Configuring NGINX as a reverse proxy on Azure Linux Virtual Machines
This post will cover setting up NGINX on an Azure Linux Virtual Machine to be used as a Reverse Proxy.
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Configuration
Default exposed ports of Azure App Service Linux Blessed Images
This post will quickly cover the default ports that are exposed on various Azure App Service Blessed Images
Troubleshooting ingress issues on Azure Container Apps
This post will cover troubleshooting various external ingress issues on Azure Container Apps.
Troubleshooting failed slot swaps on App Service Linux
This post will cover troubleshooting scenarios for failed slot swapping on App Service Linux. This normally surfaces as ‘Cannot swap site slots for site ‘som...
Why you may see Docker Containers that are not yours on App Service Linux
This post will explain why you may see other Docker Containers showing up in your logging when using App Service Linux or Linux Web Apps for Containers.
Manage Timezones in App Service Linux
By default, the time zone for the app is always UTC. You can change it to any of the valid values that are listed in TZ timezones.
Troubleshooting common Docker Pull errors on Linux Web App for Containers
This post will cover troubleshooting common Docker Pull errors on Linux Web App for Containers. This won’t cover every error that can potentially manifest - ...
How to set Nginx headers
This post will cover how you can modify Nginx headers, in specific for security perspective but it applies for any custom header needed. Note: This is jus...
Using a Dapr Secret Store with Azure Key Vault to source credentials for a Dapr State Store
This post will cover using a Dapr Secret Store that grabs secrets from Azure Key Vault - we can then use this configured store to source credentials for othe...
Whats the difference between PORT and WEBSITES_PORT
This post will cover the difference between using the PORT and WEBSITES_PORT App Setting - and when to use them
Deploying Web App for Containers with CI/CD pipelines
This post will cover some ways to set up a CI/CD pipeline and deploy your image to Web App for Containers on Azure.
Troubleshooting ‘failed to find attribute’ errors on Python Linux App Services
In this post we’ll cover troubleshooting “failed to find attribute ‘app’ in ‘app’” based messages for Python on App Service Linux.
Configuring Gunicorn worker classes and other general settings
In thos post we’ll go over how to make Gunicorn target different worker classes for different types of applications - and other general settings we can confi...
Deploying WAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy war based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Deploying JAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy jar based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Nodejs on App Service Linux and why to avoid installing packages in startup scripts
This post is about why to avoid using a custom startup script on App Service Linux with Node.js to install your npm or yarn packages and dependencies at runt...
Node applications on App Service Linux and getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND
Sometimes when making requests to external dependencies with Node applications, you may encounter an error showing “getaddrinfo ENOTOUND”. This can happen fo...
Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached on Azure App Service Linux
When developing JavaScript-based applications on App Service Linux, notably ones that also come with a development server (e.x, with “hot-reloading”/”live-re...
Adding Tomcat Manager to Blessed Java Images on Linux App Service
By default Tomcat Manager on Azure App Service Linux is not enabled. This blog post will show how to do that.
Using modern Yarn for deployment with Node.js on Azure App Service
This blog post covers how to use Yarn versions 3.x for deployment on Azure App Services with Node.js.
Container Apps and Failed Revisions
This post will cover some more common scenarios on why a Container App ‘revision’ may show as ‘failed’.
Installing troubleshooting tools in Java custom containers
During performance troubleshooting, sometimes you may need to install various tooling to help track down a problem. With Java, common ones that can be used a...
Compression on App Service Linux
This post will cover content compression on Azure App Service Linux.
Running gRPC with Container Apps
Azure Container Apps is a new offering that runs on top of Kubernetes. A nice feature of this is that it supports gRPC, which uses HTTP/2 as its transport pr...
Installing troubleshooting tools in Dotnet Core custom Images
Sometimes during performance troubleshooting you may need certain tools to profile or analyze the application during runtime. For example, to capture dumps d...
Docker User Namespace remapping issues
Docker has a concept of User namespace and User namespace remapping (Otherwise known as userns). When this is used, this remaps users in the container to les...
Avoiding hardcoding Node versions on App Service Windows
This post shows a few ways to avoid hardcoding Node.js versions with Windows App Services. This will focus on two files, web.config and iisnode.yml where thi...
wSGI and aSGI Python Applications on Azure Functions
Azure Functions can support wSGI and aSGI frameworks with HTTP triggered Python Functions. This functionality is now provided by middleware that takes in the...
Increasing Request Header sizes on Linux App Services
Sometimes there is a need to increase the default request header size allowed when making HTTP requests to an application. For instance, there may be a large...
Hosting a Nexus3 repository on an Azure Linux VM
In this post we’ll be setting up a Nexus3 repository on an Azure Linux Virtual Machine(Ubuntu 20.04). After setting this up, we’ll create a Linux Web App for...
Editing Response Headers on Linux App Service
Sometimes when working with applications, you may want to customize the response headers - maybe the application you’re working with depends on it, or anothe...
Enabling SSH on Linux Web App for Containers
This post provides information for setting up, configuration and troubleshooting SSH integration with Custom Docker Images that will be ran as Web App for Co...
Deployment and Configuration - App Service Linux
Configure and Deploy App Service on Linux.
PHP
Modifiying PHP FPM settings
This post will cover how to modify the values of PHP FPM settings for Linux PHP 8 App Services.
How to use a Custom PHP runtime for App Service Windows
This post provides information on how to setup a custom php runtime for Azure App Service Windows.
Serving SPAs with PHP Blessed Images
This post provides information on how to serve Single Page Applications(SPAs) with Azure App Service on Linux PHP “Blessed” Images.
Yii Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Yii application on App Service Linux.
Laravel Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Laravel application on App Service Linux.
Configure Imagick PHP Extension in App Service
This blog explains how to configure Imagick PHP Extension in App Service and most common troubleshooting scenarios.
Debugging PHP Applications on Azure App Services Linux/Containers using XDEBUG
When it comes to slow performance on custom PHP applications running on Azure App Services, there will come a time where XDEBUG will need to be enabled to fu...
Use JpGraph library with Azure Web App
JpGraph is a graph creating library for PHP5 and PHP7.0. The library is completely written in PHP and ready to be used in any PHP app. Here is a demo how to ...
Increase Import Max File Size for PHPMyAdmin - Azure App Service on Windows
When using PHPMyAdmin via SiteExtension or with MySQL in-app on Azure Web Apps, the maximum upload size when Importing a SQL file is set to 8,192KiB. This i...
How to enable PHP LDAP in Azure Web Apps
PHP LDAP extension is not enabled by default in Azure Web App, you need the following steps:
Steps to Enable Xdebug for PHP Profiling
By Yi Wang and Mangesh Sangapu
Install ionCube Loader extension for PHP site on Azure App
As required by this extension, ionCube should be the first Zend extension installed before any other Zend extensions. Simply adding PHP extension in applicat...
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
How to identify/review PHP errors on Azure Web Apps using Log Stream service
If you are getting internal server errors (HTTP error 500) trying to request your PHP application inside Azure Web Apps,
Setup Single Sign On with AAD using SimpleSAMLphp
This blog provides step-by-step instruction on how to setup Single Sign On with Azure AD using SimpleSMPLphp API (apply to MediaWiki site as an example).
Azure SDK for PHP: Updating Blob Properties
Here is sample code to update Blob Properties using Azure SDK for PHP.
Access Oracle Databases from Azure Web Apps using OCI8 drivers with PHP
You can connect to different databases (MySQL, PostgresDB, MongoDB, MSSQL Server) from Azure Web Apps with PHP. But connecting to Oracle database is not prov...
PHP ImageMagick on Azure Web Apps
This post is outdated. See alternatives:
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
Migrate Zend Framework 2 Project to Azure Web App
1. Create an empty web app on Azure
web.config for Zend Framework Project on Azure Apps
When you deploy Zend Framework project to Azure Apps, the web.config provided by Zend (http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/project-structure.rewrite.htm...
Verify Peer Certificate from PHP cURL for Azure Apps
When you use PHP cURL extension, be aware that CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER option is set to TRUE by default as of cURL version 7.10 (Azure has cURL 7.40 installed...
How to disable php wincache extension from php.ini on Azure
To disable a PHP extension, such as wincache.dll, you will need to modify php.ini, here are the steps how to do it:
Generating Shared access signature(SAS) on Azure Blob using PHP
As of 05/2015, Azure sdk for php doesn’t support shared access signature(SAS) and this Blog would provide a workaround for it.
Magento Web.Config for Azure and IIS
After installing Magento on Azure, here is the web.config file that should be within the wwwroot folder.
PHP Error Log on Azure Website
1. E_ERROR - Fatal run-time errors. These are the errors that can not be recovered, execution of the script is halted (http://php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.con...
Installing PHP Package on Azure Website Using PEAR Package Manager
1. Download go-pear.phar for Windows from https://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php
Finding Correct Version of PHP Extension for Azure Web Site
While working with websites on Azure, sometimes you may need to install additional extensions. It is important to find the right extension that matches the P...
Running Nodejs and php on Same Azure website
In this Blog we would try to create a php+nodejs application using iisnode
Java
Deploying WAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy war based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Deploying JAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy jar based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Adding Tomcat Manager to Blessed Java Images on Linux App Service
By default Tomcat Manager on Azure App Service Linux is not enabled. This blog post will show how to do that.
Installing troubleshooting tools in Java custom containers
During performance troubleshooting, sometimes you may need to install various tooling to help track down a problem. With Java, common ones that can be used a...
Diagnostic Tools for Java Performace on App Service Windows
When dealing with High CPU, High Memory, or general performance scenarios on App Service Windows, it’s recommended to profile the application locally, but th...
Diagnostic Tools for Java Performace on App Service Linux
When dealing with High CPU, High Memory, or general performance scenarios on App Service Linux, it’s recommended to profile the application locally, but this...
Custom Tomcat Configuration on Azure App Service Linux
The pre-built images for Tomcat on App Service Linux include the default Catalina Base located in /usr/local/tomcat. By design, any changes made outside of /...
Custom Tomcat Configuration on Azure App Service Windows
App Service Windows includes multiple versions of Tomcat for your choosing & uses IIS to quickly update your process path once any new runtime version is...
Azure webapp access Keyvault secrets with Java and Managed Services Identity
This document will provide steps and example to access keys and secrets in Azure Keyvault from a Java Webapp using Managed Services Identity.
Azure App Service Java CI/CD with Maven
Azure App Service provides integration with Github, Bitbucket, etc however, for Java webapps, it does not provide a default way to build and deploy the webap...
Capture Java VM Traffic using Fiddler
Customer’s using the Azure SDK for Java may need to capture network traffic for the REST API requests to troubleshoot issues. Below are the steps to configur...
Accessing storage blob using SAS with Java
In order to access your storage blob using SAS with Java, please follow below steps -
Azure Webapps - Java configurator site extension
Azure webapps environment requires certain configuration changes in order to run a Java webapp. It uses IIS module called httpPlatform which acts as proxy to...
Profiling Java process on Azure web apps
There are certain situations when your Java web application is not performing as you expect it to. To understand where the problem lies, you may need to prof...
Running java jar file to serve web requests on Azure App Service Web Apps
There are several Java web servers that are supported on Azure App Service Web Apps. But if you have custom code built into a jar which allows it to act as w...
Custom deployment folder on Azure Web Apps with Git
Sometimes you don’t want to deploy your application in the default webapps directory when deploying from GitHub (continuous deployment) on Azure webapp. You ...
Configure log4j along with log rotation on Tomcat Web App in Azure App Service
On Azure App Service Web App deployed with Tomcat (from marketplace), the default logger is set to java.util.logging. If your application is setup with log...
Use custom context for Azure Tomcat application
Sometimes, you don’t want to deploy your application in the default deployment folder for your Java webapp on Azure env. One of the best examples could be wh...
Setting environment variable and accessing it in Java program on Azure webapp
Sometimes, you want to set new environment variable and want to access it in your Java Program.
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely logging into the VM, you can use the following Java program tem...
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the access to Tomcat admin console. This can be done if you a...
