# DistributedApplicationBuilderExtensions

- Kind: `class`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.md)
- Version: `13.3.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/bd20f904cde09ecb9c9ae5116a6f13614bf2d7c2/src/Aspire.Hosting/DistributedApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs)

Extensions for [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md).

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting;

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

## Methods

- [CreateResourceBuilder(IDistributedApplicationBuilder, string)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/distributedapplicationbuilderextensions/methods.md#createresourcebuilder-idistributedapplicationbuilder-string) : [IResourceBuilder<T>](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/iresourcebuilder-1.md) `extension` `ats ignored` -- Creates a new resource builder based on the name of an existing resource.
- [TryCreateResourceBuilder(IDistributedApplicationBuilder, string, IResourceBuilder<T>)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting/distributedapplicationbuilderextensions/methods.md#trycreateresourcebuilder-idistributedapplicationbuilder-string-iresourcebuilder-t) : `bool` `extension` `ats ignored` -- Attempts to create a new resource builder based on the name of an existing resource.