Challenge 01 - Run the app

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Introduction

With this second challenge you will be able to run the “Rock Paper Scissors Boom” app locally.

Description

• Leveraging Docker & Docker Compose, build and run the app locally. You can use the docker-compose.yaml file in the Resources.zip file.
• Test the app as an end-user and play a game. You can reach the app via http://localhost

Success Criteria

To complete this challenge successfully, you should be able to:

• Make sure docker ps is showing you 2 Docker containers running successfully.
• In your web browser, navigate to the app and play a game, make sure it’s working without any error.

Learning Resources

• SQL Server on Linux
• ASP.NET Core
• Why Docker?
• Docker Compose

Tips

• Look at the docker-compose.yaml file and set a password for the SQL Server container (it is referenced 3 times in the file)
• Run docker compose up --build from the folder where the docker-compose.yaml file is to build & run the Docker images locally.
• You can use the following command to login to the local SQL Server database running in Docker to see the rows inserted by the application after clicking Run the game.

  docker exec rockpaperscissors-sql /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U SA -P "<password>" -d RockPaperScissorsBoom -q "SELECT * FROM [dbo].[GameRecords]
  

• If you get errors in your ASP.NET application, add the following environment variable to your docker-compose.yaml file. "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"