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
Logging SQL Server JDBC driver operations for Java application related cloud service
To enable the logging of JDBC driver, please follow these steps -
Setting up Session Affinity/Sticky Sessions using Azure Java SDK for cloud service
To setup the Session Affinity for your cloud service using Azure Java SDK, follow these steps -
Running Java8 on Azure web apps
Switching to Java 8 version has got easier in new Azure Portal. Below are list of instructions
Executing Java Web Jobs on Azure
To execute the Java web jobs on Azure, follow the below steps :
azure
WordPress Best Practices for Security
WordPress Security Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
AKS deployment with ACR public endpoint disabled
Deploying Azure Kubernetes Service with Azure Container Registry public endpoint disabled.
WordPress Best Practices for Performance
WordPress Performance Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
WordPress Migration Plan to Azure App Services
Looking to move your WordPress site to Azure App Services? Follow these steps to get started with your migration.
Adding SSH support to Asp.Net Core Docker Container created in Visual Studio 2017
When creating a Docker container used in Azure App Service Web App for Containers, a common requirement is to add SSH support so that we can log into the app...
Best Practices for WordPress Security on Azure
This article was put together by Mangesh Sangapu and Yi Wang. Shout-out to Cory Fowler and Sunitha Muthukrishna for additional tips.
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
Profiling Java process on Azure web apps
There are certain situations when your Java web application is not performing as you expect it to. To understand where the problem lies, you may need to prof...
Using Gulp in Node.js Azure WebApps
Gulp is a toolkit that will help you automate painful or time-consuming tasks in your development workflow.
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the access to Tomcat admin console. This can be done if you a...
Finding Memory Leaks and CPU Usage in Azure Node.js Web App
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
Debug Django Web Application in Azure Web Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using Django Framework in Python, you may end-up getting Application errors at some point of your Application Development ...
Troubleshoot- logging python Application errors on Azure Web/API Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using python, you may end-up getting below 500 error at some point of your application development process. This Blog desc...
Install Python Modules on Azure App Services
Installing Python packages in Azure App Services is little tricky using pip. In this blog, I would provide best practice to do that.
Logging SQL Server JDBC driver operations for Java application related cloud service
To enable the logging of JDBC driver, please follow these steps -
Setting up Session Affinity/Sticky Sessions using Azure Java SDK for cloud service
To setup the Session Affinity for your cloud service using Azure Java SDK, follow these steps -
Running Java8 on Azure web apps
Switching to Java 8 version has got easier in new Azure Portal. Below are list of instructions
Troubleshooting MySQL Database on ClearDB - Deprecated
This article covers some common scenarios customers may run into using ClearDB with Microsoft Azure. For reference, here is a link to the ClearDB FAQ: https:...
Magento Web.Config for Azure and IIS
After installing Magento on Azure, here is the web.config file that should be within the wwwroot folder.
Executing Java Web Jobs on Azure
To execute the Java web jobs on Azure, follow the below steps :
Converting Apache .htaccess rules to IIS web.config using IIS Manager for Azure Websites
Web.config - the settings and configuration file for a Windows IIS Web Application. .htaccess - the default filename of the directory-level configuration fil...
Magento Cron Jobs to Azure Web Jobs
Magento Cron Jobs
Azure App Service Web Apps - Install Mail package using composer
For Information about installing MediaWiki on Azure : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/benjguin/archive/2012/09/25/installing-mediawiki-to-free-windows-azure-web-site...
Deploy
Deploying WAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy war based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Deploying JAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy jar based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
NestJS deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a NestJS application to Azure App Service on Windows.
Python on Linux App Service and ModuleNotFoundError
In this post we’ll cover some common scenarios on why you may see ModuleNotFoundError when deploying your Python based applications to Python on Azure App Se...
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
React deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a React application to Azure App Service on Windows
Best practices for not using Development Servers on Nodejs applications and App Service Linux
This post will cover running Development Servers with Nodejs frameworks on App Service Linux, and some best practices for these scenarios - and how to instea...
Module not found with Node on App Service Linux
This blog post will cover various reasons why you may see error: cannot find module on application startup, and some resolutions to these.
NPM executables not being found on App Service Linux
Sometimes when deploying to Azure App Service Linux and Nodejs using options that use ZipDeploy - such as GitHub Actions (GitHub as the builder) or DevOps pi...
NextJS Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Next.js app on App Service Linux.
Serving SPAs with PHP Blessed Images
This post provides information on how to serve Single Page Applications(SPAs) with Azure App Service on Linux PHP “Blessed” Images.
Container Apps and Bicep deployments
This post provides information for deploying Container Apps with Bicep.
Yii Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Yii application on App Service Linux.
Enabling SSH on Linux Web App for Containers
This post provides information for setting up, configuration and troubleshooting SSH integration with Custom Docker Images that will be ran as Web App for Co...
Laravel Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Laravel application on App Service Linux.
Django Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Django application on App Service Linux.
Flask Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Flask application on App Service Linux.
Vue Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Vue application on App Service Linux.
Nest Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Nest app on App Service Linux.
React Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a React app on App Service Linux.
Angular Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Angular app on App Service Linux.
Nuxtjs Deployment with Azure DevOps Pipelines
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a NuxtJS using Azure DevOps pipelines. These steps can also be modified to be use...
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting failed slot swaps on App Service Linux
This post will cover troubleshooting scenarios for failed slot swapping on App Service Linux. This normally surfaces as ‘Cannot swap site slots for site ‘som...
Why you may see Docker Containers that are not yours on App Service Linux
This post will explain why you may see other Docker Containers showing up in your logging when using App Service Linux or Linux Web Apps for Containers.
Troubleshooting Azure Functions Javascript
You can find all the best practices for reliable Azure Functions in this reference, this blog post will complement some of these best practices and how you c...
Troubleshooting DNS connectivity on Azure Container Apps
Introduction Azure Container Apps provides a convenient and efficient way to deploy containerized applications in the cloud, allowing you to quickly scale an...
Troubleshooting common Docker Pull errors on Linux Web App for Containers
This post will cover troubleshooting common Docker Pull errors on Linux Web App for Containers. This won’t cover every error that can potentially manifest - ...
Whats the difference between PORT and WEBSITES_PORT
This post will cover the difference between using the PORT and WEBSITES_PORT App Setting - and when to use them
Troubleshooting Node.js deployments on App Service Linux
There are different ways to deploy a Node.js application to Azure App Service Linux. In this post we are covering the most common scenarios when doing deploy...
Troubleshooting ‘failed to find attribute’ errors on Python Linux App Services
In this post we’ll cover troubleshooting “failed to find attribute ‘app’ in ‘app’” based messages for Python on App Service Linux.
Using modern Yarn for deployment with Node.js on Azure App Service
This blog post covers how to use Yarn versions 3.x for deployment on Azure App Services with Node.js.
WordPress Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
Mixed Content error on WordPress site What does the mixed content error message indicate?
Container Apps and Failed Revisions
This post will cover some more common scenarios on why a Container App ‘revision’ may show as ‘failed’.
Installing troubleshooting tools in Java custom containers
During performance troubleshooting, sometimes you may need to install various tooling to help track down a problem. With Java, common ones that can be used a...
Diagnostic Tools for Java Performace on App Service Windows
When dealing with High CPU, High Memory, or general performance scenarios on App Service Windows, it’s recommended to profile the application locally, but th...
Diagnostic Tools for Java Performace on App Service Linux
When dealing with High CPU, High Memory, or general performance scenarios on App Service Linux, it’s recommended to profile the application locally, but this...
Enabling SSH on Linux Web App for Containers
This post provides information for setting up, configuration and troubleshooting SSH integration with Custom Docker Images that will be ran as Web App for Co...
Installing TcpPing on Azure App Service Linux
A useful tool to help with diagnosing network related issues on Azure App Service is TcpPing. Below are the steps for installing the tool for Debian and Alp...
Debugging PHP Applications on Azure App Services Linux/Containers using XDEBUG
When it comes to slow performance on custom PHP applications running on Azure App Services, there will come a time where XDEBUG will need to be enabled to fu...
Nodejs
Yarn install timeouts and private packages on App Service Linux
If you decide to use App Service Build named Oryx to build your source code into runnable artifacts and you have a package.json and yarn.lock in your applica...
Troubleshooting Node.js deployments on App Service Linux
There are different ways to deploy a Node.js application to Azure App Service Linux. In this post we are covering the most common scenarios when doing deploy...
NestJS deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a NestJS application to Azure App Service on Windows.
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
React deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a React application to Azure App Service on Windows
Best practices for not using Development Servers on Nodejs applications and App Service Linux
This post will cover running Development Servers with Nodejs frameworks on App Service Linux, and some best practices for these scenarios - and how to instea...
Module not found with Node on App Service Linux
This blog post will cover various reasons why you may see error: cannot find module on application startup, and some resolutions to these.
NPM executables not being found on App Service Linux
Sometimes when deploying to Azure App Service Linux and Nodejs using options that use ZipDeploy - such as GitHub Actions (GitHub as the builder) or DevOps pi...
NextJS Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Next.js app on App Service Linux.
Fix Yarn ESOCKETTIMEDOUT with .yarnrc Configuration File
During yarn install, you can often experience a timeout when downloading larger node modules. These timeouts will cause build failures. Increasing the time...
Node.js 12 applications failing by Optional chaining
Node.js version 14 has included Optional Chaining (?.) operator as part of the updates/hightlights, which enable JavaScript developers to read the value of a...
NodeJS with Keep-Alives and Connection Reuse
This post will be an overview of how to implement connection reuse on Azure with Node.js. By default, Node.js doesn’t reuse connections - and in terms of Azu...
Using PM2 on App Service Linux
PM2 is a production process manager for Node.js applications that allows you quickly start, manage, scale node processes and keep your application online. It...
Nest Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Nest app on App Service Linux.
Nodejs App Performance Tweaks - Azure App Services (Windows)
Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and ef...
Python
Python Deployment - Could not find output.tar.gz
This post will cover troubleshooting a specific deployment startup message for python app services on Linux.
Troubleshooting ‘failed to find attribute’ errors on Python Linux App Services
In this post we’ll cover troubleshooting “failed to find attribute ‘app’ in ‘app’” based messages for Python on App Service Linux.
Configuring Gunicorn worker classes and other general settings
In thos post we’ll go over how to make Gunicorn target different worker classes for different types of applications - and other general settings we can confi...
Deploying Python Applications using Github Actions
In this blog post we will cover Github Actions Deployment to a Python App Service.
Python on Linux App Service and ModuleNotFoundError
In this post we’ll cover some common scenarios on why you may see ModuleNotFoundError when deploying your Python based applications to Python on Azure App Se...
Using Python to interact with and manage Azure AD apps and Azure Service Principals
Sometimes it may be needed to create, edit, manage or do some other operations on Azure AD applications and Service Principals. With Python and Azure, you ca...
Gunicorn Update HTTP Headers on Azure App Service
Please refer to the steps below on how to update Gunicorn HTTP headers as a Security best practice. Check the document below on exhaustive list of settings f...
Enabling Code Profiler for Python on App Service Linux
The App Service Linux Python images now come pre-configured with a code-profiler. This quickly allows us to collect traces for troubleshooting High Memory &a...
Django Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Django application on App Service Linux.
Flask Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Flask application on App Service Linux.
Profile Python Applications in Azure App Services
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
Running Flask App with HttpPlatformHandler in Azure App Services(Windows)
Flask is a micro web framework written in Python and based on the Werkzeug toolkit and Jinja2 template engine.
Django app with HttpPlatformHandler in Azure App Services (Windows)
In my previous blog Deploying Django App to Azure App Services using Git, I have provided detailed steps on how to run Django app in Azure App services using...
Docker
Troubleshooting failed slot swaps on App Service Linux
This post will cover troubleshooting scenarios for failed slot swapping on App Service Linux. This normally surfaces as ‘Cannot swap site slots for site ‘som...
Why you may see Docker Containers that are not yours on App Service Linux
This post will explain why you may see other Docker Containers showing up in your logging when using App Service Linux or Linux Web Apps for Containers.
Troubleshooting DNS connectivity on Azure Container Apps
Introduction Azure Container Apps provides a convenient and efficient way to deploy containerized applications in the cloud, allowing you to quickly scale an...
Troubleshooting common Docker Pull errors on Linux Web App for Containers
This post will cover troubleshooting common Docker Pull errors on Linux Web App for Containers. This won’t cover every error that can potentially manifest - ...
Using a Dapr Secret Store with Azure Key Vault to source credentials for a Dapr State Store
This post will cover using a Dapr Secret Store that grabs secrets from Azure Key Vault - we can then use this configured store to source credentials for othe...
