From 8a5d55fc2af40f1b9e91c7535a11b790787746ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Khwezi Mngoma <khwezi@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 00:16:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Refactored docker files to overcome the individually targeted
 project files

---
 src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api/Dockerfile   | 23 ++++++++++++-------
 src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin/Dockerfile       | 22 +++++++++++-------
 .../Dockerfile                                | 19 +++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api/Dockerfile b/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api/Dockerfile
index 1a78e80..1727109 100644
--- a/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api/Dockerfile
@@ -6,16 +6,23 @@ EXPOSE 443
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0 AS build
 ARG TARGETARCH
 WORKDIR /src
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.SqlServer/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.SqlServer.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.SqlServer/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.PostgreSQL/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.PostgreSQL.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.PostgreSQL/"]
 
-RUN dotnet restore "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api.csproj"
+# 1. Copy the master solution file and structural project footprints.
+# Wildcard matching reads everything cleanly into the build cache layer.
+COPY LiteCharmsSecurity.sln ./
+COPY src/*/*.csproj ./
+COPY src/ ./src/
+# Clean up duplicate files dropped into the root context by the wildcard copy
+RUN rm -f *.csproj
 
+# 2. Restore the entire solution using the global solution profile
+RUN dotnet restore "LiteCharmsSecurity.sln"
+
+# 3. Bring in the rest of your implementation logic code files
 COPY . .
-WORKDIR "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api"
+
+# 4. Target your specific Admin API project path for Compilation & Publishing
+WORKDIR "/src/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api"
 RUN dotnet build "LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api.csproj" -c Release -o /app/build
 
 FROM build AS publish
@@ -25,4 +32,4 @@ FROM base AS final
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
 ENV ASPNETCORE_FORWARDEDHEADERS_ENABLED=true
-ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api.dll"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.Api.dll"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin/Dockerfile b/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin/Dockerfile
index cbfc2cc..dbb35f5 100644
--- a/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin/Dockerfile
@@ -11,22 +11,28 @@ ENV DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1 \
     NUGET_XMLDOC_MODE=skip
 WORKDIR /src
 
+# Bring over Node & NPM runtimes for administrative UI asset packaging steps
 COPY --from=node /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
 COPY --from=node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /usr/local/lib/node_modules
 RUN ln -s /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js /usr/local/bin/npm \
     && npm install -g npm@latest \
     && node --version && npm --version
 
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.PostgreSQL/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.PostgreSQL.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.PostgreSQL/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.SqlServer/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.SqlServer.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.SqlServer/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared/"]
+# 1. Copy the master solution file and project structures for build cache retention
+COPY LiteCharmsSecurity.sln ./
+COPY src/*/*.csproj ./
+COPY src/ ./src/
+# Clean up duplicate files dropped into the root context by the wildcard copy
+RUN rm -f *.csproj
 
-RUN dotnet restore "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.csproj"
+# 2. Restore the entire solution cleanly via public NuGet paths
+RUN dotnet restore "LiteCharmsSecurity.sln"
 
+# 3. Pull in the remaining implementation files
 COPY . .
-WORKDIR "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin"
+
+# 4. Navigate into your specific Admin UI directory context for assembly compilation
+WORKDIR "/src/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin"
 RUN dotnet build "LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.csproj" -c Release -o /app/build
 
 FROM build AS publish
@@ -36,4 +42,4 @@ FROM base AS final
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
 ENV ASPNETCORE_FORWARDEDHEADERS_ENABLED=true
-ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.dll"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.dll"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity/Dockerfile b/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity/Dockerfile
index 8c9f1bd..95d4e6a 100644
--- a/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity/Dockerfile
@@ -6,14 +6,23 @@ EXPOSE 443
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0 AS build
 ARG TARGETARCH
 WORKDIR /src
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared/"]
-COPY ["src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared.csproj", "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.Shared/"]
 
-RUN dotnet restore "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity.csproj"
+# 1. Copy the master solution file and the entire project directory structures 
+# but ONLY copy the .csproj files. This keeps the Docker layer cache completely optimization-friendly.
+COPY LiteCharmsSecurity.sln ./
+COPY src/*/*.csproj ./
+COPY src/ ./src/
+# Clean up duplicate files dropped into the root context by the wildcard copy
+RUN rm -f *.csproj
 
+# 2. Restore the entire solution cleanly using the global workspace cache
+RUN dotnet restore "LiteCharmsSecurity.sln"
+
+# 3. Bring in the rest of your implementation code files now that the packages are fully cached
 COPY . .
-WORKDIR "src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity"
+
+# 4. Target your specific project execution path for Compilation & Publishing
+WORKDIR "/src/src/LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity"
 RUN dotnet build "LiteCharmsSecurity.STS.Identity.csproj" -c Release -o /app/build
 
 FROM build AS publish