---
title: "Running .NET Core 6.0 Applications and Websites on a Raspberry Pi 4B"
description: "This guide explains how to install the .NET 6.0 SDK on a Raspberry Pi 4B, deploy console applications and web apps, and configure services to start automatically on boot using systemd."
canonical_url: "https://blog.markkulab.net/en/post/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app"
author: "Mark Ku"
author_url: "https://blog.markkulab.net/en/author/mark-ku"
site: "Mark Ku's Tech Notes"
date_published: "2022-02-03 01:01:01 +0800"
category: ".NET Core"
tags: ["raspberry pi", "net core", "dotnet", "linux", "systemd", "deployment"]
language: "en"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
license_url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
attribution: "when reusing or quoting, credit the author and link back to the original"
---

# Running .NET Core 6.0 Applications and Websites on a Raspberry Pi 4B

## Running .NET Core 6.0 Applications and Websites on Raspberry Pi 4B

## Environment Setup
### Install .NET Core Dependencies
```
sudo apt install -y libunwind8 libunwind8-dev gettext libicu-dev liblttng-ust-dev libcurl4 libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev uuid-dev unzip libgdiplus libc6-dev libkrb5-3
```
### Download and Unzip the .NET SDK

```
wget https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/1f85b038-9917-4d0a-8485-5dc86510eec7/a7555924fe292c6c2140893f066abe65/dotnet-sdk-6.0.100-linux-arm.tar.gz -O dotnet-sdk-linux-arm.tar.gz --no-check-certificate
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/dotnet && sudo tar zxf dotnet-sdk-linux-arm.tar.gz -C /usr/local/dotnet
```

### Create a Symbolic Link
```
sudo ln -s -f /usr/local/dotnet/dotnet /usr/local/bin
```
P.S. A symbolic link (also called a symlink or soft link) is a type of link file similar to a Windows shortcut.
/usr/local is typically where executable programs are placed. Basically, all of Linux's built-in executables are located here.

### Test dotnet
```
dotnet --version
```
![Raspberry Pi terminal displaying dotnet version 6.0.100](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/uGT1OUa.png)

## Part 1: Running a .NET Core Console Application on Raspberry Pi
### Create a new .NET Core console application project

![New project dialog highlighting C .NET Core console application template](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/nMVJCbK.png)

![Development UI selecting .NET 6.0 for a console application](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/5Y3GiST.png)

### Right-click the project, then Publish > Folder > Finish > Publish

![Publish dialog with Folder option selected](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/c95PUoW.png)

### Xftp is a tool that uses the SSH protocol to quickly upload files to Linux through a UI. To copy your locally built .NET Core application to the Raspberry Pi, you can easily do it with Xftp.
![Xftp file manager showing local and remote .NET Core files](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/bTEL45d.png)
[Xftp download link](https://www.google.com/search?q=xftp+%E4%B8%8B%E8%BC%89&sxsrf=APq-WBvdRrsaGOHymmV8qmpJwXXlfJworA%3A1643711165001&ei=vAr5YZrHPM-fhwO7kKFY&ved=0ahUKEwialemgpd71AhXPz2EKHTtICAsQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=xftp+%E4%B8%8B%E8%BC%89&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQgAEIAEOgcIABBHELADOgQIABBDSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUJcGWJYWYNYWaAFwAngAgAFRiAGcAZIBATKYAQCgAQHIAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz)

### Switch to the newly uploaded .NET Core folder
```
cd NetCoreTest/
```
### Run dotnet ConsoleApp1.dll
![Raspberry Pi terminal running .NET Core 'Hello, World!' application](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/kv3NH1l.png)

## Part 2: Running a .NET Core Website on Raspberry Pi and Registering It as a Service to Start on Boot
### Follow the same steps as for the .NET Core console application to copy the build output of your .NET Core web application to the Raspberry Pi using Xftp.
![New project dialog, ASP.NET Core Web Application template highlighted](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/A6moxXI.png)

![Chinese dialog for new ASP.NET Core web project creation](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/w0hSS3c.png)

![Xftp displaying .NET Core web app files on local and Raspberry Pi](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/4CGAHwG.png)

### Right-click the project, then Publish > Folder > Finish > Publish

![Publish dialog with Folder option highlighted for local deployment](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/c95PUoW.png)

### Switch to the uploaded folder and specify the URL and port number
```
dotnet LetGo.Label.Service.dll  --urls "http://localhost:5100;https://localhost:5101"
```

### Finally, visit the URL
![Web browser showing Let's Go Label Service on localhost:5101](https://blog.markkulab.net/content/markku/posts/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app/images/Lj3zprW.png)

### If you want the application to start automatically on boot, you can register it as a service.
sudo vim /lib/systemd/system/label.service

```
[Unit]
Description=Label Services
After=network.target
Wants=network.target

[Service]
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
ExecStart=dotnet /var/label/LabelService.dll  --urls "http://localhost:5100;https://localhost:5101"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```

### Start the `label` service you just registered
```
sudo systemctl start label.service //啟動 FRP Server 服務
sudo systemctl stop label.service //停止 FRP Server 服務
sudo systemctl restart label.service //重啟 FRP Server 服務
sudo systemctl enable label.service //開機時自動啟動 FRP Server 服務
sudo systemctl disable label.service //開機時不要啟動 FRP Server 服務
sudo systemctl status label.service //查看FRP Server 狀態
sudo systemctl is-failed label.service // 查看失敗狀態
sudo systemctl daemon-reload  // reload service
sudo systemctl status frpc.service
```

## References
[Link](https://www.quarkbook.com/?p=683)

---

## About this article and its author

Originally published on [Mark Ku's Tech Notes](https://blog.markkulab.net/en/post/raspberry-pi-run-net-core-app)

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