Bash script to provision a standalone Linux container based on Debian, setting it up to run DOTNET 6 SDK and including the Midnight Commander file manager and text editor. (NOTE: Do not use this one, if you are using the 'dotnet.profile' approach, this script is ONLY for use with OS's that do not have cloud-init in the base image, if you have a …

install-dotnet.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ -z "$1" ]
then
  echo "Container name must be provided on first parameter"
  echo "USAGE: install-dotnet.sh <containername>"
  exit 1
fi

lxc file push ./install-script $1/root/install.sh
lxc exec $1 -- chmod +x install.sh
lxc exec $1 -- ./install.sh
lxc exec $1 -- rm install.sh

install-script

#!/bin/bash

# This is the ACTUAL install script that the shell script above copies to the container, then executes.
# If you need to customise the packages and build environment, do so in this file then use the shell script
# above to send it to the container and execute it.

echo Updating/Upgrading base software

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

echo Installing Midnight Commander
sudo apt install -y mc

echo Installing .NET V6 SDK
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-6.0

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clear /usr/bin/cls
cls