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First we need to create a Release build of your API. Run these commands on your machine:

cd src/ShipDotnet.Api

dotnet publish --configuration Release --runtime linux-x64 --self-contained true --output ./publish -p:DebugSymbols=false

Quick reference:
-- configuration - sets it as Release which excludes bunch of things not needed to run (but needed to debug).
--runtime - here you can pick linux, windows or mac
--self-contained - this avoids installing dotnet framework on the server
--output - where the production ready output goes

Now you can upload the content of publish directory to your server, using sftp (scp is great for that).

scp -r ./publish user@your-ubuntu-ip:/var/www/apps/shipdotnet-api

Make our API executable

chmod +x /var/www/apps/shipdotnet-api/ShipDotnet.Api

Let's test it:

cd /var/www/apps/shipdotnet-api/
./ShipDotnet.Api

You should see the output:

[17:05:27 INF] Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
[17:05:27 INF] Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
[17:05:27 INF] Hosting environment: Production
[17:05:27 INF] Content root path: /var/www/apps/shipdotnet-api

Hit Ctrl + C to quit the process.

In the next sections we will see how to get it up and running