I know that you can create a Migration service, or just simply run the migrations from code, but this requires for my whole application to start up and then I need to shut it down manually. Can I use a command in either the Package-Manager or the CMD/PowerShell like "Update-Database"?

I would like to make it so that aspire initializes my database, applies the migration and then shuts everything down. (PostgreSQL database)

Currently I am using Aspire with 9 and my "main service" that uses the DbContext runs in 8.

I know that you can create a Migration service, or just simply run the migrations from code, but this requires for my whole application to start up and then I need to shut it down manually. Can I use a command in either the Package-Manager or the CMD/PowerShell like "Update-Database"?

I would like to make it so that aspire initializes my database, applies the migration and then shuts everything down. (PostgreSQL database)

Currently I am using Aspire with 9 and my "main service" that uses the DbContext runs in 8.

• postgresql
• dotnet-aspire

1 Answer 1

you can use a command to apply migrations to your PostgreSQL database without needing to start your entire application. In .NET, you can use the dotnet ef command-line tool to manage and apply migrations. This tool is part of the Entity Framework Core (EF Core) package and allows you to run migrations directly from the command line.

First, ensure that you have the EF Core tools installed. You can install them globally using the following command:

dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef

Ensure that your startup project has the Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design package installed. You can add it via the NuGet Package Manager or by running:

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design

You can apply migrations using the dotnet ef database update command. Navigate to the directory containing your DbContext and run:

dotnet ef database update

more info : Entity Framework Core tools reference - .NET Core CL