Guidance required for Self-Hosting Aspire (.NET 10) on a Linux VPS

[shefat2002]

I am currently developing a distributed application using .NET 10 and .NET Aspire. My architecture consists of an ApiService, a Web frontend (Blazor), and integrations with Redis and PostgreSQL via the AppHost.

The Goal

I aim to deploy this solution to a personal Linux VPS (Ubuntu/Debian) using Docker/Docker Compose. I am specifically looking for a self-hosted solution and do not wish to deploy to Azure Container Apps (ACA) or AWS at this stage.

Current Obstacles

1. Tooling Compatibility: I attempted to use the community tool Aspirate (Aspir8) to generate a docker-compose manifest. However, as I am running .NET 10, the tool currently fails due to version incompatibilities/preview status.

2. Manual Configuration: I understand that I can generate a manifest using dotnet run --publisher manifest, but manually mapping this JSON output to a production-ready docker-compose.yml (handling networking, connection strings, and service discovery manually) is error-prone and complex.

Questions

1. Is there an official recommended workflow or "paved path" for deploying Aspire solutions to a raw Linux VPS using Docker Compose, without relying on third-party tools like Aspirate?

2. Are there any plans to include a native docker-compose publisher in the Aspire CLI for scenarios where Kubernetes or Cloud-specific orchestrators are overkill?

3. Given the .NET 10 environment, is there a specific manual deployment strategy you would recommend to bridge the gap until tooling catches up?

Any documentation, examples, or guidance on correctly bridging the AppHost configuration to a manual Docker deployment would be greatly appreciated.

Environment Details:

SDK: .NET 10 Preview
OS: Linux VPS
Components: Redis, PostgreSQL, ASP.NET Core API, Blazor Web

Thank you for your time and assistance.

[davidfowl]

Have you looked at the new aspire documentation?

There’s a deploy your first app tutorial that deploys to your local docker setup https://aspire.dev/get-started/deploy-first-app/?lang=csharp

if you want to deploy over ssh to a Linux VPS with docker then I’d recommend https://github.com/davidfowl/aspire-ssh-deploy

There’s a GitHub template here https://github.com/davidfowl/aspire-docker-ssh-template

if you want a more manual set of instructions, it’d be possible as well (as long as you express what systems you are targeting).