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Overview Deploying .NET Core 8 APIs manually is error-prone. Here’s how to set up a production-grade GitHub Actions pipeline that deploys to Azure App Service with zero downtime on every push to main. Prerequisites Azure App Service (Free or Basic tier) GitHub repository with your .NET Core 8 API Azure Service Principal or Publish Profile The GitHub Actions Workflow Create .github/workflows/deploy.yml: name: Deploy to Azure App Service on: push: branches: [ main ] jobs: build-and-deploy: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Setup .NET uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4 with: dotnet-version: '8.0.x' - name: Restore dependencies run: dotnet restore - name: Build run: dotnet build --configuration Release --no-restore - name: Test run: dotnet test --no-build --verbosity normal - name: Publish run: dotnet publish -c Release -o ./publish - name: Deploy to Azure uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3 with: app-name: ${{ secrets.AZURE_APP_NAME }} publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZURE_PUBLISH_PROFILE }} package: ./publish Setting Up Secrets In GitHub → Settings → Secrets: ...

The Challenge When we started building FleetIQ at Techvia, we had one rule: ship a working MVP in 30 days without compromising on architecture. Here’s how we did it. Tech Stack Decision After evaluating several options, we settled on: Layer Technology Reason Frontend Angular 18 Team expertise, enterprise-grade Backend .NET Core 8 Performance, Azure native Database PostgreSQL Reliability, JSON support AI Claude API Best-in-class reasoning Cloud Azure Existing infrastructure Auth Azure AD B2C Enterprise SSO ready Architecture: Polyrepo Over Monorepo We chose a polyrepo structure early: ...