Get started with the RavenDB integrations

⭐ Community Toolkit

RavenDB is a high-performance, open-source NoSQL database designed for fast, efficient, and scalable data storage. It supports advanced features like ACID transactions, distributed data replication, and time-series data management, making it an excellent choice for modern application development. The Aspire RavenDB integration enables you to connect to existing RavenDB instances or create new instances from Aspire using the docker.io/ravendb/ravendb container image.

In this introduction, you'll see how to install and use the Aspire RavenDB integrations in a simple configuration. If you already have this knowledge, see RavenDB hosting integration for full reference details.

Note

To follow this guide, you must have created an Aspire solution to work with. To learn how to do that, see Build your first Aspire app.

Set up hosting integration

To begin, install the Aspire RavenDB Hosting integration in your Aspire AppHost project:

Install the NuGet package

dotnet add package CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.RavenDB

Next, in the AppHost project, call the AddRavenDB extension method to add a RavenDB server resource, then call AddDatabase on the server resource to add a database:

var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
  
var ravenServer = builder.AddRavenDB("ravenServer");
var ravendb = ravenServer.AddDatabase("ravendb");
  
builder.AddProject<Projects.ExampleProject>()
       .WithReference(ravendb)
       .WaitFor(ravendb);
  
// After adding all resources, build and run the app...

Caution

A valid RavenDB license is required. If you don't have one yet, you can request a free Community license at ravendb.net/license/request/community.

Set up client integration

In each of the consuming client projects, install the Aspire RavenDB client integration:

Install the NuGet package

dotnet add package CommunityToolkit.Aspire.RavenDB.Client

In the Program.cs file of your client-consuming project, call the AddRavenDBClient extension method to register an IDocumentStore for use via the dependency injection container. The method takes a connection name parameter.

builder.AddRavenDBClient(connectionName: "ravendb");

You can then retrieve the IDocumentStore instance using dependency injection. For example, to retrieve the client from a service:

public class ExampleService(IDocumentStore client)
{
    // Use client...
}

For full reference details, see RavenDB hosting integration and RavenDB client integration.

Get started with the RavenDB integrations

Set up hosting integration

Set up client integration

See also