Start Aspire dashboard locally

Running the Aspire dashboard locally and independent of Aspire can be useful. Instructions are available in the official documentation.

The following command will run the Aspire dashboard in a Docker container, mapping ports 18888 and 4317 on the host to the container. The --restart always option ensures that the container will automatically restart if it stops or if the Docker daemon is restarted. --env ASPIRE_DASHBOARD_UNSECURED_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS=true sets the dashboard to run in open mode, removing the need to enter a token each time.

docker run --restart always -it -p 18888:18888 -p 4317:18889 --env ASPIRE_DASHBOARD_UNSECURED_ALLOW_ANONYMOUS=true -d --name aspire-dashboard mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspire-dashboard:9.4

Once running, you can access the dashboard at http://localhost:18888.