Creating a Release configuration manifest

[peteraritchie]

Having looked at AddNodeApp (initially via How to include an Angular Project within .NET Aspire), I'm wondering how to generate a Release .NET Aspire manifest. Using AddNodeApp and building a manifest, I can get a manifest that contains the npm resource, but the env/NODE_ENV is always "development.". I've tried setting the configuration for MSBuild:

dotnet run -configuration Release --project AspireSample.AppHost\AspireSample.AppHost.csproj -- --configuration Release --publisher manifest --output-path aspire-manifest.json

...and for the app:

dotnet run --project AspireSample.AppHost\AspireSample.AppHost.csproj -- --publisher manifest --configuration Release --output-path aspire-manifest.json

But both produce a manifest containing "development".

What am I missing?

[DamianEdwards]

Try generating the manifest using the MSBuild target rather than dotnet run perhaps? e.g. dotnet msbuild -t:GenerateAspireManifest

[peteraritchie]

Hmm, the default (with no other options, which I expect to default to Debug), results in a production manifest output to the Debug output directory. If I include configuration environment e.g., dotnet msbuild -t:GenerateAspireManifest -property:Configuration=Debug it still generates a production manifest to the Debug output directory. A Release configuration does output a release manifest to the Release output directory (e.g., dotnet msbuild -t:GenerateAspireManifest -property:Configuration=Release.)

[DamianEdwards]

The concept of build configurations and environments (development, production) are independent and not tied together directly. The dotnet run command will select the first launch profile from the launchSettings.json and honor whatever environment variables are configured in there, which by default includes setting the environment to "Development". dotnet run also defaults to using the Debug build configuration. dotnet msbuild doesn't use launch profiles so the default environment of "Production" will be used.

[peteraritchie]

Very helpful, thanks @DamianEdwards !