How to deploy or share code-first project with Entity Framework-CodePudding

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My concern is that I generated my database with an already running SQL Server agent and such, then I used EF to update the database so this raises a few questions:

What does my peer need to install in their computer to run my project?

What do I need to do to generate .exe's to run the project in some other machine?

Is there a free way to deploy this into Azure or some other cloud environment?

Thanks.

CodePudding user response：

1- Your friend needs to have visual studio with the correct version of .net on his computer, and a running SQL Server instance (local or remote).

2- If you want your project to run on someone else's machine without the hassle of running an SQL Server instance, you could use EF's InMemoryDatabase (there are some limitations but works on small projects). I'm not an expert but I thing you could also use a docker image for your api database.

3- There are plenty of cloud providers that offer free or cheap hosting plans. Azure can be free for some students, but is a paid service otherwise.

CodePudding user response：

You can make new Azure account and use the free starting bonus(like 50$) to deploy your app with your database on. I deploy in Azure my apps for the same reason and I pay 5$ a mount(because I used already the bonus) for the app and database together. Just need to make your subscription plan carefully. So everyone can open and operate your application from everywhere.

You have direct connection for publishing to Azure from Visual Studio.

You can use some from many guides in YouTube for the direct deployment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOG4yp7Zmrc