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I am using asp.net core 3.1 docker enabled project template (VS2019) to develop a web API. There are no compilation errors.

While running the project, in the output window of the VS2019 I see the following message:

Unable to bind to http://localhost:5000 on the IPv6 loopback interface: 'Cannot assign requested address'.
Loaded '/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/3.1.0/System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll'. Skipped loading symbols. Module is optimized and the debugger option 'Just My Code' is enabled.
Loaded '/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/3.1.0/System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.dll'. Skipped loading symbols. Module is optimized and the debugger option 'Just My Code' is enabled.
Loaded '/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/3.1.0/System.Security.Cryptography.Encoding.dll'. Skipped loading symbols. Module is optimized and the debugger option 'Just My Code' is enabled.
Loaded '/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/3.1.0/System.Runtime.Numerics.dll'. Skipped loading symbols. Module is optimized and the debugger option 'Just My Code' is enabled.
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel: Warning: Unable to bind to https://localhost:5001 on the IPv6 loopback interface: 'Cannot assign requested address'.
[40m[1m[33mwarn[39m[22m[49m: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel[0]
      Unable to bind to https://localhost:5001 on the IPv6 loopback interface: 'Cannot assign requested address'.
[40m[32minfo[39m[22m[49m: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Information: Now listening on: http://localhost:5000
[40m[32minfo[39m[22m[49m: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Information: Now listening on: https://localhost:5001
Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Information: Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
[40m[32minfo[39m[22m[49m: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
[40m[32minfo[39m[22m[49m: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Hosting environment: Development
Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Information: Hosting environment: Development
Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime: Information: Content root path: /src/QueryStack/Author.Query.New.API
[40m[32minfo[39m[22m[49m: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Content root path: /src/QueryStack/Author.Query.New.API

Here goes my Docker.develop file:

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1
ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Debug
ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development
ENV DOTNET_USE_POLLING_FILE_WATCHER=true    
EXPOSE 80

WORKDIR /src
COPY ["QueryStack/Author.Query.New.API/Author.Query.New.API.csproj", "QueryStack/Author.Query.New.API/"]
COPY ["QueryStack/Author.Query.Persistence/Author.Query.Persistence.csproj", "QueryStack/Author.Query.Persistence/"]
COPY ["Common/Author.Core.Framework/Author.Core.Framework.csproj", "Common/Author.Core.Framework/"]
COPY ["Common/Author.Core.Services.Rediscache/Author.Core.Services.Rediscache.csproj", "Common/Author.Core.Services.Rediscache/"]
COPY ["QueryStack/Author.Query.Domain/Author.Query.Domain.csproj", "QueryStack/Author.Query.Domain/"]
COPY ["Common/Author.Core.Services.Persistence.CosmosDB/Author.Core.Services.Persistence.CosmosDB.csproj", "Common/Author.Core.Services.Persistence.CosmosDB/"]

RUN dotnet restore "QueryStack/Author.Query.New.API/Author.Query.New.API.csproj"
COPY . .
WORKDIR "/src/QueryStack/Author.Query.New.API"
RUN dotnet build --no-restore "Author.Query.New.API.csproj" -c $BUILD_CONFIGURATION

RUN echo "exec dotnet run --no-build --no-launch-profile -c $BUILD_CONFIGURATION --" > /entrypoint.sh

ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/entrypoint.sh"]

Can anyone help me here by providing their guidance to fix this issue

santosh kumar patro
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To workaround the issue, add the code ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:80 below the other ENV declarations at the top of the Dockerfile.develop file

Dockerfile.develop after:

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/sdk:3.1
ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Debug
ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development
ENV DOTNET_USE_POLLING_FILE_WATCHER=true  
ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:80  
EXPOSE 80
Saiteja Prattipati
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    What does the '+' mean? – Zero3 Sep 21 '20 at 12:48
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    To workaround what issue? What's the issue? and how does setting `ASPNETCORE_URLS` solve it? – Storm Muller Feb 07 '21 at 20:26
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    @Zero3: The + is probably interpreted by many OS kernels (e.g., Linux, Windows) to mean 'any local IP address' when relayed from the web host to the socket.bind() system call. However, in Kestrel (the host provided with .NET Core), doesn't really matter what characters you put for the address part. Anything that can't be parsed as either 'localhost' or a valid IP will be discarded before the system call. Only the port will be used: https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/blob/350ea5b18145ee654cb7efe75d3da99d96bdfb3f/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/AddressBinder.cs#L123-L140 – steamer25 Feb 19 '21 at 18:43
  • The original issue is caused by an attempt to bind to `localhost` which AFAIK is not allowed from inside a docker container. But it's perfectly fine to bind to `0.0.0.0`, for example. – Monsignor Mar 03 '21 at 09:37
  • @StormMuller I suppose the issue is [this one](https://github.com/redhat-developer/kestrel-linux-transport/issues/91) – balu Mar 25 '21 at 18:48