Whats the difference between PORT and WEBSITES_PORT
This post will cover the difference between using the PORT and WEBSITES_PORT App Setting - and when to use them
Deploying Web App for Containers with CI/CD pipelines
This post will cover some ways to set up a CI/CD pipeline and deploy your image to Web App for Containers on Azure.
Using Managed Identity and Bicep to pull images with Azure Container Apps
This post will cover how to set up your Azure Container Apps to pull images from Azure Container Registry with User or System Assigned Identity when using Bi...
Container Apps and Failed Revisions
This post will cover some more common scenarios on why a Container App ‘revision’ may show as ‘failed’.
Running gRPC with Container Apps
Azure Container Apps is a new offering that runs on top of Kubernetes. A nice feature of this is that it supports gRPC, which uses HTTP/2 as its transport pr...
Docker User Namespace remapping issues
Docker has a concept of User namespace and User namespace remapping (Otherwise known as userns). When this is used, this remaps users in the container to les...
Enabling SSH on Linux Web App for Containers
This post provides information for setting up, configuration and troubleshooting SSH integration with Custom Docker Images that will be ran as Web App for Co...
Adding SSH support to Asp.Net Core Docker Container created in Visual Studio 2017
When creating a Docker container used in Azure App Service Web App for Containers, a common requirement is to add SSH support so that we can log into the app...
Azure DevOps
How to deploy Azure Functions as Custom Docker container using Azure DevOps
In this blog post, we are covering a simple way to build a custom container for your function app and use Azure DevOps for CI/CD with public or self-hosted a...
Module not found with Node on App Service Linux
This blog post will cover various reasons why you may see error: cannot find module on application startup, and some resolutions to these.
NPM executables not being found on App Service Linux
Sometimes when deploying to Azure App Service Linux and Nodejs using options that use ZipDeploy - such as GitHub Actions (GitHub as the builder) or DevOps pi...
NextJS Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Next.js app on App Service Linux.
Yii Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Yii application on App Service Linux.
Laravel Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Laravel application on App Service Linux.
Django Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Django application on App Service Linux.
Flask Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Flask application on App Service Linux.
Vue Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Vue application on App Service Linux.
Nest Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Nest app on App Service Linux.
React Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a React app on App Service Linux.
Angular Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Angular app on App Service Linux.
Nuxtjs Deployment with Azure DevOps Pipelines
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a NuxtJS using Azure DevOps pipelines. These steps can also be modified to be use...
Web Apps
Azure Web App with AngularJs and NodeJs Apps on Same Instance
In my previous Blog, I have wrote on hosting AngularJs app in Azure Web App. This post would provide details on how to host AngularJs App on a web app instan...
Debug Django Web Application in Azure Web Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using Django Framework in Python, you may end-up getting Application errors at some point of your Application Development ...
Troubleshooting PHPMyAdmin Site Extension
If you recently started having trouble (HTTP 500) with PHPMyAdmin (PMA) SiteExtension, it may be a problem with sessions. The errors look like this:
Install Python Modules on Azure App Services
Installing Python packages in Azure App Services is little tricky using pip. In this blog, I would provide best practice to do that.
Connect to Microsoft Azure Redis Cache from WordPress site
Microsoft Azure Redis Cache is based on the popular open source Redis Cache. It gives users access to a secure, dedicated Redis Cache managed by Microsoft. Y...
Troubleshooting MySQL Database on ClearDB - Deprecated
This article covers some common scenarios customers may run into using ClearDB with Microsoft Azure. For reference, here is a link to the ClearDB FAQ: https:...
Converting Apache .htaccess rules to IIS web.config using IIS Manager for Azure Websites
Web.config - the settings and configuration file for a Windows IIS Web Application. .htaccess - the default filename of the directory-level configuration fil...
Magento Cron Jobs to Azure Web Jobs
Magento Cron Jobs
Azure App Service Web Apps - Install Mail package using composer
For Information about installing MediaWiki on Azure : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/benjguin/archive/2012/09/25/installing-mediawiki-to-free-windows-azure-web-site...
nodejs
Meteor 1.4 App on Azure App Services
Meteor is a full-stack JavaScript platform for developing modern web and mobile applications. Meteor includes a key set of technologies for building connecte...
Run NPM, Bower, Composer, Gulp & Grunt In Azure App Services During Deployment
Azure Source Control deployment process would involve below steps
NodeJs and NPM versions on Azure App Services
NodeJs is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. NodeJs uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and effi...
Sample Nodejs App on Azure App services
Create a azure webapp Browse to Kudu In your favorite Microsoft browser, surf to http://.scm.azurewebsites.net. Ex: if your Azure App Service Web App na...
Meteor 1.2 app on Azure Web Apps (OS X)
Refer Below link for running Meteor 1.4 App on Azure App Services https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureossds/2016/08/24/meteor-1-4-on-azure-app-services/
Using Bower in Node.js Azure WebApps
Bower is a package manager for web app. It offers a generic, unopinionated solution to the problem of front-end package management, while exposing the packag...
Azure Web App with AngularJs and NodeJs Apps on Same Instance
In my previous Blog, I have wrote on hosting AngularJs app in Azure Web App. This post would provide details on how to host AngularJs App on a web app instan...
Using Gulp in Node.js Azure WebApps
Gulp is a toolkit that will help you automate painful or time-consuming tasks in your development workflow.
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
NPM3 on Azure Web Apps
On Windows, the file system itself cannot seem to cope very well with too deeply nested node_modules directory used by NPM. This blog provides details on how...
Finding Memory Leaks and CPU Usage in Azure Node.js Web App
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
Create Nodejs API APP using Swaggerize-express and YO tool
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
Deployment
Python Deployment - Could not find output.tar.gz
This post will cover troubleshooting a specific deployment startup message for python app services on Linux.
Yarn install timeouts and private packages on App Service Linux
If you decide to use App Service Build named Oryx to build your source code into runnable artifacts and you have a package.json and yarn.lock in your applica...
Deploying Web App for Containers with CI/CD pipelines
This post will cover some ways to set up a CI/CD pipeline and deploy your image to Web App for Containers on Azure.
Adding Tomcat Manager to Blessed Java Images on Linux App Service
By default Tomcat Manager on Azure App Service Linux is not enabled. This blog post will show how to do that.
Using modern Yarn for deployment with Node.js on Azure App Service
This blog post covers how to use Yarn versions 3.x for deployment on Azure App Services with Node.js.
Compression on App Service Linux
This post will cover content compression on Azure App Service Linux.
Running gRPC with Container Apps
Azure Container Apps is a new offering that runs on top of Kubernetes. A nice feature of this is that it supports gRPC, which uses HTTP/2 as its transport pr...
Installing troubleshooting tools in Dotnet Core custom Images
Sometimes during performance troubleshooting you may need certain tools to profile or analyze the application during runtime. For example, to capture dumps d...
Docker User Namespace remapping issues
Docker has a concept of User namespace and User namespace remapping (Otherwise known as userns). When this is used, this remaps users in the container to les...
Avoiding hardcoding Node versions on App Service Windows
This post shows a few ways to avoid hardcoding Node.js versions with Windows App Services. This will focus on two files, web.config and iisnode.yml where thi...
wSGI and aSGI Python Applications on Azure Functions
Azure Functions can support wSGI and aSGI frameworks with HTTP triggered Python Functions. This functionality is now provided by middleware that takes in the...
Deployment and Configuration - App Service Linux
Configure and Deploy App Service on Linux.
Azure App Service on Linux
Default exposed ports of Azure App Service Linux Blessed Images
This post will quickly cover the default ports that are exposed on various Azure App Service Blessed Images
Fix Yarn ESOCKETTIMEDOUT with .yarnrc Configuration File
During yarn install, you can often experience a timeout when downloading larger node modules. These timeouts will cause build failures. Increasing the time...
Node.js 12 applications failing by Optional chaining
Node.js version 14 has included Optional Chaining (?.) operator as part of the updates/hightlights, which enable JavaScript developers to read the value of a...
Installing troubleshooting tools in Java custom containers
During performance troubleshooting, sometimes you may need to install various tooling to help track down a problem. With Java, common ones that can be used a...
Installing troubleshooting tools in Dotnet Core custom Images
Sometimes during performance troubleshooting you may need certain tools to profile or analyze the application during runtime. For example, to capture dumps d...
Docker User Namespace remapping issues
Docker has a concept of User namespace and User namespace remapping (Otherwise known as userns). When this is used, this remaps users in the container to les...
wSGI and aSGI Python Applications on Azure Functions
Azure Functions can support wSGI and aSGI frameworks with HTTP triggered Python Functions. This functionality is now provided by middleware that takes in the...
Increasing Request Header sizes on Linux App Services
Sometimes there is a need to increase the default request header size allowed when making HTTP requests to an application. For instance, there may be a large...
Hosting a Nexus3 repository on an Azure Linux VM
In this post we’ll be setting up a Nexus3 repository on an Azure Linux Virtual Machine(Ubuntu 20.04). After setting this up, we’ll create a Linux Web App for...
Editing Response Headers on Linux App Service
Sometimes when working with applications, you may want to customize the response headers - maybe the application you’re working with depends on it, or anothe...
NodeJS with Keep-Alives and Connection Reuse
This post will be an overview of how to implement connection reuse on Azure with Node.js. By default, Node.js doesn’t reuse connections - and in terms of Azu...
Using PM2 on App Service Linux
PM2 is a production process manager for Node.js applications that allows you quickly start, manage, scale node processes and keep your application online. It...
Linux
Python on Linux App Service and ModuleNotFoundError
In this post we’ll cover some common scenarios on why you may see ModuleNotFoundError when deploying your Python based applications to Python on Azure App Se...
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
Nodejs on App Service Linux and why to avoid installing packages in startup scripts
This post is about why to avoid using a custom startup script on App Service Linux with Node.js to install your npm or yarn packages and dependencies at runt...
Node applications on App Service Linux and getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND
Sometimes when making requests to external dependencies with Node applications, you may encounter an error showing “getaddrinfo ENOTOUND”. This can happen fo...
Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached on Azure App Service Linux
When developing JavaScript-based applications on App Service Linux, notably ones that also come with a development server (e.x, with “hot-reloading”/”live-re...
Custom Tomcat Configuration on Azure App Service Linux
The pre-built images for Tomcat on App Service Linux include the default Catalina Base located in /usr/local/tomcat. By design, any changes made outside of /...
Adding SSL/TLS certificates for Apache and NGINX on Azure Virtual Machines
This post will be an overview of how to add an TLS/SSL certificates to your Apache or NGINX Web Server running on an Azure Virtual Machine. These examples wi...
Configuring a Nginx image for VNET Integration on Azure
Configuring a Nginx docker image for VNET Integration on Azure We’ll be walking through the changes required with the Nginx docker repo to support vnet Integ...
Redirect azurewebsites.net to your custom domain
How to update Nginx to redirect to your custom domain.
Adding SSH support to Asp.Net Core Docker Container created in Visual Studio 2017
When creating a Docker container used in Azure App Service Web App for Containers, a common requirement is to add SSH support so that we can log into the app...
GitHub Actions
Module not found with Node on App Service Linux
This blog post will cover various reasons why you may see error: cannot find module on application startup, and some resolutions to these.
NPM executables not being found on App Service Linux
Sometimes when deploying to Azure App Service Linux and Nodejs using options that use ZipDeploy - such as GitHub Actions (GitHub as the builder) or DevOps pi...
NextJS Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Next.js app on App Service Linux.
Yii Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Yii application on App Service Linux.
Laravel Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Laravel application on App Service Linux.
Django Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Django application on App Service Linux.
Flask Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Flask application on App Service Linux.
Vue Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Vue application on App Service Linux.
Nest Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Nest app on App Service Linux.
React Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a React app on App Service Linux.
Angular Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Angular app on App Service Linux.
java configuration
Accessing storage blob using SAS with Java
In order to access your storage blob using SAS with Java, please follow below steps -
Using wildfly-swarm on Azure App Service
This blog is for the customers who wants to use wildfly-swarm container which is the reconstitution of the popular WildFly Java Application Server. As you kn...
Azure Webapps - Java configurator site extension
Azure webapps environment requires certain configuration changes in order to run a Java webapp. It uses IIS module called httpPlatform which acts as proxy to...
