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Frontend Backend sample with tye run
This tutorial will demonstrate how to use tye run
to run a multi-project application. If you haven't so already, follow the Getting Started Instructions to install tye.
Running a single application with tye run
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Make a new folder called
microservice
and navigate to it:mkdir microservice cd microservice
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Create a frontend project:
dotnet new razor -n frontend
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Run this new project with
tye
command line:tye run frontend
With just a single application, tye will do two things: start the frontend application and run a dashboard. Navigate to http://localhost:8000 to see the dashboard running.
The dashboard should show the
frontend
application running.- The
Logs
column has a link to view the streaming logs for the service. - the
Bindings
column has links to the listening URLs of the service.
Navigate to the
frontend
service using one of the urls on the dashboard in the Bindings column. It should be in the form of http://localhost:[port] or https://localhost:[port].The dashboard will use port 8000 if possible. Services written using ASP.NET Core will have their listening ports assigned randomly if not explicitly configured.
- The
Running multiple applications with tye run
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If you haven't already, stop the existing
tye run
command usingCtrl + C
. Create a backend API that the frontend will call inside of themicroservices/
folder.dotnet new webapi -n backend
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Create a solution file and add both projects
dotnet new sln dotnet sln add frontend backend
You should have a solution called
microservice.sln
that references thefrontend
andbackend
projects. -
Run the
tye
command line in the folder with the solution.tye run
The dashboard should show both the
frontend
andbackend
services. You can navigate to both of them through either the dashboard of the url outputted bytye run
.⚠️ The
backend
service in this example was created using thewebapi
project template and will return an HTTP 404 for its root URL.
Getting the frontend to communicate with the backend
Now that we have two applications running, let's make them communicate. By default, tye
enables service discovery by injecting environment variables with a specific naming convention. For more information on, see service discovery.
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If you haven't already, stop the existing
tye run
command usingCtrl + C
. Open the solution in your editor of choice. -
Add a file
WeatherForecast.cs
to thefrontend
project.using System; namespace frontend { public class WeatherForecast { public DateTime Date { get; set; } public int TemperatureC { get; set; } public int TemperatureF => 32 + (int)(TemperatureC / 0.5556); public string Summary { get; set; } } }
This will match the backend
WeatherForecast.cs
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Add a file
WeatherClient.cs
to thefrontend
project with the following contents:using System.Net.Http; using System.Text.Json; using System.Threading.Tasks; namespace frontend { public class WeatherClient { private readonly JsonSerializerOptions options = new JsonSerializerOptions() { PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true, PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase, }; private readonly HttpClient client; public WeatherClient(HttpClient client) { this.client = client; } public async Task<WeatherForecast[]> GetWeatherAsync() { var responseMessage = await this.client.GetAsync("/weatherforecast"); var stream = await responseMessage.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync(); return await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<WeatherForecast[]>(stream, options); } } }
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Add a reference to the
Microsoft.Tye.Extensions.Configuration
package to the frontend projectdotnet add frontend/frontend.csproj package Microsoft.Tye.Extensions.Configuration --version "0.4.0-*"
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Now register this client in
frontend
by adding the following to the existingConfigureServices
method to the existingStartup.cs
file:... public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { services.AddRazorPages(); /** Add the following to wire the client to the backend **/ services.AddHttpClient<WeatherClient>(client => { client.BaseAddress = Configuration.GetServiceUri("backend"); }); /** End added code **/ } ...
This will wire up the
WeatherClient
to use the correct URL for thebackend
service. -
Add a
Forecasts
property to theIndex
page model underPages\Index.cshtml.cs
in thefrontend
project.... public WeatherForecast[] Forecasts { get; set; } ...
Change the
OnGet
method to take theWeatherClient
to call thebackend
service and store the result in theForecasts
property:... public async Task OnGet([FromServices]WeatherClient client) { Forecasts = await client.GetWeatherAsync(); } ...
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Change the
Index.cshtml
razor view to render theForecasts
property in the razor page:@page @model IndexModel @{ ViewData["Title"] = "Home page"; } <div class="text-center"> <h1 class="display-4">Welcome</h1> <p>Learn about <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/aspnet/core">building Web apps with ASP.NET Core</a>.</p> </div> Weather Forecast: <table class="table"> <thead> <tr> <th>Date</th> <th>Temp. (C)</th> <th>Temp. (F)</th> <th>Summary</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> @foreach (var forecast in @Model.Forecasts) { <tr> <td>@forecast.Date.ToShortDateString()</td> <td>@forecast.TemperatureC</td> <td>@forecast.TemperatureF</td> <td>@forecast.Summary</td> </tr> } </tbody> </table>
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Run the project with
tye run
and thefrontend
service should be able to successfully call thebackend
service!When you visit the
frontend
service you should see a table of weather data. This data was produced randomly in thebackend
service. The fact that you're seeing it in a web UI in thefrontend
means that the services are able to communicate. Unfortunately, this doesn't work out of the box on Linux right now due to how self-signed certificates are handled, please see the workaround below
Next Steps
Now that you are able to run a multi-project application with tye run
, move on to the next step (deploy) to learn how to deploy this application to Kubernetes.
Troubleshooting
Certificate is invalid exception on Linux
dotnet dev-certs ...
doesn't fully work on Linux so you need to generate and trust your own certificate.
Generate the certificate
# See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55485511/how-to-run-dotnet-dev-certs-https-trust
# for more details
cat << EOF > localhost.conf
[req]
default_bits = 2048
default_keyfile = localhost.key
distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name
req_extensions = req_ext
x509_extensions = v3_ca
[req_distinguished_name]
commonName = Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name)
commonName_default = localhost
commonName_max = 64
[req_ext]
subjectAltName = @alt_names
[v3_ca]
subjectAltName = @alt_names
basicConstraints = critical, CA:false
keyUsage = keyCertSign, cRLSign, digitalSignature,keyEncipherment
[alt_names]
DNS.1 = localhost
DNS.2 = 127.0.0.1
EOF
# Generate certificate from config
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout localhost.key -out localhost.crt \
-config localhost.conf
# Export pfx
openssl pkcs12 -export -out localhost.pfx -inkey localhost.key -in localhost.crt
# Import CA as trusted
sudo cp localhost.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/
sudo update-ca-certificates
# Validate the certificate
openssl verify localhost.crt
Once you have this working, copy localhost.pfx
into the backend
directory, then add the following
to appsettings.json
{
...
"Kestrel": {
"Certificates": {
"Default": {
"Path": "localhost.pfx",
"Password": ""
}
}
}
}
You may still get an untrusted warning with your browser but it will work with dotnet.