In this post I describe how I converted the deployment method of the mailing-list manager lismonk from a docker-compose.yml file to an Aspire app host project

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This post details the conversion of a docker-compose.yml file for the mailing-list manager listmonk into a .NET Aspire app host project. The transition aims to simplify local development and artifact generation for deployment. The author provides a step-by-step guide to model the services in .NET Aspire, install prerequisites, and utilize Aspire integrations and parameters for configuration. The post concludes with exporting the Aspire app host back to a docker-compose.yml file to compare results.

Converting a docker-compose file to .NET Aspire

Publishing the app host as a docker-compose.yml file

<p>I will die on the hill of saying, aspire is a technical debt waiting to happen. its a fancy wrapper of docker-compose and its a proxy to lock you into .net and azure. Save your future self some pain and stick with docker compose.</p>
