fixed the program.cs and run in VC code

API/FamilyTreeAPI/Dockerfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This stage is used when running from VS in fast mode (Default for Debug configuration)
 #FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:9::.0 AS base
 ARG BUILD_CONFIGURATION=Release
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:9.0 AS build
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0 AS build
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY ["FamilyTreeAPI/FamilyTreeAPI.csproj", "FamilyTreeAPI/"]
 RUN dotnet restore "./FamilyTreeAPI/FamilyTreeAPI.csproj"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ FROM build AS publish
 RUN dotnet publish "./FamilyTreeAPI.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false
 
 # This stage is used in production or when running from VS in regular mode (Default when not using the Debug configuration)
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:9.0 AS base
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:10.0 AS base
 WORKDIR /app
 ENV ASPNETCORE_HTTP_PORTS=8080
 EXPOSE 8080

API/FamilyTreeAPI/FamilyTreeAPI.csproj

@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
     <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
 	<PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
     <DockerComposeProjectPath>..\docker-compose.dcproj</DockerComposeProjectPath>
+    <AllowMissingPrunePackageData>true</AllowMissingPrunePackageData>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="HotChocolate.AspNetCore" Version="16.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="HotChocolate.Data.EntityFramework" Version="16.0.0" />
@@ -31,4 +30,12 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="10.1.7" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+<ItemGroup>
+  <Content Update="appsettings.json">
+    <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+  </Content>
+  <Content Update="appsettings.Development.json">
+    <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+  </Content>
+</ItemGroup>
 </Project>

API/FamilyTreeAPI/Program.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage;
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
 using System.Text;
-using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2010.Drawing.Charts;
 using FamilyTreeAPI.Authorization;
 using FamilyTreeAPI.Entities;
 using FamilyTreeAPI.GraphQL.Query;
@@ -14,6 +13,12 @@ using FamilyTreeAPI.Repository;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
+// Explicitly register the base paths for Linux container execution
+builder.Configuration
+    .SetBasePath(AppContext.BaseDirectory) // <-- Pulls from wherever the binary sits
+    .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: false, reloadOnChange: true)
+    .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{builder.Environment.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: true)
+    .AddEnvironmentVariables();
 // Add services to the container.
 #region Services
 var services = builder.Services;
@@ -23,8 +28,10 @@ services.AddControllers();
 services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
 services.AddSwaggerGen();
 string skey = "Super Secret SIGN AND VERIFY JWT TOKENS";
+
+           
 var appSettingsSection = builder.Configuration.GetSection("AppSettings");
-if (appSettingsSection != null)
+if (appSettingsSection.Exists())
 {
     services.Configure<AppSettings>(appSettingsSection);
     var appSettings = appSettingsSection.Get<AppSettings>();
@@ -32,10 +39,13 @@ if (appSettingsSection != null)
         skey = appSettings.Secret;
     else
     {
-        skey = builder.Configuration.GetValue<string>("AppSettings:Secret");
+      string  tkey = builder.Configuration.GetValue<string>("AppSettings:Secret") ?? string.Empty;
+      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tkey))
+            skey = tkey;
     }
 }
 
+
 var key = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(skey);
 
 services.AddAuthentication(x =>
@@ -174,6 +184,17 @@ app.Run();
 #endregion
 
 /*
+
+<ItemGroup>
+  <Content Update="appsettings.json">
+    <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+  </Content>
+  <Content Update="appsettings.Development.json">
+    <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+  </Content>
+</ItemGroup>
+</Project>
+
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQFx2m5Ub9M
 
 

API/FamilyTreeAPI/Properties/launchSettings.json

@@ -8,35 +8,11 @@
         "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
       },
       "dotnetRunMessages": true,
-      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:5016",
-      "applicationUrl1": "http://192.168.8.188:5015"
+      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:5016"
+     
     },
-    "IIS Express": {
-      "commandName": "IISExpress",
-      "launchBrowser": true,
-      "launchUrl": "swagger",
-      "environmentVariables": {
-        "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
-      }
-    },
-    "Container (Dockerfile)": {
-      "commandName": "Docker",
-      "launchBrowser": true,
-      "launchUrl": "{Scheme}://{ServiceHost}:{ServicePort}/swagger",
-      "environmentVariables": {
-        "ASPNETCORE_HTTP_PORTS": "8080"
-      },
-      "publishAllPorts": true,
-      "useSSL": false
-    }
-  },
+   
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/launchsettings.json",
-  "iisSettings": {
-    "windowsAuthentication": false,
-    "anonymousAuthentication": true,
-    "iisExpress": {
-      "applicationUrl": "http://localhost:4559",
-      "sslPort": 0
-    }
+  
   }
 }

API/FamilyTreeAPI/appsettings.json

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
   "AppSettings": {
     "Secret": "Super Secret SIGN AND VERIFY JWT TOKENS, BEARER TOKEN USE WHEN CALLING THIS API.",
-    "SQLConnectionString_i": "host=localhost;port=5432;database=FamilyTreeDB_prod;username=postgres;password=Positive~1;",
+    "iSQLConnectionString_i": "host=localhost;port=5432;database=FamilyTreeDB_prod;username=postgres;password=Positive~1;",
     "SQLConnectionString": "host=192.168.1.240;port=5432;database=FamilyTreeDB_prod;username=postgres;password=Positive~1;",
 
-    "ImageFolder": "c:\\temp\\Family",
-    "ImportFolder":  "c:\\temp"
+    "ImageFolder": "/temp/Family",
+    "ImportFolder":  "/temp"
 
   },
   "Logging": {
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
     }
   },
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
-  "Kestrel_not_use": {
+   "Kestrel": {
     "Endpoints": {
       "Http": {        
         "Url": "http://*:5015"
       }
     }
   }
+
+ 
 }