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Running in CentOS (Linux)

adriancs edited this page Jan 26, 2022 · 8 revisions

The idea is to build the project in .NET Core.

We can test this out with a simple Console App.

Starts by creating a .net core Console linux project:

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Check the project properties, ensure the project is built with .NET Core framework:

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Install Nuget Package of MySqlBackup.NET (with MySqlConnector):

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Next, is to publish the project for .NET Core (Linux):

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In above example, the Linux compiled binaries are located at:

\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.1\publish\linux-x64

Copy the DLL in above folder and paste it to your CentOS

At the CentOS, make sure that you have installed Dotnet runtime by following command:

sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-<version>

For example:

sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-3.1
sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-5.0

Assume that you have copied your .NET Core DLL files at the following folder:

/home/<username>/testapp

Then you can test out your app with following command:

cd /home/admin/testapp
dotnet ConsoleApp.dll

Here is the sample source code for your referrence:

ConsoleApp2.zip

Run .NET Core App without installing dotnet runtime

Above method requires CentOS to install the dotnet runtime by executing the following command:

sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-3.1
sudo dnf install dotnet-sdk-5.0

But however, the .NET Core App can also be run without installing dotnet runtime, which is by compiling the project into single "self-contained" binary.

Here is the screenshot for publishing the "self-contained" binary:

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Here is the example of how it looks like after publishing, there is only 1 single file:

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Copy the compiled binary to CentOS

At the terminal, browse to the folder that contains the self-contained binary, for example:

cd /home/admin/testapp

Run the app:

./ConsoleApp2

For more information on publishing "self-contained" binary, read more at:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/single-file

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