DevOps Classroom notes 11/Sep/2026

create docker file for nopCommerce

FROM ubuntu:latest

ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
ENV DOTNET_PRINT_TELEMETRY_MESSAGE=false
ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:5000
ENV DOTNET_RUNNING_IN_CONTAINER=true
ENV nop_version=4.90.8
ENV aspnetcore=9.0



# RUN  apt-get update && add-apt-repository ppa:dotnet/backports
# RUN apt-get update
# RUN apt-get install -y aspnetcore-runtime-9.0
# RUN dotnet --list-runtimes
# RUN apt-get install -y wget unzip

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends software-properties-common wget unzip ca-certificates gnupg && \
    add-apt-repository ppa:dotnet/backports && \
    apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends aspnetcore-runtime-9.0 libgdiplus && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

RUN mkdir -p /var/www/nopCommerce

WORKDIR /var/www/nopCommerce

RUN wget https://github.com/nopSolutions/nopCommerce/releases/download/release-${nop_version}/nopCommerce_${nop_version}_NoSource_linux_x64.zip

RUN unzip nopCommerce_${nop_version}_NoSource_linux_x64.zip && rm nopCommerce_${nop_version}_NoSource_linux_x64.zip

RUN mkdir bin logs

RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/nopCommerce
## sudo chgrp -R www-data nopCommerce/
## sudo chown -R www-data nopCommerce/

USER www-data

EXPOSE 5000
#ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "Nop.Web.dll"]
CMD ["dotnet", "Nop.Web.dll"] 

docker build -t nop:1.0

docker network create nopnet
docker run -dit --name nop --network  nopnet -p 5000:5000 nop:1.0

run mysql

docker run -dit --name mysql-container \
  -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-secret-pw \
  --network nopnet \
  -p 3306:3306 \
  -v mysql-data:/var/lib/mysql \
  -d mysql:8.0

open ports in vm

• 5000
• 3306

check portal http://ipadress:5000

next configure mysql nop application

1. select database mysql
2. select connection string

Example:
Data Source=sqlServerName;Initial Catalog=dbName;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=root;Password=my-secret-pw

# replace localhost with ipaddress
Data Source=localhost;Port=3306;Initial Catalog=mysql;User ID=root;Password=my-secret-pw;