🐳 Added Dockerfile to Web API project

.gitignore

@@ -361,3 +361,9 @@ MigrationBackup/
 
 # Fody - auto-generated XML schema
 FodyWeavers.xsd
+
+
+# C# / .NET
+/src/EcoLink.Bot/appsettings.Development.json
+/src/EcoLink.WebApi/appsettings.Development.json
+/appsettings.Development.json

src/EcoLink.WebApi/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Use the official .NET SDK image
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build-env
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /App
+
+# Copy the project file and restore dependencies
+COPY ./src/EcoLink.WebApi/EcoLink.WebApi.csproj ./src/EcoLink.WebApi/
+RUN dotnet restore ./src/EcoLink.WebApi/EcoLink.WebApi.csproj
+
+# Copy the remaining files
+COPY . .
+
+# Publish the application
+RUN dotnet publish -c Release -o out
+
+# Build the runtime image
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:8.0
+WORKDIR /App
+COPY --from=build-env /App/out .
+EXPOSE 5000
+ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:5000
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "EcoLink.WebApi.dll"]