dev-containers.md

Overview

The Visual Studio Code Dev Containers extension lets you use a Docker container as a full-featured development environment. It delivers all tooling required to deploy the application enivrionment and deploy the application code. For more information on Dev Containers, please refer to this tutorial

Pre-requisites

• Docker
  • If using Windows Subsystem for Linux, docker needs to be inside WSL
  • If using Windows, Docker for Desktop needs to be installed
• Visual Studio Code
  • Visual Code for the Web can not be used. There is an issue deploying Azure AD resources when using DevContainers.
• Dev Container Extenstion

NOTE: Access to a Github Codespace fullfills all the pre-requisites

Dev Container Setup

1. git clone https://github.com/Azure/reliable-web-app-pattern-dotnet
2. Open the folder reliable-web-app-pattern-dotnet in Visual Studio Code
3. A prompt to open the folder in Dev Containers will appear in the lower right.
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4. Click Reopen in Container
5. The container will start to build
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6. When the container is built, open a new shell in the upper right hand corner of the integrated terminal
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7. Confirm that azd and az bicep are install correctly
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8. Continue on deploying the environment as before.
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