Bridge to Kubernetes GA about dev-spaces

[hrkyemba]

Hello, I installed the Bridge to Kubernetes extension on Visual Studio 16.9.4. When I open a .Net Core 3.1 app, I see the Bridge to Kubernetes option on the Start button dropdown. When I open a .Net Framework 4.8 Windows app, I don't see the option. Does Bridge to Kubernetes support .Net Framework Windows apps?

[daniv-msft]

@hrkyemba Thanks for your message! Unfortunately, Bridge to Kubernetes doesn't work with .NET Framework because we don't support Windows nodes in Kubernetes. We investigated this possibility a couple of months ago, but unfortunately the cost was too high compared to the number of customers actually targeting this environment (from our discussions most customers using Windows nodes/.NET Framework were porting older apps to Kubernetes).
Would using .NET Core be an option for you?

[hrkyemba]

Thanks for the confirmation. We're working on porting our apps to .Net Core. In the meantime, they are .Net Framework Windows apps. I'm not sure what you mean by "we don't support Windows nodes in Kubernetes", as we've been running our Windows containers in AKS for more than a year. Are you talking about the Bridge to Kubernetes and Dev Spaces not supporting Windows containers?

[daniv-msft]

@hrkyemba Thanks for your reply. Yes, when I was saying "we don't support", I was talking about we==Bridge to Kubernetes. Indeed, AKS does support Windows nodes.