Learning Windows Server Containers

Connecting the dots

Up to this point we have created three individual files called Dockerfile, DockerTask.ps1, and Install-DotNetCore.ps1. The following steps connect these files with the Visual Studio build and publish process:

1. Open project.json from the MusicStore project and add the following line under the scripts section. This line invokes the DockerTask.ps1 with a build flag after successful compilation. It extends the Visual Studio build step to create a Docker image using the Windows Server Core base OS image every time the project is successfully compiled:

       "postcompile": [ "powershell ./Docker/DockerTask.ps1       -Build -ProjectName '%project:Name%' -Configuration        '%compile:Configuration%' -Version '1.0.0'" ]

This could be a time-consuming ...