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+---
+type: docs
+title: "How-To: Add a Dapr building block"
+linkTitle: "Add a building block"
+description: "Learn how to add a Dapr building block to a Radius Application"
+weight: 300
+categories: "How-To"
+tags: ["Dapr"]
+---
+
+This how-to guide will provide an overview of how to:
+
+- Leverage a [Dapr building block](https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/) in your Radius Application
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- [rad CLI]({{< ref "installation#step-1-install-the-rad-cli" >}})
+- [Radius Bicep VSCode extension]({{< ref "installation#step-2-install-the-vs-code-extension" >}})
+- [Radius environment]({{< ref "installation#step-3-initialize-radius" >}})
+- [Radius local-dev Recipes]({{< ref howto-dev-recipes >}})
+- [Dapr installed on your Kubernetes cluster](https://docs.dapr.io/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy/)
+
+## Step 1: Start with a container and a Dapr sidecar
+
+Begin by creating a file named `app.bicep` with a defined Radius container and a Dapr sidecar, if you need a in-depth walkthrough see the ['How-To: Add a Dapr sidecar to a container' guide]({{< ref how-to-dapr-sidecar >}}):
+
+{{< rad file="./snippets/app-sidecar.bicep" embed=true >}}
+
+## Step 2: Add a Dapr state store resource
+
+Now add a Dapr state store resource, which models a [Dapr state store component](https://docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/building-blocks/state-management/state-management-overview/). The underlying infrastructure and Dapr component configuration are deployed via a [`local-dev` Recipe]({{< ref "guides/recipes/overview##use-lightweight-local-dev-recipes" >}}), which leverages a lightweight Redis container:
+
+{{< rad file="./snippets/app-statestore.bicep" embed=true marker="//STATESTORE" >}}
+
+> Visit the [Radius Recipe repo](https://github.com/radius-project/recipes/blob/main/local-dev/statestores.bicep) to learn more about `local-dev` Recipes and view the Dapr State Store Recipe used in this guide.
+
+## Step 3: Add a connection from the container resource to the Dapr state store resource
+
+Update your container resource with a connection to the Dapr state store. This will inject important connection information (the component name) into the container's environment variables:
+
+{{< rad file="./snippets/app-statestore.bicep" embed=true marker="//CONTAINER" >}}
+## Step 3: Deploy the application
+
+Run your application with the `rad` CLI:
+
+```bash
+rad run ./app.bicep -a demo
+```
+
+Your console output should look similar to:
+
+```
+Building ./app.bicep...
+Deploying template './app.bicep' for application 'demo' and environment 'default' from workspace 'default'...
+
+Deployment In Progress... 
+
+Completed            statestore      Applications.Dapr/stateStores
+...                  demo            Applications.Core/containers
+
+Deployment Complete
+
+Resources:
+    demo            Applications.Core/containers
+    statestore      Applications.Dapr/stateStores
+
+Starting log stream...
+```
+
+Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) to view the Radius demo container. Which should contain the following connection information:
+
+{{< image src="app-statestore.png" alt="Screenshot of the demo Redis connection" width=700px >}}
+## Step 4: Verify the Dapr statestore
+
+Run the command below to see all the pods running in your Kubernetes cluster:
+
+```bash
+dapr components --namespace "default-demo" -k
+```
+
+The console output should similar to:
+
+```
+NAMESPACE     NAME        TYPE         VERSION  SCOPES  CREATED              AGE  
+default-demo  statestore  state.redis  v1               2024-02-19 17:13.20  2m   
+```
+
+## Done
+
+You've successfully deployed a Radius container with a Dapr sidecar along with a Dapr State Store. With the combination of Radius + Dapr, both your application's code and it's definition are now platform neutral.
+
+## Cleanup
+
+To delete your app, run the [rad app delete]({{< ref rad_application_delete >}}) command to cleanup the app and its resources, including the Recipe resources:
+
+```bash
+rad app delete -a demo
+```
+
+## Further reading
+
+- [Dapr building blocks](https://docs.dapr.io/concepts/building-blocks-concept/)
+- [Dapr resource schemas]({{< ref dapr-schema >}})
+
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+import radius as radius
+
+@description('The ID of your Radius Application. Automatically injected by the rad CLI.')
+param application string
+
+@description('The ID of your Radius environment. Automatically injected by the rad CLI.')
+param environment string
+
+resource demo 'Applications.Core/containers@2023-10-01-preview' = {
+  name: 'demo'
+  properties: {
+    application: application
+    container: {
+      image: 'ghcr.io/radius-project/samples/demo:latest'
+      ports: {
+        web: {
+          containerPort: 3000
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    extensions: [
+      {
+        kind: 'daprSidecar'
+        appId: 'demo'
+        appPort: 3000
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
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+import radius as radius
+
+@description('The ID of your Radius Application. Automatically injected by the rad CLI.')
+param application string
+
+@description('The ID of your Radius environment. Automatically injected by the rad CLI.')
+param environment string
+
+//CONTAINER
+resource demo 'Applications.Core/containers@2023-10-01-preview' = {
+  name: 'demo'
+  properties: {
+    application: application
+    container: {
+      image: 'ghcr.io/radius-project/samples/demo:latest'
+      ports: {
+        web: {
+          containerPort: 3000
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    extensions: [
+      {
+        kind: 'daprSidecar'
+        appId: 'demo'
+        appPort: 3000
+      }
+    ]
+    connections: {
+      redis: {
+        source: stateStore.id
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+//CONTAINER
+
+//STATESTORE
+resource stateStore 'Applications.Dapr/stateStores@2023-10-01-preview' = {
+  name: 'statestore'
+  properties: {
+    environment: environment
+    application: application
+  }
+}
+//STATESTORE