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ASP.NET 2.0 WebForms

A simple ASP.NET 2.0 WebForms application. This sample demonstrates injecting a Web.config file into an application by way of a ConfigMap.

On Windows workers volumes can only be mounted on directories rather than also onto files so there was no way to inject the Web.config directly into the application directory (a requirement for ASP.NET web apps). Instead, the ConfigMap is mounted to C:\config and the Web.config is then copied into the application BEFORE IIS starts, thus not causing an application restart.

Dockerfile

The Dockerfile assume that you’ve published the application to the bin\Release\Publish folder, and also assumes that your solution is named WebConfigConfigMap and is placed at the same level as the Dockerfile.

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/framework/aspnet:3.5
SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]

EXPOSE 80

COPY run.cmd /

WORKDIR /inetpub/wwwroot
COPY WebConfigConfigMap/WebConfigConfigMap/bin/Release/Publish/bin/* ./bin/
COPY WebConfigConfigMap/WebConfigConfigMap/bin/Release/Publish/* ./

ENTRYPOINT [ "c:\\run.cmd" ]

run.cmd entrypoint

This is the custom entrypoint for the application. It’s responsible for copying the config into the application’s directory.

IF EXIST "C:\config\Web.config" (
  COPY /Y C:\config\Web.config C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Web.config
) 

C:\ServiceMonitor.exe w3svc

Kubernetes configmap.yml

The ConfigMap containing our cloudy Web.config is located in configmap.yml. As is the case with all ConfigMaps this must be created before the deployment. Alternatively the spec for the ConfigMap could be included into the same YAML file as the deployment.

kind: ConfigMap  
apiVersion: v1  
metadata:  
  name: webconfigconfigmap-web-config  
  labels:  
    app: webconfigconfigmap   
data:  
  Web.config: |  
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <configuration>
      <appSettings>
        <add key="ConfigPulledFrom" value="a K8s ConfigMap"/>
      </appSettings>
      <connectionStrings/>
      <system.web>
      </system.web>
    </configuration>

Kubernetes manifest.yml

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
      app: webconfigconfigmap
  name: webconfigconfigmap
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: webconfigconfigmap
      name: webconfigconfigmap
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: webapp
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        image: <DOCKER_CONTAINER_REPO/DOCKER_CONTAINER_IMAGE:tag here>
        volumeMounts:
          - name: config-volume
            mountPath: /config/
      volumes:
      - name: config-volume
        configMap:
          name: webconfigconfigmap-web-config
      tolerations:
      - key: "windows"
        operator: "Exists"
        effect: "NoSchedule"
      nodeSelector:
        beta.kubernetes.io/os: windows
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: webconfigconfigmap
  labels:
    app: webconfigconfigmap
spec:
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 80
  selector:
    app: webconfigconfigmap
  type: NodePort

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