# DistributedApplication.run

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.md)
- Defined on: [DistributedApplication](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/distributedapplication.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`

Runs the distributed application

## Definition

```typescript
interface DistributedApplication {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  run(cancellationToken?: cancellationToken): void;
}
```

## Signature

```typescript
run(cancellationToken?: cancellationToken): void
```

## Parameters

- `cancellationToken` (`cancellationToken`) `optional`

## Defined on

- [DistributedApplication](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting/distributedapplication.md) -- `handle`