Statements to generate a .NET Aspire manifest do not work.

[christiannagel]

Type of issue

Code doesn't work

Description

The first step on generating a manifest should use the option -o instead of -n.

Instead of this:

dotnet new aspire-starter --use-redis-cache `
    -n AspireApp && `
    cd AspireApp

This should be used:

dotnet new aspire-starter --use-redis-cache `
    -o AspireApp && `
    cd AspireApp

The option -n uses the name and creates multiple directories. for every project. The option -o creates a new folder. The next statement cd AspireApp doesn't work in the first version.

The next step uses dotnet build instead of dotnet run.

Instead of this:

dotnet build --project AspireApp.AppHost\AspireApp.AppHost.csproj `
    -- `
    --publisher manifest `
    --output-path aspire-manifest.json

This should be used:

dotnet run --project AspireApp.AppHost\AspireApp.AppHost.csproj `
    -- `
    --publisher manifest `
    --output-path aspire-manifest.json

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/deployment/manifest-format

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs-aspire/blob/main/docs/deployment/manifest-format.md

Document Version Independent Id

22b9550d-dc9b-0b07-2193-b3a8fa4fca64

Article author

@IEvangelist

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Associated WorkItem - 209072

[IEvangelist]

Hey @mitchdenny - did this change in preview-2? I recall testing the article when you originally authored it.

[mitchdenny]

Thanks for reporting. We'll get this fixed up