Running java jar file to serve web requests on Azure App Service Web Apps
There are several Java web servers that are supported on Azure App Service Web Apps. But if you have custom code built into a jar which allows it to act as w...
Custom deployment folder on Azure Web Apps with Git
Sometimes you don’t want to deploy your application in the default webapps directory when deploying from GitHub (continuous deployment) on Azure webapp. You ...
Configure log4j along with log rotation on Tomcat Web App in Azure App Service
On Azure App Service Web App deployed with Tomcat (from marketplace), the default logger is set to java.util.logging. If your application is setup with log...
Use custom context for Azure Tomcat application
Sometimes, you don’t want to deploy your application in the default deployment folder for your Java webapp on Azure env. One of the best examples could be wh...
Setting environment variable and accessing it in Java program on Azure webapp
Sometimes, you want to set new environment variable and want to access it in your Java Program.
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the access to Tomcat admin console. This can be done if you a...
Executing Java Web Jobs on Azure
To execute the Java web jobs on Azure, follow the below steps :
Azure web app
Migrating data between MySQL databases using kudu console – Azure App Service
NOTE: Always keep multiple backup’s of your database before migration. There are often times when you want to migrate data from one MySQL server to another. ...
How to upgrade ClearDB database for Azure App Service - Deprecated
If you are using ClearDB as your MySQL database on Azure, you probably know that there is no upgrade path available on Azure portal. The only way to upgrade ...
Triggering the PHP Process Report on Azure Web Apps
The PHP Process Report can be a vital tool in troubleshooting slowness or errors with your PHP Web Application. This article covers how to trigger the report...
Custom deployment folder on Azure Web Apps with Git
Sometimes you don’t want to deploy your application in the default webapps directory when deploying from GitHub (continuous deployment) on Azure webapp. You ...
PHP ImageMagick on Azure Web Apps
This post is outdated. See alternatives:
Setting environment variable and accessing it in Java program on Azure webapp
Sometimes, you want to set new environment variable and want to access it in your Java Program.
Convert Apache .htaccess to IIS Web.Config
A web.config file is the settings and configuration for applications on IIS Server (ex: Azure Paas Websites ). But what if you’re coming from a Linux host – ...
Migrate Yii Framework Application to Azure Web App
1. Create a PHP Empty Web App on Azure:
Troubleshooting PHPMyAdmin Site Extension
If you recently started having trouble (HTTP 500) with PHPMyAdmin (PMA) SiteExtension, it may be a problem with sessions. The errors look like this:
Migrate Zend Framework 2 Project to Azure Web App
1. Create an empty web app on Azure
wordpress
WordPress Best Practices for Security
WordPress Security Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
WordPress Best Practices for Performance
WordPress Performance Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
WordPress Migration Plan to Azure App Services
Looking to move your WordPress site to Azure App Services? Follow these steps to get started with your migration.
Best Practices for WordPress Security on Azure
This article was put together by Mangesh Sangapu and Yi Wang. Shout-out to Cory Fowler and Sunitha Muthukrishna for additional tips.
Triggering the PHP Process Report on Azure Web Apps
The PHP Process Report can be a vital tool in troubleshooting slowness or errors with your PHP Web Application. This article covers how to trigger the report...
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
Enable WordPress Error Logs
Logs can help identify slowness, HTTP 500 Fatal Errors, WordPress “white screen of death” and other issues your Azure App Service Web App may be experiencin...
Node.js
Avoiding hardcoding Node versions on App Service Windows
This post shows a few ways to avoid hardcoding Node.js versions with Windows App Services. This will focus on two files, web.config and iisnode.yml where thi...
Nuxtjs Deployment with Azure DevOps Pipelines
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a NuxtJS using Azure DevOps pipelines. These steps can also be modified to be use...
Node.js and Redirects or Rewrite scenarios on App Service Linux
Sometimes due to specific needs, you may want to implement a URL redirect or rewrite on the server side. For instance, redirecting from www to non-www, or th...
Profiling High CPU and Memory in Azure JavaScript Functions
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in Azure Functions, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is...
Troubleshooting Node.js High CPU and Memory scenarios in App Service Windows
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in App Service Windows, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes i...
Troubleshooting Node.js High Memory scenarios in App Service Linux
When dealing with High Memory scenarios in App Service Linux, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is h...
Troubleshooting Node.js High CPU scenarios in App Service Linux
When dealing with High CPU scenarios in App Service Linux, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is hard...
Using specific IIS Node versions for handling requests to Node Applications - App Services (Windows)
This article will discuss on how to use a specific version of IISNode for Node Applications running on Azure App Services (windows). This was achieved by poi...
Yarn
Yarn install timeouts and private packages on App Service Linux
If you decide to use App Service Build named Oryx to build your source code into runnable artifacts and you have a package.json and yarn.lock in your applica...
NestJS deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a NestJS application to Azure App Service on Windows.
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
React deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a React application to Azure App Service on Windows
Best practices for not using Development Servers on Nodejs applications and App Service Linux
This post will cover running Development Servers with Nodejs frameworks on App Service Linux, and some best practices for these scenarios - and how to instea...
Module not found with Node on App Service Linux
This blog post will cover various reasons why you may see error: cannot find module on application startup, and some resolutions to these.
Fix Yarn ESOCKETTIMEDOUT with .yarnrc Configuration File
During yarn install, you can often experience a timeout when downloading larger node modules. These timeouts will cause build failures. Increasing the time...
Using modern Yarn for deployment with Node.js on Azure App Service
This blog post covers how to use Yarn versions 3.x for deployment on Azure App Services with Node.js.
python
Running Python Webjob on Azure App Services using non-default python version
You can run programs or scripts in WebJobs in your Azure App Service web app in three ways: on demand, continuously, or on a schedule. There is no additional...
Deploying Django App to Azure App Services using Git and new version of Python
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of ...
Debug Django Web Application in Azure Web Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using Django Framework in Python, you may end-up getting Application errors at some point of your Application Development ...
Troubleshoot- logging python Application errors on Azure Web/API Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using python, you may end-up getting below 500 error at some point of your application development process. This Blog desc...
Install Python Modules on Azure App Services
Installing Python packages in Azure App Services is little tricky using pip. In this blog, I would provide best practice to do that.
Create a new Azure Apiapp in python supporting swagger 2.0
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
Uploading files to Azure Storage using SAS(shared access signature) - Python
For information on Shared Access Signature visit : http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-dotnet-shared-access-signature-part-1/
web.config
RewriteRule sample for WordPress in subdirectory
In the case you installed another instance of WordPress in a subdirectory of main WordPress site in Azure web app for Windows, your WordPress installation ma...
Azure Web App with AngularJs and NodeJs Apps on Same Instance
In my previous Blog, I have wrote on hosting AngularJs app in Azure Web App. This post would provide details on how to host AngularJs App on a web app instan...
Convert Apache .htaccess to IIS Web.Config
A web.config file is the settings and configuration for applications on IIS Server (ex: Azure Paas Websites ). But what if you’re coming from a Linux host – ...
Migrate Yii Framework Application to Azure Web App
1. Create a PHP Empty Web App on Azure:
web.config for Zend Framework Project on Azure Apps
When you deploy Zend Framework project to Azure Apps, the web.config provided by Zend (http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/project-structure.rewrite.htm...
Magento Web.Config for Azure and IIS
After installing Magento on Azure, here is the web.config file that should be within the wwwroot folder.
Converting Apache .htaccess rules to IIS web.config using IIS Manager for Azure Websites
Web.config - the settings and configuration file for a Windows IIS Web Application. .htaccess - the default filename of the directory-level configuration fil...
WAWS
Azure Web App with AngularJs and NodeJs Apps on Same Instance
In my previous Blog, I have wrote on hosting AngularJs app in Azure Web App. This post would provide details on how to host AngularJs App on a web app instan...
Creating an AngularJS Single Page Application with routes on Azure WebApps
This Blog would provide a step-by-step procedure on creating sample AngularJS app with routes supporting SEO.
Finding Memory Leaks and CPU Usage in Azure Node.js Web App
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
Debug Django Web Application in Azure Web Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using Django Framework in Python, you may end-up getting Application errors at some point of your Application Development ...
Troubleshooting PHPMyAdmin Site Extension
If you recently started having trouble (HTTP 500) with PHPMyAdmin (PMA) SiteExtension, it may be a problem with sessions. The errors look like this:
Troubleshoot- logging python Application errors on Azure Web/API Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using python, you may end-up getting below 500 error at some point of your application development process. This Blog desc...
Install Python Modules on Azure App Services
Installing Python packages in Azure App Services is little tricky using pip. In this blog, I would provide best practice to do that.
mysql
Migrating data between MySQL databases using kudu console – Azure App Service
NOTE: Always keep multiple backup’s of your database before migration. There are often times when you want to migrate data from one MySQL server to another. ...
How to upgrade ClearDB database for Azure App Service - Deprecated
If you are using ClearDB as your MySQL database on Azure, you probably know that there is no upgrade path available on Azure portal. The only way to upgrade ...
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
Troubleshooting PHPMyAdmin Site Extension
If you recently started having trouble (HTTP 500) with PHPMyAdmin (PMA) SiteExtension, it may be a problem with sessions. The errors look like this:
Troubleshooting MySQL Database on ClearDB - Deprecated
This article covers some common scenarios customers may run into using ClearDB with Microsoft Azure. For reference, here is a link to the ClearDB FAQ: https:...
APIAPP
Debug Django Web Application in Azure Web Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using Django Framework in Python, you may end-up getting Application errors at some point of your Application Development ...
Troubleshoot- logging python Application errors on Azure Web/API Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using python, you may end-up getting below 500 error at some point of your application development process. This Blog desc...
Install Python Modules on Azure App Services
Installing Python packages in Azure App Services is little tricky using pip. In this blog, I would provide best practice to do that.
Create a new Azure Apiapp in python supporting swagger 2.0
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
Create Nodejs API APP using Swaggerize-express and YO tool
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
Troubleshoot - Azure Api App
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
Performance
Configuring Gunicorn worker classes and other general settings
In thos post we’ll go over how to make Gunicorn target different worker classes for different types of applications - and other general settings we can confi...
Modifiying PHP FPM settings
This post will cover how to modify the values of PHP FPM settings for Linux PHP 8 App Services.
Diagnostic Tools for Java Performace on App Service Windows
When dealing with High CPU, High Memory, or general performance scenarios on App Service Windows, it’s recommended to profile the application locally, but th...
Diagnostic Tools for Java Performace on App Service Linux
When dealing with High CPU, High Memory, or general performance scenarios on App Service Linux, it’s recommended to profile the application locally, but this...
Enabling Code Profiler for Python on App Service Linux
The App Service Linux Python images now come pre-configured with a code-profiler. This quickly allows us to collect traces for troubleshooting High Memory &a...
NodeJS with Keep-Alives and Connection Reuse
This post will be an overview of how to implement connection reuse on Azure with Node.js. By default, Node.js doesn’t reuse connections - and in terms of Azu...
NPM
NestJS deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a NestJS application to Azure App Service on Windows.
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
React deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a React application to Azure App Service on Windows
Best practices for not using Development Servers on Nodejs applications and App Service Linux
This post will cover running Development Servers with Nodejs frameworks on App Service Linux, and some best practices for these scenarios - and how to instea...
Module not found with Node on App Service Linux
This blog post will cover various reasons why you may see error: cannot find module on application startup, and some resolutions to these.
NPM executables not being found on App Service Linux
Sometimes when deploying to Azure App Service Linux and Nodejs using options that use ZipDeploy - such as GitHub Actions (GitHub as the builder) or DevOps pi...
PHP troubleshooting
Triggering the PHP Process Report on Azure Web Apps
The PHP Process Report can be a vital tool in troubleshooting slowness or errors with your PHP Web Application. This article covers how to trigger the report...
Enable WordPress Error Logs
Logs can help identify slowness, HTTP 500 Fatal Errors, WordPress “white screen of death” and other issues your Azure App Service Web App may be experiencin...
Troubleshooting PHPMyAdmin Site Extension
If you recently started having trouble (HTTP 500) with PHPMyAdmin (PMA) SiteExtension, it may be a problem with sessions. The errors look like this:
PHP Error Log on Azure Website
1. E_ERROR - Fatal run-time errors. These are the errors that can not be recovered, execution of the script is halted (http://php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.con...
