dotnet-aspire-patterns

.NET Aspire orchestration patterns for building cloud-ready distributed applications. Covers AppHost configuration, service discovery, the component model for integrating backing services (databases, caches, message brokers), the Aspire dashboard for local observability, distributed health checks, and when to choose Aspire vs manual container orchestration.

Scope

• AppHost orchestration and distributed application topology
• Service discovery and resource references
• Aspire components for backing services (databases, caches, brokers)
• Aspire dashboard for local traces, logs, and metrics
• Distributed health checks

Out of scope

• Raw Dockerfile authoring and multi-stage builds -- see [skill:dotnet-containers]
• Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and Docker Compose -- see [skill:dotnet-container-deployment]
• OpenTelemetry SDK configuration and custom metrics -- see [skill:dotnet-observability]
• DI service lifetime mechanics -- see [skill:dotnet-csharp-dependency-injection]
• Background service hosting -- see [skill:dotnet-background-services]