| title | description | ms.date | uid |
|---|---|---|---|
.NET Aspire PostgreSQL Entity Framework Core integration |
Learn how to integrate PostgreSQL with .NET Aspire applications using Entity Framework Core, using both hosting and client integrations. |
02/07/2025 |
database/postgresql-ef-core-integration |
[!INCLUDE includes-hosting-and-client]
PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with many years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance. The .NET Aspire PostgreSQL Entity Framework Core integration provides a way to connect to existing PostgreSQL databases, or create new instances from .NET with the docker.io/library/postgres container image.
[!INCLUDE postgresql-app-host]
The PostgreSQL hosting integration automatically adds a health check for the PostgreSQL server resource. The health check verifies that the PostgreSQL server is running and that a connection can be established to it.
The hosting integration relies on the 📦 AspNetCore.HealthChecks.Npgsql NuGet package.
[!INCLUDE postgresql-ef-client]