Finding Correct Version of PHP Extension for Azure Web Site
While working with websites on Azure, sometimes you may need to install additional extensions. It is important to find the right extension that matches the P...
.htaccess
Restrict access to login for the WordPress running on Azure web app container
For WordPress sites that running on Apache server in Azure web app for containers, here is sample code to restrict access to login pages, such as wp-login.ph...
RewriteRule sample for WordPress in subdirectory
In the case you installed another instance of WordPress in a subdirectory of main WordPress site in Azure web app for Windows, your WordPress installation ma...
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS from .htaccess for Azure Web App on Linux on Apache
To verify the request is sent from HTTP or HTTPS for Web App on Linux:
Magento Web.Config for Azure and IIS
After installing Magento on Azure, here is the web.config file that should be within the wwwroot folder.
Converting Apache .htaccess rules to IIS web.config using IIS Manager for Azure Websites
Web.config - the settings and configuration file for a Windows IIS Web Application. .htaccess - the default filename of the directory-level configuration fil...
azure app service web app
Adding SSH support to Asp.Net Core Docker Container created in Visual Studio 2017
When creating a Docker container used in Azure App Service Web App for Containers, a common requirement is to add SSH support so that we can log into the app...
Using wildfly-swarm on Azure App Service
This blog is for the customers who wants to use wildfly-swarm container which is the reconstitution of the popular WildFly Java Application Server. As you kn...
Azure Webapps - Java configurator site extension
Azure webapps environment requires certain configuration changes in order to run a Java webapp. It uses IIS module called httpPlatform which acts as proxy to...
Enable WordPress Error Logs
Logs can help identify slowness, HTTP 500 Fatal Errors, WordPress “white screen of death” and other issues your Azure App Service Web App may be experiencin...
Magento Web.Config for Azure and IIS
After installing Magento on Azure, here is the web.config file that should be within the wwwroot folder.
troubleshoot
Troubleshooting Common iisnode Issues
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist in debugging node applications hosted on Azure App Service Windows. This article will cover how to enable loggi...
Finding Memory Leaks and CPU Usage in Azure Node.js Web App
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
Debug Node.js Web Apps on Azure
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Node.js applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how t...
Debug Django Web Application in Azure Web Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using Django Framework in Python, you may end-up getting Application errors at some point of your Application Development ...
Troubleshoot- logging python Application errors on Azure Web/API Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using python, you may end-up getting below 500 error at some point of your application development process. This Blog desc...
Azure webapp
Adding SSH support to Asp.Net Core Docker Container created in Visual Studio 2017
When creating a Docker container used in Azure App Service Web App for Containers, a common requirement is to add SSH support so that we can log into the app...
Migrating data between MySQL databases using kudu console – Azure App Service
NOTE: Always keep multiple backup’s of your database before migration. There are often times when you want to migrate data from one MySQL server to another. ...
How to upgrade ClearDB database for Azure App Service - Deprecated
If you are using ClearDB as your MySQL database on Azure, you probably know that there is no upgrade path available on Azure portal. The only way to upgrade ...
PHP ImageMagick on Azure Web Apps
This post is outdated. See alternatives:
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
WordPress
WordPress Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
Mixed Content error on WordPress site What does the mixed content error message indicate?
WordPress Migration: Easy as A-B-C, 1-2-3
Fig 1. WordPress Migration Components
An Example of Setting WordPress Email with Office 365 SMTP
Install “WP Mail SMTP” plugin in WordPress (use this plugin as example) Configure WP Mail SMTP using ‘smtp.office365.com’, e.g.
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
Wordpress
How to set the redirect rules in Nginx based Wordpress Image
Our Wordpress on Linux image is Nginx based and if you’d like to configure the redirect rules, please follow the steps below
Restrict access to login for the WordPress running on Azure web app container
For WordPress sites that running on Apache server in Azure web app for containers, here is sample code to restrict access to login pages, such as wp-login.ph...
RewriteRule sample for WordPress in subdirectory
In the case you installed another instance of WordPress in a subdirectory of main WordPress site in Azure web app for Windows, your WordPress installation ma...
HTTP to HTTPS redirect for WordPress on Azure Web App on Linux
If you host WordPress site on Azure Web App on Linux running Apache, here are the steps to implement HTTP to HTTPS redirect:
Migrate WordPress content to Azure blob storage
Azure storage provides solution for applications requiring scalable, durable, and highly available storage for their data. In this blog, we cover the steps h...
Nginx
How to set Nginx headers
This post will cover how you can modify Nginx headers, in specific for security perspective but it applies for any custom header needed. Note: This is jus...
How to configure Let’s Encrypt Certificates for Nginx or Apache in Azure Linux Virtual Machines
There are several ways to configure Let’s encrypt for Nginx or Apache with different clients as python3-certbot-nginx. For this purpose, it is preferred to u...
Modifiying PHP FPM settings
This post will cover how to modify the values of PHP FPM settings for Linux PHP 8 App Services.
Configuring a Nginx image for VNET Integration on Azure
Configuring a Nginx docker image for VNET Integration on Azure We’ll be walking through the changes required with the Nginx docker repo to support vnet Integ...
Redirect azurewebsites.net to your custom domain
How to update Nginx to redirect to your custom domain.
Azure App Service
Adding Tomcat Manager to Blessed Java Images on Linux App Service
By default Tomcat Manager on Azure App Service Linux is not enabled. This blog post will show how to do that.
Using modern Yarn for deployment with Node.js on Azure App Service
This blog post covers how to use Yarn versions 3.x for deployment on Azure App Services with Node.js.
Gunicorn Update HTTP Headers on Azure App Service
Please refer to the steps below on how to update Gunicorn HTTP headers as a Security best practice. Check the document below on exhaustive list of settings f...
WordPress Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
Mixed Content error on WordPress site What does the mixed content error message indicate?
Windows
Deploying JAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy jar based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
NestJS deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a NestJS application to Azure App Service on Windows.
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
React deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a React application to Azure App Service on Windows
Custom Tomcat Configuration on Azure App Service Windows
App Service Windows includes multiple versions of Tomcat for your choosing & uses IIS to quickly update your process path once any new runtime version is...
JavaScript
Troubleshooting Azure Functions Javascript
You can find all the best practices for reliable Azure Functions in this reference, this blog post will complement some of these best practices and how you c...
Vue Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Vue application on App Service Linux.
React Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a React app on App Service Linux.
Angular Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Angular app on App Service Linux.
Profiling High CPU and Memory in Azure JavaScript Functions
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in Azure Functions, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is...
cleardb
Migrating data between MySQL databases using kudu console – Azure App Service
NOTE: Always keep multiple backup’s of your database before migration. There are often times when you want to migrate data from one MySQL server to another. ...
How to upgrade ClearDB database for Azure App Service - Deprecated
If you are using ClearDB as your MySQL database on Azure, you probably know that there is no upgrade path available on Azure portal. The only way to upgrade ...
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
Troubleshooting MySQL Database on ClearDB - Deprecated
This article covers some common scenarios customers may run into using ClearDB with Microsoft Azure. For reference, here is a link to the ClearDB FAQ: https:...
error-logs
How to identify/review PHP errors on Azure Web Apps using Log Stream service
If you are getting internal server errors (HTTP error 500) trying to request your PHP application inside Azure Web Apps,
Enable WordPress Error Logs
Logs can help identify slowness, HTTP 500 Fatal Errors, WordPress “white screen of death” and other issues your Azure App Service Web App may be experiencin...
Debug Django Web Application in Azure Web Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using Django Framework in Python, you may end-up getting Application errors at some point of your Application Development ...
Troubleshoot- logging python Application errors on Azure Web/API Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using python, you may end-up getting below 500 error at some point of your application development process. This Blog desc...
webapp
Profiling Java process on Azure web apps
There are certain situations when your Java web application is not performing as you expect it to. To understand where the problem lies, you may need to prof...
Using Gulp in Node.js Azure WebApps
Gulp is a toolkit that will help you automate painful or time-consuming tasks in your development workflow.
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the access to Tomcat admin console. This can be done if you a...
app service
Adding SSH support to Asp.Net Core Docker Container created in Visual Studio 2017
When creating a Docker container used in Azure App Service Web App for Containers, a common requirement is to add SSH support so that we can log into the app...
Azure Webapps - Java configurator site extension
Azure webapps environment requires certain configuration changes in order to run a Java webapp. It uses IIS module called httpPlatform which acts as proxy to...
Profiling Java process on Azure web apps
There are certain situations when your Java web application is not performing as you expect it to. To understand where the problem lies, you may need to prof...
PHP ImageMagick on Azure Web Apps
This post is outdated. See alternatives:
Django
Django Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Django application on App Service Linux.
Profile Python Applications in Azure App Services
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
Django app with HttpPlatformHandler in Azure App Services (Windows)
In my previous blog Deploying Django App to Azure App Services using Git, I have provided detailed steps on how to run Django app in Azure App services using...
Deploying Django App to Azure App Services using Git and new version of Python
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of ...
App Service Linux
Manage Timezones in App Service Linux
By default, the time zone for the app is always UTC. You can change it to any of the valid values that are listed in TZ timezones.
App Service Linux security FAQs
The platform components of App Service, including Azure VMs, storage, network connections, web frameworks, management and integration features, are actively ...
Deployment and Configuration - App Service Linux
Configure and Deploy App Service on Linux.
Profiler
Profiling High CPU and Memory in Azure JavaScript Functions
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in Azure Functions, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is...
Troubleshooting Node.js High CPU and Memory scenarios in App Service Windows
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in App Service Windows, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes i...
Troubleshooting Node.js High Memory scenarios in App Service Linux
When dealing with High Memory scenarios in App Service Linux, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is h...
Troubleshooting Node.js High CPU scenarios in App Service Linux
When dealing with High CPU scenarios in App Service Linux, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is hard...
Kubernetes
Using Managed Identity and Bicep to pull images with Azure Container Apps
This post will cover how to set up your Azure Container Apps to pull images from Azure Container Registry with User or System Assigned Identity when using Bi...
Container Apps and Failed Revisions
This post will cover some more common scenarios on why a Container App ‘revision’ may show as ‘failed’.
Running gRPC with Container Apps
Azure Container Apps is a new offering that runs on top of Kubernetes. A nice feature of this is that it supports gRPC, which uses HTTP/2 as its transport pr...
Container Apps and Bicep deployments
This post provides information for deploying Container Apps with Bicep.
Azure Container Apps
Troubleshooting ingress issues on Azure Container Apps
This post will cover troubleshooting various external ingress issues on Azure Container Apps.
Using Managed Identity and Bicep to pull images with Azure Container Apps
This post will cover how to set up your Azure Container Apps to pull images from Azure Container Registry with User or System Assigned Identity when using Bi...
Container Apps and Failed Revisions
This post will cover some more common scenarios on why a Container App ‘revision’ may show as ‘failed’.
Running gRPC with Container Apps
Azure Container Apps is a new offering that runs on top of Kubernetes. A nice feature of this is that it supports gRPC, which uses HTTP/2 as its transport pr...
Node
Nodejs on App Service Linux and why to avoid installing packages in startup scripts
This post is about why to avoid using a custom startup script on App Service Linux with Node.js to install your npm or yarn packages and dependencies at runt...
Node applications on App Service Linux and getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND
Sometimes when making requests to external dependencies with Node applications, you may encounter an error showing “getaddrinfo ENOTOUND”. This can happen fo...
Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached on Azure App Service Linux
When developing JavaScript-based applications on App Service Linux, notably ones that also come with a development server (e.x, with “hot-reloading”/”live-re...
Using modern Yarn for deployment with Node.js on Azure App Service
This blog post covers how to use Yarn versions 3.x for deployment on Azure App Services with Node.js.
App Service
Deploying Python Applications using Github Actions
In this blog post we will cover Github Actions Deployment to a Python App Service.
Nodejs on App Service Linux and why to avoid installing packages in startup scripts
This post is about why to avoid using a custom startup script on App Service Linux with Node.js to install your npm or yarn packages and dependencies at runt...
Node applications on App Service Linux and getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND
Sometimes when making requests to external dependencies with Node applications, you may encounter an error showing “getaddrinfo ENOTOUND”. This can happen fo...
Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached on Azure App Service Linux
When developing JavaScript-based applications on App Service Linux, notably ones that also come with a development server (e.x, with “hot-reloading”/”live-re...
