• For integration testing use Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost, see here and here for details

Install Concourse CI

• If you get an error like the this, and you're running on Docker for mac v1.13.0, you'll need to downgrade Docker to version 1.12. See here and here.

  docker: Error response from daemon: error creating aufs mount to /var/lib/docker/aufs/mnt/ce858db29abcc2eee80cd7ab8bdf46a96aa66b9c279f2993446937b01d19ae18-init: invalid argument.
  See 'docker run --help'
  

• CF dotnet-core-buildpacks don't support cli RC4, use this fork:

  https://github.com/denissezavala/dotnet-core-buildpack
  

• When deploying a solution that has multiple projects, add a .deployment file to specify the main project:

  [config]
  project = src/TodoList/TodoList.csproj
  

• Specify the app-environment and publish-config in manifest.yml

  ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT: production
  PUBLISH_RELEASE_CONFIG: true
  

• Use steeltoe to connect to CF Services
• Keep local secrets in local settings.json and load it into the config on startup