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Setup

dotnet monitor is available via two different distribution mechanisms:

• As a .NET Core global tool; and
• As a container image available via the Microsoft Container Registry (MCR)

.NET Core global tool

The dotnet monitor global tool requires a .NET 3.1 or newer SDK installed as a pre-requisite. If you do not have a new enough SDK, you can install a new one from the Download .NET webpage.

You can download the latest version using the following command:

dotnet tool install -g dotnet-monitor

If you already have dotnet monitor installed and want to update:

dotnet tool update -g dotnet-monitor

Container image

You can pull the latest image using the following command:

docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/monitor

Working with CI builds

In addition to public previews, we also publish last-known-good (LKG) builds for the next release of dotnet monitor.

The LKG build of dotnet monitor is available on a private package feed. You can download the latest prerelease version of the .NET global tool using the following command:

dotnet tool install -g dotnet-monitor --add-source https://dnceng.pkgs.visualstudio.com/public/_packaging/dotnet-tools/nuget/v3/index.json --prerelease

If you already have dotnet monitor installed and want to update:

dotnet tool update -g dotnet-monitor --add-source https://dnceng.pkgs.visualstudio.com/public/_packaging/dotnet-tools/nuget/v3/index.json --prerelease

The LKG build of dotnet monitor is also available as a container image. You can pull the image using the following command:

docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/nightly/monitor

Official Releases and Previews

The official releases and previews are:

• Documented on the Releases page.
• Announced on the GitHub Releases tab.
• Published to nuget.org.
• Published to the Microsoft Container Registry (tag list).