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Learn how to dockerize an ASP.NET Core app in .NET 9 with a step-by-step Dockerfile tutorial, best practices, and deployment tips. Start containerizing today! If you want to dockerize an ASP.NET Core app , .NET 9 makes it easier than any previous release. Containers have become the default way to ship web applications — every major cloud (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) runs them natively, and "it works on my machine" bugs largely disappear when your app ships with its entire runtime environment. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to containerize a .NET 9 ASP.NET Core application with a production-ready Dockerfile, understand why each instruction matters, run it locally with Docker Compose, and deploy it to the cloud. We'll also cover the built-in SDK container publishing feature that lets you skip the Dockerfile entirely. Why Dockerize an ASP.NET Core App? Before writing any code, it's worth understanding what containers actually buy you, because the "why...