Automatically apply Entity Framework Core database migrations on app first run after restart/deploy

Program.cs

using Microsoft.AspNetCore;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using MyApp.Data;

namespace MyApp
{
	public class Program
	{
		public static async Task Main(string[] args)
		{
			var webHost = CreateWebHostBuilder(args).Build();

			// create a new scope
			using (var scope = webHost.Services.CreateScope())
			{
				// Get the dbcontext instance
				var dbContext = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<ApplicationDbContext>();

				// do the migration async
				await dbContext.Database.MigrateAsync();
			}

			// Run the web host and start accepting requests
			// there's an async overload, so we may as well use it
			await webHost.RunAsync();
		}

		public static IWebHostBuilder CreateWebHostBuilder(string[] args)
		{
			return WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args).UseStartup<Startup>();
		}
	}
}