# DistributedApplicationPipelineExtensions

- Kind: `class`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting.Pipelines`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/a3766e994fd2cba86c8ac60b8a80268cab7e6383/src/Aspire.Hosting/Pipelines/DistributedApplicationPipelineExtensions.cs)

Extension methods for [IDistributedApplicationPipeline](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationpipeline.md).

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting.Pipelines;

public static class DistributedApplicationPipelineExtensions
{
    // ...
}
```

## Methods

- [DisableBuildOnlyContainerValidation(IDistributedApplicationPipeline)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/distributedapplicationpipelineextensions/methods.md#disablebuildonlycontainervalidation-idistributedapplicationpipeline) : [IDistributedApplicationPipeline](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationpipeline.md) `extension` `ats export` -- Disables the publish and deploy validation that requires build-only containers to be consumed by another resource.