Production
NestJS deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a NestJS application to Azure App Service on Windows.
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
React deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a React application to Azure App Service on Windows
Best practices for not using Development Servers on Nodejs applications and App Service Linux
This post will cover running Development Servers with Nodejs frameworks on App Service Linux, and some best practices for these scenarios - and how to instea...
SPAs
NestJS deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a NestJS application to Azure App Service on Windows.
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
React deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a React application to Azure App Service on Windows
Best practices for not using Development Servers on Nodejs applications and App Service Linux
This post will cover running Development Servers with Nodejs frameworks on App Service Linux, and some best practices for these scenarios - and how to instea...
SAS
Accessing storage blob using SAS with Java
In order to access your storage blob using SAS with Java, please follow below steps -
Generating Shared access signature(SAS) on Azure Blob using PHP
As of 05/2015, Azure sdk for php doesn’t support shared access signature(SAS) and this Blog would provide a workaround for it.
Uploading files to Azure Storage using SAS(shared access signature) - Python
For information on Shared Access Signature visit : http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-dotnet-shared-access-signature-part-1/
Magento
Magento Web.Config for Azure and IIS
After installing Magento on Azure, here is the web.config file that should be within the wwwroot folder.
Magento Cron Jobs to Azure Web Jobs
Magento Cron Jobs
WebJob
Running Python Webjob on Azure App Services using non-default python version
You can run programs or scripts in WebJobs in your Azure App Service web app in three ways: on demand, continuously, or on a schedule. There is no additional...
Executing Java Web Jobs on Azure
To execute the Java web jobs on Azure, follow the below steps :
ClearDB Troubleshooting
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
ClearDB (MySQL) Passwords and Azure Connection Strings - Deprecated
Many Open Source Web Applications on Azure make use of the ClearDB MySQL databases.
Troubleshooting MySQL Database on ClearDB - Deprecated
This article covers some common scenarios customers may run into using ClearDB with Microsoft Azure. For reference, here is a link to the ClearDB FAQ: https:...
Azure Storage
Accessing storage blob using SAS with Java
In order to access your storage blob using SAS with Java, please follow below steps -
Uploading Images to Azure Storage from AngularJS App
Azure Storage is the cloud storage solution for modern applications that rely on durability, availability, and scalability to meet the needs of their custome...
Generating Shared access signature(SAS) on Azure Blob using PHP
As of 05/2015, Azure sdk for php doesn’t support shared access signature(SAS) and this Blog would provide a workaround for it.
ClearDB upgrade
Migrating data between MySQL databases using kudu console – Azure App Service
NOTE: Always keep multiple backup’s of your database before migration. There are often times when you want to migrate data from one MySQL server to another. ...
How to upgrade ClearDB database for Azure App Service - Deprecated
If you are using ClearDB as your MySQL database on Azure, you probably know that there is no upgrade path available on Azure portal. The only way to upgrade ...
Migrating data from On-Premise MySQL Database to ClearDB - Deprecated
Note: Please keep multiple copies of your database when migrating data, so you can fallback if any issues occur.
AngularJs
Uploading Images to Azure Storage from AngularJS App
Azure Storage is the cloud storage solution for modern applications that rely on durability, availability, and scalability to meet the needs of their custome...
Azure Web App with AngularJs and NodeJs Apps on Same Instance
In my previous Blog, I have wrote on hosting AngularJs app in Azure Web App. This post would provide details on how to host AngularJs App on a web app instan...
Creating an AngularJS Single Page Application with routes on Azure WebApps
This Blog would provide a step-by-step procedure on creating sample AngularJS app with routes supporting SEO.
Git
Deploying Django App to Azure App Services using Git and new version of Python
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of ...
Custom deployment folder on Azure Web Apps with Git
Sometimes you don’t want to deploy your application in the default webapps directory when deploying from GitHub (continuous deployment) on Azure webapp. You ...
Use custom context for Azure Tomcat application
Sometimes, you don’t want to deploy your application in the default deployment folder for your Java webapp on Azure env. One of the best examples could be wh...
Azure App Service Web App
Azure App Service Java CI/CD with Maven
Azure App Service provides integration with Github, Bitbucket, etc however, for Java webapps, it does not provide a default way to build and deploy the webap...
Increase Import Max File Size for PHPMyAdmin - Azure App Service on Windows
When using PHPMyAdmin via SiteExtension or with MySQL in-app on Azure Web Apps, the maximum upload size when Importing a SQL file is set to 8,192KiB. This i...
Maven
Deploying WAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy war based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Deploying JAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy jar based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Azure App Service Java CI/CD with Maven
Azure App Service provides integration with Github, Bitbucket, etc however, for Java webapps, it does not provide a default way to build and deploy the webap...
Apache
How to configure Let’s Encrypt Certificates for Nginx or Apache in Azure Linux Virtual Machines
There are several ways to configure Let’s encrypt for Nginx or Apache with different clients as python3-certbot-nginx. For this purpose, it is preferred to u...
Adding SSL/TLS certificates for Apache and NGINX on Azure Virtual Machines
This post will be an overview of how to add an TLS/SSL certificates to your Apache or NGINX Web Server running on an Azure Virtual Machine. These examples wi...
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS from .htaccess for Azure Web App on Linux on Apache
To verify the request is sent from HTTP or HTTPS for Web App on Linux:
Flask
Flask Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Flask application on App Service Linux.
Profile Python Applications in Azure App Services
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
Running Flask App with HttpPlatformHandler in Azure App Services(Windows)
Flask is a micro web framework written in Python and based on the Werkzeug toolkit and Jinja2 template engine.
app services
WordPress Best Practices for Security
WordPress Security Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
WordPress Best Practices for Performance
WordPress Performance Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
WordPress Migration Plan to Azure App Services
Looking to move your WordPress site to Azure App Services? Follow these steps to get started with your migration.
app service linux
Install APCU extension for Azure App Service Linux PHP 7.4
Installing PHP extension APC for Azure App Services on Linux PHP 7.4
Deploying React.js application to Azure App Service with Azure DevOps
Steps to publish your React Single Page Application into Azure App Service using Azure DevOps
NGINX Rewrite Rules for Azure App Service Linux PHP 8.x
Configuring NGINX Rewrite Rules for Azure App Service blessed images running PHP 8.x
High CPU
Profiling High CPU and Memory in Azure JavaScript Functions
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in Azure Functions, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is...
Troubleshooting Node.js High CPU and Memory scenarios in App Service Windows
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in App Service Windows, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes i...
Troubleshooting Node.js High CPU scenarios in App Service Linux
When dealing with High CPU scenarios in App Service Linux, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is hard...
High Memory
Profiling High CPU and Memory in Azure JavaScript Functions
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in Azure Functions, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is...
Troubleshooting Node.js High CPU and Memory scenarios in App Service Windows
When dealing with High CPU/Memory scenarios in App Service Windows, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes i...
Troubleshooting Node.js High Memory scenarios in App Service Linux
When dealing with High Memory scenarios in App Service Linux, the best recommendation is to profile your app in your local environment, but sometimes it is h...
Azure Functions
How to deploy Azure Functions as Custom Docker container using Azure DevOps
In this blog post, we are covering a simple way to build a custom container for your function app and use Azure DevOps for CI/CD with public or self-hosted a...
Troubleshooting Azure Functions Javascript
You can find all the best practices for reliable Azure Functions in this reference, this blog post will complement some of these best practices and how you c...
wSGI and aSGI Python Applications on Azure Functions
Azure Functions can support wSGI and aSGI frameworks with HTTP triggered Python Functions. This functionality is now provided by middleware that takes in the...
Azure Web App for Containers
Installing troubleshooting tools in Java custom containers
During performance troubleshooting, sometimes you may need to install various tooling to help track down a problem. With Java, common ones that can be used a...
Installing troubleshooting tools in Dotnet Core custom Images
Sometimes during performance troubleshooting you may need certain tools to profile or analyze the application during runtime. For example, to capture dumps d...
Docker User Namespace remapping issues
Docker has a concept of User namespace and User namespace remapping (Otherwise known as userns). When this is used, this remaps users in the container to les...
Web Jobs
Magento Cron Jobs to Azure Web Jobs
Magento Cron Jobs
php error log azure webapps
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
PHP Error Log on Azure Website
1. E_ERROR - Fatal run-time errors. These are the errors that can not be recovered, execution of the script is halted (http://php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.con...
iis
Magento Web.Config for Azure and IIS
After installing Magento on Azure, here is the web.config file that should be within the wwwroot folder.
Converting Apache .htaccess rules to IIS web.config using IIS Manager for Azure Websites
Web.config - the settings and configuration file for a Windows IIS Web Application. .htaccess - the default filename of the directory-level configuration fil...
WordPress Azure CDN
Connect to Microsoft Azure Redis Cache from WordPress site
Microsoft Azure Redis Cache is based on the popular open source Redis Cache. It gives users access to a secure, dedicated Redis Cache managed by Microsoft. Y...
Use Azure CDN for WordPress site on Azure App
You can use CDN to store static contents such as images, audios, and files. Speed of fetching from CDN is much faster than access these contents locally. Azu...
wordpress troubleshooting
Troubleshooting MySQL Database on ClearDB - Deprecated
This article covers some common scenarios customers may run into using ClearDB with Microsoft Azure. For reference, here is a link to the ClearDB FAQ: https:...
SDK
Using Python to interact with and manage Azure AD apps and Azure Service Principals
Sometimes it may be needed to create, edit, manage or do some other operations on Azure AD applications and Service Principals. With Python and Azure, you ca...
Setting up Session Affinity/Sticky Sessions using Azure Java SDK for cloud service
To setup the Session Affinity for your cloud service using Azure Java SDK, follow these steps -
Swagger
Create Nodejs API APP using Swaggerize-express and YO tool
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
Troubleshoot - Azure Api App
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
database migration
Migrating data between MySQL databases using kudu console – Azure App Service
NOTE: Always keep multiple backup’s of your database before migration. There are often times when you want to migrate data from one MySQL server to another. ...
Migrating data from On-Premise MySQL Database to ClearDB - Deprecated
Note: Please keep multiple copies of your database when migrating data, so you can fallback if any issues occur.
MySQL migrate
Migrating data between MySQL databases using kudu console – Azure App Service
NOTE: Always keep multiple backup’s of your database before migration. There are often times when you want to migrate data from one MySQL server to another. ...
Migrating data from On-Premise MySQL Database to ClearDB - Deprecated
Note: Please keep multiple copies of your database when migrating data, so you can fallback if any issues occur.
MySQL upgrade
How to upgrade ClearDB database for Azure App Service - Deprecated
If you are using ClearDB as your MySQL database on Azure, you probably know that there is no upgrade path available on Azure portal. The only way to upgrade ...
Migrating data from On-Premise MySQL Database to ClearDB - Deprecated
Note: Please keep multiple copies of your database when migrating data, so you can fallback if any issues occur.
Rewrite Rules
Convert Apache .htaccess to IIS Web.Config
A web.config file is the settings and configuration for applications on IIS Server (ex: Azure Paas Websites ). But what if you’re coming from a Linux host – ...
web.config for Zend Framework Project on Azure Apps
When you deploy Zend Framework project to Azure Apps, the web.config provided by Zend (http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/project-structure.rewrite.htm...
Python-Wheel
Running Python Webjob on Azure App Services using non-default python version
You can run programs or scripts in WebJobs in your Azure App Service web app in three ways: on demand, continuously, or on a schedule. There is no additional...
Install Python Modules on Azure App Services
Installing Python packages in Azure App Services is little tricky using pip. In this blog, I would provide best practice to do that.
Drupal
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
Setup Azure CDN on Drupal
1. Create Azure CDN endpoint:
logging-errors
Troubleshooting Common iisnode Issues
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist in debugging node applications hosted on Azure App Service Windows. This article will cover how to enable loggi...
Debug Node.js Web Apps on Azure
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Node.js applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how t...
remote-debug
Troubleshooting Common iisnode Issues
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist in debugging node applications hosted on Azure App Service Windows. This article will cover how to enable loggi...
Debug Node.js Web Apps on Azure
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Node.js applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how t...
profiler
Profiling Java process on Azure web apps
There are certain situations when your Java web application is not performing as you expect it to. To understand where the problem lies, you may need to prof...
