# Bundling applications for the .NET Core on Linux Elastic Beanstalk platform
You can run both *runtime-dependent* and *self-contained* .NET Core applications on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
A runtime-dependent application uses a .NET Core runtime that Elastic Beanstalk provides to run your application. Elastic Beanstalk uses the `runtimeconfig.json` file in your source bundle to determine the runtime to use for your application. Elastic Beanstalk chooses the latest compatible runtime available for your application.
A self-contained application includes the .NET Core runtime, your application, and its dependencies. To use a version of the .NET Core runtime that Elastic Beanstalk doesn't include in its platforms, provide a self-contained application.
## Examples
You can compile both self-contained and runtime-dependent applications with the `dotnet publish` command. To learn more about publishing .NET Core apps, see [.NET Core application publishing overview](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying) in the .NET Core documentation.
The following example file structure defines a single application that uses a .NET Core runtime that Elastic Beanstalk provides.
```
├── appsettings.Development.json
├── appsettings.json
├── dotnetcoreapp.deps.json
├── dotnetcoreapp.dll
├── dotnetcoreapp.pdb
├── dotnetcoreapp.runtimeconfig.json
├── web.config
├── Procfile
├── .ebextensions
├── .platform
```
You can include multiple applications in your source bundle. The following example defines two applications to run on the same web server. To run multiple applications, you must include a [Procfile](dotnet-linux-procfile.md) in your source bundle. For a full example application, see [dotnet-core-linux-multiple-apps.zip](samples/dotnet-core-linux-multiple-apps.zip).
```
├── DotnetMultipleApp1
│ ├── Amazon.Extensions.Configuration.SystemsManager.dll
│ ├── appsettings.Development.json
│ ├── appsettings.json
│ ├── AWSSDK.Core.dll
│ ├── AWSSDK.Extensions.NETCore.Setup.dll
│ ├── AWSSDK.SimpleSystemsManagement.dll
│ ├── DotnetMultipleApp1.deps.json
│ ├── DotnetMultipleApp1.dll
│ ├── DotnetMultipleApp1.pdb
│ ├── DotnetMultipleApp1.runtimeconfig.json
│ ├── Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions.dll
│ ├── Newtonsoft.Json.dll
│ └── web.config
├── DotnetMultipleApp2
│ ├── Amazon.Extensions.Configuration.SystemsManager.dll
│ ├── appsettings.Development.json
│ ├── appsettings.json
│ ├── AWSSDK.Core.dll
│ ├── AWSSDK.Extensions.NETCore.Setup.dll
│ ├── AWSSDK.SimpleSystemsManagement.dll
│ ├── DotnetMultipleApp2.deps.json
│ ├── DotnetMultipleApp2.dll
│ ├── DotnetMultipleApp2.pdb
│ ├── DotnetMultipleApp2.runtimeconfig.json
│ ├── Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions.dll
│ ├── Newtonsoft.Json.dll
│ └── web.config
├── Procfile
├── .ebextensions
├── .platform
```