampleApi/"] RUN dotnet restore "SampleApi/SampleApi.csproj" # 2. Copy the rest of the code COPY . . # 3. Publish to a FLAT directory # We use -o /app/publish and ensure no extra subfolders are created RUN dotnet publish "SampleApi/SampleApi.csproj" \ -c Release \ -o /app/publish \ --no-restore \ /p:UseAppHost=false # STAGE 2: Runtime FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:8.0 WORKDIR /app # Copy the contents directly COPY --from=build /app/publish . # DEBUG: This will print the contents of /app during the build. # If SampleApi.dll isn't in this list, the build will stop here. RUN ls -la /app # Set the environment to listen on the port you mapped in Compose ENV ASPNETCORE_HTTP_PORTS=8081 ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "SampleApi.dll"]