PCF Application Service (PAS) Base Demo for .NET CORE

Base application to demonstrate PCF PAS on .NET Core

Credits and contributions

This is a .NET CORE port of the original ERS demo app for Java Spring https://github.com/Pivotal-Field-Engineering/pcf-ers-demo

Introduction

This base application is intended to demonstrate some of the basic functionality of PCF PAS:

• PCF api, target, login, and push
• PCF environment variables
• Scaling, self-healing, router and load balancing
• RDBMS service and application auto-configuration
• Blue green deployments

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Cloud Foundry CLI
• Git Client
• .NET Core SDK

Building

$ git clone [REPO]
$ cd [REPO]
$ dotnet publish -o ../publish src/pcf-ers-dotnetcore-demo.csproj

To run the application locally

The application is set to use an embedded SQLite database in non-PaaS environments, and to take advantage of Pivotal CF's auto-configuration for services. To use a MySQL Dev service in PCF, simply create and bind a service to the app and restart the app. No additional configuration is necessary when running locally or in Pivotal CF.

In Pivotal CF, it is assumed that a Pivotal MySQL service will be used.

$ dotnet run --project src/pcf-ers-dotnetcore-demo.csproj

Then go to the http://localhost:5000 in your browser

Running on Cloud Foundry

Take a look at the manifest file for the recommended setting. Adjust them as per your environment.

Labs/Demo Scripts summary

We have a Labs folder to help you learn PCF. These labs can be used for workshops or self-training.