PgAdmin and MongoExpress Containers Not Visible on Azure Deployment (Aspire Hosting)

[man-jadeja]

Hi team,
CC : @goldytech

I’m currently deploying my Aspire-based project to Azure. Locally, everything works fine — I can see and access the PgAdmin and MongoExpress UI containers. Here is how I’ve set them up:

`// Postgres with PgAdmin
var pgsPassword = builder.AddParameter("pgs-password", secret: true);
var postgres = builder.AddPostgres("postgres", password: pgsPassword)
.WithPgAdmin()
.WithLifetime(ContainerLifetime.Persistent);

// Postgres database
var postgresdb = postgres.AddDatabase("supplierenginedb");

// MongoDB with MongoExpress
var mongo = builder.AddMongoDB("mongo")
.WithMongoExpress()
.WithLifetime(ContainerLifetime.Persistent)
.WithDataVolume();
`
However, after deploying to Azure, these PgAdmin and MongoExpress containers are not visible in the Aspire Dashboard or Azure resources. I've attached screenshots comparing my local environment (where they are visible) and Azure (where they are missing).

I'm wondering: Am I missing any configuration to ensure these UI containers are deployed to Azure? Is there a setting required in Azure for these to appear properly? Or are management UIs like PgAdmin and MongoExpress handled differently on Azure for security or configuration reasons? Any guidance would be much appreciated!

Thanks a lot!

[davidfowl]

Those are development time resources only. We can consider making it possible to deploy them but right now they are unsecured by default and left out of publishing.

[man-jadeja]

Thanks for the clarification!

Just to understand better — is there any recommended way or alternative option through which I can access data visibility (for Postgres and Mongo) on Azure? Even if deploying PgAdmin/MongoExpress isn't default, is there something like an Azure-native tool or any suggested approach that could help achieve a similar UI-based access?

Appreciate your guidance!

[davidfowl]

This is not my area of expertise 😄. I know some of the database tools have portal experiences, but I don't know what UI they are using for each database.