Visualstudio-docs: Is it possible to remote debug a asp.net core app running on Azure App Service on Linux?

[pwen090]

I am not finding any documentation so maybe it is not possible and that could be mentioned somewhere?

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• Content: Remote Debug ASP.NET Core on IIS and Azure - Visual Studio
• Content Source: docs/debugger/remote-debugging-azure.md
• Product: visual-studio-windows
• Technology: vs-ide-debug
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[msebolt]

@pwen090 Thank you for the feedback, assigning this to the author.

In the meantime, please check out this blog post.

[Mikejo5000]

@poppastring Mark, do you have any recommendations here?

[poppastring]

@Mikejo5000
For Linux based app service we do not have a built in solution like we do for Windows app services (as the customer provides their own container).

For debugging an app service the important part is getting an SSH port exposed (as noted in the previous article). With that set up they should be able to attach using the ssh connection type. One of our devs also wrote up a blog post here.

[pwen090]

Hey thanks, just to clarify we were using the default Azure App Service on Linux which provides its own default container vs. us using a custom one. Sounds like for that default setup there is no easy remote debug like their is for Windows but rather a process by which you have to securely setup your own container, ssh debugging etc... Which is cool, we just wanted to make sure we were not missing something and that the remote debug support of Azure App Service for Linux vs. Windows is not apples to apples at the moment. For now just going to stick with Windows App Service. thank you for the help!

[tiagoefreitas]

Any updates on remote debugging with the default .net core linux container?

[jcageman]

Would also like an update on this. I've tried but sofar unable to connect via ssh to a default container with vs2019 debugger