How to deploy .NET Core Web API with Swagger using Visual Studio

This article contains steps how to publish ASP.NET Core Web API with Swagger support using Visual Studio.

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1. Initial Setup
   Create new website from our hosting Control panel.

2. Create Project in Visual Studio
   Select ASP.NET Core Web API project and click to Next.

Fill and select additional informations and click to Create.

3. Enable Swagger in Production environment
   If you want Swagger to be available after publishing API to Website, you need comment this condition:

if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())

Result can be like this:

// Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
//if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
//{
    // Swagger will be available also on production hosting
    app.UseSwagger();
    app.UseSwaggerUI();
//}

4. Download WebDeploy publish profile
   First you need activate WebDeploy account in our hosting Control panel and then download WebDeploy publishing profile (.publishSettings).

5. Prepare publish Project
   Right-click on your project in Solution Explorer and select "Publish."

Click on Import profile and select WebDeploy profile file (.publishSettings) which you downloaded from hosting Control panel.

6. Publish to server
   In final step click "Publish" button. After this action will be your ASP.NET Core Web API project published to Website.

7. Open Swagger
   Open result in your web browser and that go to URL /swagger/index.html to check Swagger.