Adding Docs for Ephemeral container use #8716
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| 2. Target pod created with required env vars, volume, and volume mounts. See example [template](./_dotnetmonitor.tpl). | ||
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| ## Inject dotnet monitor into a Pod | ||
| Prepare a [config file](config.yaml) whose values match the target's deployment as it does our [example template](./_dotnetmonitor.tpl). This step is performed once per pod lifetime; the ephemeral container persists until the pod restarts. |
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Let's remove the tpl file references here. You can point to our other docs regarding the app's environment/mounting configuration.
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| kubectl debug -n "$Namespace" "pod/$Pod" \ | ||
| --image "mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/monitor:8.0" \ |
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Consider pointing to 10 since it just released.
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| kubectl debug -n "$Namespace" "pod/$Pod" \ | ||
| --image "mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/monitor:8.0" \ | ||
| --container "debugger" \ | ||
| --target "$AppContainer" \ |
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Note that target is not strictly necessary since you are connecting over volume mounts anyway.
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Thanks for contributing this! I added some minor feedback.
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Summary
I wanted to add some clarity into how to leverage kubectl in order to make a quick injection of a dotnet monitor container to debug running .Net containers with minimal steps.
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