# Using a Procfile to configure your .NET Core on Linux Elastic Beanstalk environment
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To run multiple applications on the same web server, you must include a `Procfile` in your source bundle that tells Elastic Beanstalk which applications to run.

We recommend that you always provide a `Procfile` in the source bundle with your application. This way you precisely control which processes Elastic Beanstalk runs for your application and which arguments these processes receive.

The following example uses a `Procfile` to specify two applications for Elastic Beanstalk to run on the same web server.

**Example Procfile**  

```
web: dotnet ./dotnet-core-app1/dotnetcoreapp1.dll
web2: dotnet ./dotnet-core-app2/dotnetcoreapp2.dll
```

For details about writing and using a `Procfile`, see [Buildfile and Procfile](platforms-linux-extend.build-proc.md).