Finding Memory Leaks and CPU Usage in Azure Node.js Web App
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
java troubleshooting
Profiling Java process on Azure web apps
There are certain situations when your Java web application is not performing as you expect it to. To understand where the problem lies, you may need to prof...
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
node.js
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
apache
Convert Apache .htaccess to IIS Web.Config
A web.config file is the settings and configuration for applications on IIS Server (ex: Azure Paas Websites ). But what if you’re coming from a Linux host – ...
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the access to Tomcat admin console. This can be done if you a...
deploy
Custom deployment folder on Azure Web Apps with Git
Sometimes you don’t want to deploy your application in the default webapps directory when deploying from GitHub (continuous deployment) on Azure webapp. You ...
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the access to Tomcat admin console. This can be done if you a...
tomcat
Use custom context for Azure Tomcat application
Sometimes, you don’t want to deploy your application in the default deployment folder for your Java webapp on Azure env. One of the best examples could be wh...
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the access to Tomcat admin console. This can be done if you a...
Azure sdk
Azure SDK for PHP: Updating Blob Properties
Here is sample code to update Blob Properties using Azure SDK for PHP.
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely logging into the VM, you can use the following Java program tem...
Azure VM
First steps with Bitnami WordPress in Azure VM
If you choose Bitnami WordPress VM from Azure Market, you need to take the following considerations:
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely logging into the VM, you can use the following Java program tem...
certificate
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely logging into the VM, you can use the following Java program tem...
php wordpress
WordPress MultiSite 404 on Admin Dashboard
If you are experiencing a 404 when switching to the dashboard of a given site, verify the web.config is accurate. We’ve found that older versions of WordPres...
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
gulp
Run NPM, Bower, Composer, Gulp & Grunt In Azure App Services During Deployment
Azure Source Control deployment process would involve below steps
Using Gulp in Node.js Azure WebApps
Gulp is a toolkit that will help you automate painful or time-consuming tasks in your development workflow.
ImageMagick
Configure Imagick PHP Extension in App Service
This blog explains how to configure Imagick PHP Extension in App Service and most common troubleshooting scenarios.
PHP ImageMagick on Azure Web Apps
This post is outdated. See alternatives:
custom deploy
Custom deployment folder on Azure Web Apps with Git
Sometimes you don’t want to deploy your application in the default webapps directory when deploying from GitHub (continuous deployment) on Azure webapp. You ...
Use custom context for Azure Tomcat application
Sometimes, you don’t want to deploy your application in the default deployment folder for your Java webapp on Azure env. One of the best examples could be wh...
bower
Run NPM, Bower, Composer, Gulp & Grunt In Azure App Services During Deployment
Azure Source Control deployment process would involve below steps
Using Bower in Node.js Azure WebApps
Bower is a package manager for web app. It offers a generic, unopinionated solution to the problem of front-end package management, while exposing the packag...
meteor
Meteor 1.4 App on Azure App Services
Meteor is a full-stack JavaScript platform for developing modern web and mobile applications. Meteor includes a key set of technologies for building connecte...
Meteor 1.2 app on Azure Web Apps (OS X)
Refer Below link for running Meteor 1.4 App on Azure App Services https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/azureossds/2016/08/24/meteor-1-4-on-azure-app-services/
blob
Accessing storage blob using SAS with Java
In order to access your storage blob using SAS with Java, please follow below steps -
Azure SDK for PHP: Updating Blob Properties
Here is sample code to update Blob Properties using Azure SDK for PHP.
iisnode
Using specific IIS Node versions for handling requests to Node Applications - App Services (Windows)
This article will discuss on how to use a specific version of IISNode for Node Applications running on Azure App Services (windows). This was achieved by poi...
NodeJs and NPM versions on Azure App Services
NodeJs is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. NodeJs uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and effi...
npm
Run NPM, Bower, Composer, Gulp & Grunt In Azure App Services During Deployment
Azure Source Control deployment process would involve below steps
NodeJs and NPM versions on Azure App Services
NodeJs is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. NodeJs uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and effi...
Joomla
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
“Test mail could not be sent.” or “Could not instantiate mail function” in Joomla Mail Settings sending a test mail.
If you are getting the following error “Test mail could not be sent.” or “Could not instantiate mail function.” trying to send a test email from the Joomla M...
security
WordPress Best Practices for Security
WordPress Security Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
Best Practices for WordPress Security on Azure
This article was put together by Mangesh Sangapu and Yi Wang. Shout-out to Cory Fowler and Sunitha Muthukrishna for additional tips.
An Example of Setting WordPress Email with Office 365 SMTP
Install “WP Mail SMTP” plugin in WordPress (use this plugin as example) Configure WP Mail SMTP using ‘smtp.office365.com’, e.g.
Azure Linux Web App
How to change memory_limit on Wordpress Web App for Linux on Azure
Do you need to edit the memory_limit and post_max_size PHP settingson your Linux Web App hosted with MS Azure? I can show you how to do this without needing ...
Redirect
Node.js and Redirects or Rewrite scenarios on App Service Linux
Sometimes due to specific needs, you may want to implement a URL redirect or rewrite on the server side. For instance, redirecting from www to non-www, or th...
Redirect azurewebsites.net to your custom domain
How to update Nginx to redirect to your custom domain.
best practices
WordPress Best Practices for Security
WordPress Security Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
WordPress Best Practices for Performance
WordPress Performance Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
Azure App Service Linux
Compression on App Service Linux
This post will cover content compression on Azure App Service Linux.
Unable to download static content when using php images on Azure App Service - Linux
Unable to download static content (>2MB) when using PHP 7.2 or 7.3 or 7.4 images on Azure App Service Linux
Dotnet Core
Installing troubleshooting tools in Dotnet Core custom Images
Sometimes during performance troubleshooting you may need certain tools to profile or analyze the application during runtime. For example, to capture dumps d...
nginx
NGINX Rewrite Rules for Azure App Service Linux PHP 8.x
Configuring NGINX Rewrite Rules for Azure App Service blessed images running PHP 8.x
How to set the redirect rules in Nginx based Wordpress Image
Our Wordpress on Linux image is Nginx based and if you’d like to configure the redirect rules, please follow the steps below
Tomcat
Custom Tomcat Configuration on Azure App Service Linux
The pre-built images for Tomcat on App Service Linux include the default Catalina Base located in /usr/local/tomcat. By design, any changes made outside of /...
Custom Tomcat Configuration on Azure App Service Windows
App Service Windows includes multiple versions of Tomcat for your choosing & uses IIS to quickly update your process path once any new runtime version is...
React
React deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a React application to Azure App Service on Windows
React Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a React app on App Service Linux.
Nest
NestJS deployment on App Service Windows
This blog post will cover deploying a NestJS application to Azure App Service on Windows.
Nest Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Nest app on App Service Linux.
Azure App Service on Windows
Avoiding hardcoding Node versions on App Service Windows
This post shows a few ways to avoid hardcoding Node.js versions with Windows App Services. This will focus on two files, web.config and iisnode.yml where thi...
NodeJS with Keep-Alives and Connection Reuse
This post will be an overview of how to implement connection reuse on Azure with Node.js. By default, Node.js doesn’t reuse connections - and in terms of Azu...
NGINX
Configuring NGINX as a reverse proxy on Azure Linux Virtual Machines
This post will cover setting up NGINX on an Azure Linux Virtual Machine to be used as a Reverse Proxy.
Adding SSL/TLS certificates for Apache and NGINX on Azure Virtual Machines
This post will be an overview of how to add an TLS/SSL certificates to your Apache or NGINX Web Server running on an Azure Virtual Machine. These examples wi...
Container Apps
Using a Dapr Secret Store with Azure Key Vault to source credentials for a Dapr State Store
This post will cover using a Dapr Secret Store that grabs secrets from Azure Key Vault - we can then use this configured store to source credentials for othe...
Container Apps and Bicep deployments
This post provides information for deploying Container Apps with Bicep.
ENOSPC
Node applications on App Service Linux and getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND
Sometimes when making requests to external dependencies with Node applications, you may encounter an error showing “getaddrinfo ENOTOUND”. This can happen fo...
Error: ENOSPC: System limit for number of file watchers reached on Azure App Service Linux
When developing JavaScript-based applications on App Service Linux, notably ones that also come with a development server (e.x, with “hot-reloading”/”live-re...
Zip Deploy
Module not found with Node on App Service Linux
This blog post will cover various reasons why you may see error: cannot find module on application startup, and some resolutions to these.
NPM executables not being found on App Service Linux
Sometimes when deploying to Azure App Service Linux and Nodejs using options that use ZipDeploy - such as GitHub Actions (GitHub as the builder) or DevOps pi...
Gradle
Deploying WAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy war based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Deploying JAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy jar based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Spring
Deploying WAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy war based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Deploying JAR based Java applications with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) on App Service Linux
In this blog post we’ll cover some examples of how to deploy jar based applications using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
WSGI
Troubleshooting ‘failed to find attribute’ errors on Python Linux App Services
In this post we’ll cover troubleshooting “failed to find attribute ‘app’ in ‘app’” based messages for Python on App Service Linux.
Configuring Gunicorn worker classes and other general settings
In thos post we’ll go over how to make Gunicorn target different worker classes for different types of applications - and other general settings we can confi...
Security
App Service Linux security FAQs
The platform components of App Service, including Azure VMs, storage, network connections, web frameworks, management and integration features, are actively ...
How to set Nginx headers
This post will cover how you can modify Nginx headers, in specific for security perspective but it applies for any custom header needed. Note: This is jus...
php nodejs
Running Nodejs and php on Same Azure website
In this Blog we would try to create a php+nodejs application using iisnode
php extension Azure Webapps
Finding Correct Version of PHP Extension for Azure Web Site
While working with websites on Azure, sometimes you may need to install additional extensions. It is important to find the right extension that matches the P...
azure mysql performance tuning
Performance Tuning MySQL Database on Azure Linux VM’s
Please tune these settings in your Test/Staging environments and simulate load to see if it increases performance. These settings should not be applied dir...
Mail package
Installing PHP Package on Azure Website Using PEAR Package Manager
1. Download go-pear.phar for Windows from https://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php
pear
Installing PHP Package on Azure Website Using PEAR Package Manager
1. Download go-pear.phar for Windows from https://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php
domain name
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Setting up Session Affinity/Sticky Sessions using Azure Java SDK for cloud service
To setup the Session Affinity for your cloud service using Azure Java SDK, follow these steps -
ARR
Setting up Session Affinity/Sticky Sessions using Azure Java SDK for cloud service
To setup the Session Affinity for your cloud service using Azure Java SDK, follow these steps -
Session
Setting up Session Affinity/Sticky Sessions using Azure Java SDK for cloud service
To setup the Session Affinity for your cloud service using Azure Java SDK, follow these steps -
SSL Offloading
Setting up Session Affinity/Sticky Sessions using Azure Java SDK for cloud service
To setup the Session Affinity for your cloud service using Azure Java SDK, follow these steps -
Sticky
Setting up Session Affinity/Sticky Sessions using Azure Java SDK for cloud service
To setup the Session Affinity for your cloud service using Azure Java SDK, follow these steps -
Redis Cache
Connect to Microsoft Azure Redis Cache from WordPress site
Microsoft Azure Redis Cache is based on the popular open source Redis Cache. It gives users access to a secure, dedicated Redis Cache managed by Microsoft. Y...
Cloud
Logging SQL Server JDBC driver operations for Java application related cloud service
To enable the logging of JDBC driver, please follow these steps -
JDBC
Logging SQL Server JDBC driver operations for Java application related cloud service
To enable the logging of JDBC driver, please follow these steps -
Log
Logging SQL Server JDBC driver operations for Java application related cloud service
To enable the logging of JDBC driver, please follow these steps -
SQL
Logging SQL Server JDBC driver operations for Java application related cloud service
To enable the logging of JDBC driver, please follow these steps -
SQL Server
Logging SQL Server JDBC driver operations for Java application related cloud service
To enable the logging of JDBC driver, please follow these steps -
php.ini wincache azure
How to disable php wincache extension from php.ini on Azure
To disable a PHP extension, such as wincache.dll, you will need to modify php.ini, here are the steps how to do it:
express
Create Nodejs API APP using Swaggerize-express and YO tool
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
memcache drupal
Use Redis Cache Memcache Option on Azure with Drupal 7
Memcache is commonly used with Drupal sites to improve performance. If you find memcache client not supporting “Memcached Cloud” or Memcachier on Azure, here...
