ASP.NET 5 buildpack updates for beta7 support

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We just pushed out a new version of the ASP.NET 5 buildpack in Bluemix! The update allows you to run applications using the ASP.NET 5 beta7 release.

A change you’ll notice is that the buildpack is no longer providing its own web server and your applications are expected to declare one as a dependency instead. For now, that means they should depend on Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel and have a command named kestrel in a project.json file:

<code>"dependencies": {

    "Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel": "1.0.0-beta7"

},

"commands": {

    "kestrel": "Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting --server Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel --server.urls http://localhost:5004"

}</code>

The buildpack will handle using the correct host and port for Bluemix, regardless of what you specify in project.json.

Also checkout:

• The release announcements for a list of breaking ASP.NET 5 changes you may encounter
• Updated boilerplates in the Bluemix Labs Catalog
• The buildpack documentation for more information such as configuring your NuGet package sources and the DNX version