Chapter 4. Environment variables for .NET 8.0

DOTNET_STARTUP_PROJECT

Selects the project to run. This must be a project file (for example, csproj or fsproj) or a folder containing a single project file.

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DOTNET_ASSEMBLY_NAME

Selects the assembly to run. This must not include the .dll extension. Set this to the output assembly name specified in csproj (PropertyGroup/AssemblyName).

The name of the csproj file

DOTNET_PUBLISH_READYTORUN

When set to true, the application will be compiled ahead of time. This reduces startup time by reducing the amount of work the JIT needs to perform when the application is loading.

false

DOTNET_RESTORE_SOURCES

Specifies the space-separated list of NuGet package sources used during the restore operation. This overrides all of the sources specified in the NuGet.config file. This variable cannot be combined with DOTNET_RESTORE_CONFIGFILE.

DOTNET_RESTORE_CONFIGFILE

Specifies a NuGet.Config file to be used for restore operations. This variable cannot be combined with DOTNET_RESTORE_SOURCES.

DOTNET_TOOLS

Specifies a list of .NET tools to install before building the app. It is possible to install a specific version by post pending the package name with @<version>.

DOTNET_NPM_TOOLS

Specifies a list of NPM packages to install before building the application.

DOTNET_TEST_PROJECTS

Specifies the list of test projects to test. This must be project files or folders containing a single project file. dotnet test is invoked for each item.

DOTNET_CONFIGURATION

Runs the application in Debug or Release mode. This value should be either Release or Debug.

Release

DOTNET_VERBOSITY

Specifies the verbosity of the dotnet build commands. When set, the environment variables are printed at the start of the build. This variable can be set to one of the msbuild verbosity values (q[uiet], m[inimal], n[ormal], d[etailed], and diag[nostic]).

HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY

Configures the HTTP or HTTPS proxy used when building and running the application, respectively.

DOTNET_RM_SRC

When set to true, the source code will not be included in the image.

DOTNET_SSL_DIRS

Deprecated: Use SSL_CERT_DIR instead

SSL_CERT_DIR

Specifies a list of folders or files with additional SSL certificates to trust. The certificates are trusted by each process that runs during the build and all processes that run in the image after the build (including the application that was built). The items can be absolute paths (starting with /) or paths in the source repository (for example, certificates).

NPM_MIRROR

Uses a custom NPM registry mirror to download packages during the build process.

ASPNETCORE_URLS

This variable is set to http://*:8080 to configure ASP.NET Core to use the port exposed by the image. Changing this is not recommended.

http://*:8080

DOTNET_RESTORE_DISABLE_PARALLEL

When set to true, disables restoring multiple projects in parallel. This reduces restore timeout errors when the build container is running with low CPU limits.

false

DOTNET_INCREMENTAL

When set to true, the NuGet packages will be kept so they can be re-used for an incremental build.

false

DOTNET_PACK

When set to true, creates a tar.gz file at /opt/app-root/app.tar.gz that contains the published application.