# addSeq

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Seq](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.seq.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds a Seq server resource to the application model with authentication enabled. A container is used for local development.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addSeq(
    name: string,
    adminPassword: ParameterResource,
    port?: number): SeqResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `adminPassword` (`ParameterResource`)
- `port` (`number`) `optional`

## Returns

[SeqResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.seq/seqresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.seq/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)