Azure Web Jobs
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Verify Peer Certificate from PHP cURL for Azure Apps
When you use PHP cURL extension, be aware that CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER option is set to TRUE by default as of cURL version 7.10 (Azure has cURL 7.40 installed...
php curl ssl certificate azure
Verify Peer Certificate from PHP cURL for Azure Apps
When you use PHP cURL extension, be aware that CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER option is set to TRUE by default as of cURL version 7.10 (Azure has cURL 7.40 installed...
Zend Framework
web.config for Zend Framework Project on Azure Apps
When you deploy Zend Framework project to Azure Apps, the web.config provided by Zend (http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/project-structure.rewrite.htm...
java adal rest api arm
Authenticating Azure Resource Management REST API requests using Java
This blog talks about how to authenticate Azure Resource Manager requests through REST API using Java. All the tasks that are used to manage resources that a...
flask-restplus
Create a new Azure Apiapp in python supporting swagger 2.0
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of developing, deploying, publishing, consuming, managing, and mone...
pycrypto
Install Python Modules on Azure App Services
Installing Python packages in Azure App Services is little tricky using pip. In this blog, I would provide best practice to do that.
Azure CDN
Setup Azure CDN on Drupal
1. Create Azure CDN endpoint:
Drupal Redis Module
Use Microsoft Azure Redis Cache with Drupal 7
1. Install Drupal Redis Module: https://www.drupal.org/project/redis
Microsoft Azure Redis Cache
Use Microsoft Azure Redis Cache with Drupal 7
1. Install Drupal Redis Module: https://www.drupal.org/project/redis
Predis
Use Microsoft Azure Redis Cache with Drupal 7
1. Install Drupal Redis Module: https://www.drupal.org/project/redis
Zend Framework 2
Migrate Zend Framework 2 Project to Azure Web App
1. Create an empty web app on Azure
php extension
Troubleshooting PHPMyAdmin Site Extension
If you recently started having trouble (HTTP 500) with PHPMyAdmin (PMA) SiteExtension, it may be a problem with sessions. The errors look like this:
PHPMyAdmin
Troubleshooting PHPMyAdmin Site Extension
If you recently started having trouble (HTTP 500) with PHPMyAdmin (PMA) SiteExtension, it may be a problem with sessions. The errors look like this:
Yii framework application
Migrate Yii Framework Application to Azure Web App
1. Create a PHP Empty Web App on Azure:
/media
Debug Node.js Web Apps on Azure
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Node.js applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how t...
cpu-usage
Finding Memory Leaks and CPU Usage in Azure Node.js Web App
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
memory-leaks
Finding Memory Leaks and CPU Usage in Azure Node.js Web App
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the platform in which your application is running. This is due in gr...
Java azure sdk chef knife vm extension
Accessing VM extensions like Chef using Azure sdk for Java programmatically
To access the VM extension reference like Chef programmatically, please follow the steps -
npm3
NPM3 on Azure Web Apps
On Windows, the file system itself cannot seem to cope very well with too deeply nested node_modules directory used by NPM. This blog provides details on how...
crash
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
node
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
node.exe
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
procdump
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App Service Web Apps. In this article, you will learn how to en...
manager
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the access to Tomcat admin console. This can be done if you a...
.cer
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely logging into the VM, you can use the following Java program tem...
.pfx
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely logging into the VM, you can use the following Java program tem...
service certificate
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely logging into the VM, you can use the following Java program tem...
virtual machine
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely logging into the VM, you can use the following Java program tem...
App Setting
Setting environment variable and accessing it in Java program on Azure webapp
Sometimes, you want to set new environment variable and want to access it in your Java Program.
Environment Variable
Setting environment variable and accessing it in Java program on Azure webapp
Sometimes, you want to set new environment variable and want to access it in your Java Program.
local cache
Enable WordPress Error Logs
Logs can help identify slowness, HTTP 500 Fatal Errors, WordPress “white screen of death” and other issues your Azure App Service Web App may be experiencin...
phpinfo
Enable WordPress Error Logs
Logs can help identify slowness, HTTP 500 Fatal Errors, WordPress “white screen of death” and other issues your Azure App Service Web App may be experiencin...
timezone
Enable WordPress Error Logs
Logs can help identify slowness, HTTP 500 Fatal Errors, WordPress “white screen of death” and other issues your Azure App Service Web App may be experiencin...
php error log
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous “Error establishing a database connection”, enable WordPress Debug Logging by following the steps outlined here: Logging Errors in Wo...
extension
PHP ImageMagick on Azure Web Apps
This post is outdated. See alternatives:
azure webapps
Use custom context for Azure Tomcat application
Sometimes, you don’t want to deploy your application in the default deployment folder for your Java webapp on Azure env. One of the best examples could be wh...
custom context
Use custom context for Azure Tomcat application
Sometimes, you don’t want to deploy your application in the default deployment folder for your Java webapp on Azure env. One of the best examples could be wh...
azure log rotation webapp
Configure log4j along with log rotation on Tomcat Web App in Azure App Service
On Azure App Service Web App deployed with Tomcat (from marketplace), the default logger is set to java.util.logging. If your application is setup with log...
azure log4j
Configure log4j along with log rotation on Tomcat Web App in Azure App Service
On Azure App Service Web App deployed with Tomcat (from marketplace), the default logger is set to java.util.logging. If your application is setup with log...
azure webapp java log4j
Configure log4j along with log rotation on Tomcat Web App in Azure App Service
On Azure App Service Web App deployed with Tomcat (from marketplace), the default logger is set to java.util.logging. If your application is setup with log...
log4j tomcat webapp
Configure log4j along with log rotation on Tomcat Web App in Azure App Service
On Azure App Service Web App deployed with Tomcat (from marketplace), the default logger is set to java.util.logging. If your application is setup with log...
tomcat webapp
Configure log4j along with log rotation on Tomcat Web App in Azure App Service
On Azure App Service Web App deployed with Tomcat (from marketplace), the default logger is set to java.util.logging. If your application is setup with log...
process report
Triggering the PHP Process Report on Azure Web Apps
The PHP Process Report can be a vital tool in troubleshooting slowness or errors with your PHP Web Application. This article covers how to trigger the report...
troubleshooting
Triggering the PHP Process Report on Azure Web Apps
The PHP Process Report can be a vital tool in troubleshooting slowness or errors with your PHP Web Application. This article covers how to trigger the report...
azure java webapp
Running java jar file to serve web requests on Azure App Service Web Apps
There are several Java web servers that are supported on Azure App Service Web Apps. But if you have custom code built into a jar which allows it to act as w...
java jar
Running java jar file to serve web requests on Azure App Service Web Apps
There are several Java web servers that are supported on Azure App Service Web Apps. But if you have custom code built into a jar which allows it to act as w...
run java jar webapp
Running java jar file to serve web requests on Azure App Service Web Apps
There are several Java web servers that are supported on Azure App Service Web Apps. But if you have custom code built into a jar which allows it to act as w...
webapp java
Running java jar file to serve web requests on Azure App Service Web Apps
There are several Java web servers that are supported on Azure App Service Web Apps. But if you have custom code built into a jar which allows it to act as w...
New Relic
Profiling Java process on Azure web apps
There are certain situations when your Java web application is not performing as you expect it to. To understand where the problem lies, you may need to prof...
azure php oracle web app
Access Oracle Databases from Azure Web Apps using OCI8 drivers with PHP
You can connect to different databases (MySQL, PostgresDB, MongoDB, MSSQL Server) from Azure Web Apps with PHP. But connecting to Oracle database is not prov...
azure webapp oracle
Access Oracle Databases from Azure Web Apps using OCI8 drivers with PHP
You can connect to different databases (MySQL, PostgresDB, MongoDB, MSSQL Server) from Azure Web Apps with PHP. But connecting to Oracle database is not prov...
oracle webapp
Access Oracle Databases from Azure Web Apps using OCI8 drivers with PHP
You can connect to different databases (MySQL, PostgresDB, MongoDB, MSSQL Server) from Azure Web Apps with PHP. But connecting to Oracle database is not prov...
php oracle webapp
Access Oracle Databases from Azure Web Apps using OCI8 drivers with PHP
You can connect to different databases (MySQL, PostgresDB, MongoDB, MSSQL Server) from Azure Web Apps with PHP. But connecting to Oracle database is not prov...
cache
Azure SDK for PHP: Updating Blob Properties
Here is sample code to update Blob Properties using Azure SDK for PHP.
options
Azure SDK for PHP: Updating Blob Properties
Here is sample code to update Blob Properties using Azure SDK for PHP.
properties PHP Troubleshooting
Azure SDK for PHP: Updating Blob Properties
Here is sample code to update Blob Properties using Azure SDK for PHP.
test-app
Sample Nodejs App on Azure App services
Create a azure webapp Browse to Kudu In your favorite Microsoft browser, surf to http://.scm.azurewebsites.net. Ex: if your Azure App Service Web App na...
mysql linux migration data
Migrating MySQL database from OS disk to Data disk on Azure Linux VM
NOTE: Please take a backup of your MySQL databases before attempting migration. Taking backups is always a good process before attempting to make changes. Mi...
mysql os disk data disk azure linux
Migrating MySQL database from OS disk to Data disk on Azure Linux VM
NOTE: Please take a backup of your MySQL databases before attempting migration. Taking backups is always a good process before attempting to make changes. Mi...
SMTP
“Test mail could not be sent.” or “Could not instantiate mail function” in Joomla Mail Settings sending a test mail.
If you are getting the following error “Test mail could not be sent.” or “Could not instantiate mail function.” trying to send a test email from the Joomla M...
CORS
Uploading Images to Azure Storage from AngularJS App
Azure Storage is the cloud storage solution for modern applications that rely on durability, availability, and scalability to meet the needs of their custome...
custom domain
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Run NPM, Bower, Composer, Gulp & Grunt In Azure App Services During Deployment
Azure Source Control deployment process would involve below steps
deployment
Run NPM, Bower, Composer, Gulp & Grunt In Azure App Services During Deployment
Azure Source Control deployment process would involve below steps
grunt
Run NPM, Bower, Composer, Gulp & Grunt In Azure App Services During Deployment
Azure Source Control deployment process would involve below steps
MediaWiki
Setup Single Sign On with AAD using SimpleSAMLphp
This blog provides step-by-step instruction on how to setup Single Sign On with Azure AD using SimpleSMPLphp API (apply to MediaWiki site as an example).
SSO
Setup Single Sign On with AAD using SimpleSAMLphp
This blog provides step-by-step instruction on how to setup Single Sign On with Azure AD using SimpleSMPLphp API (apply to MediaWiki site as an example).
LogStream
How to identify/review PHP errors on Azure Web Apps using Log Stream service
If you are getting internal server errors (HTTP error 500) trying to request your PHP application inside Azure Web Apps,
CMS
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
credentials
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
database
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
MySQL In-App
MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems
Read more about MySQL In-App here. Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file....
pip
Running Python Webjob on Azure App Services using non-default python version
You can run programs or scripts in WebJobs in your Azure App Service web app in three ways: on demand, continuously, or on a schedule. There is no additional...
best practice
Best Practices for WordPress Security on Azure
This article was put together by Mangesh Sangapu and Yi Wang. Shout-out to Cory Fowler and Sunitha Muthukrishna for additional tips.
hack
Best Practices for WordPress Security on Azure
This article was put together by Mangesh Sangapu and Yi Wang. Shout-out to Cory Fowler and Sunitha Muthukrishna for additional tips.
hacked
Best Practices for WordPress Security on Azure
This article was put together by Mangesh Sangapu and Yi Wang. Shout-out to Cory Fowler and Sunitha Muthukrishna for additional tips.
site
Best Practices for WordPress Security on Azure
This article was put together by Mangesh Sangapu and Yi Wang. Shout-out to Cory Fowler and Sunitha Muthukrishna for additional tips.
Xdebug
Steps to Enable Xdebug for PHP Profiling
By Yi Wang and Mangesh Sangapu
LDAP
How to enable PHP LDAP in Azure Web Apps
PHP LDAP extension is not enabled by default in Azure Web App, you need the following steps:
MySQL
Increase Import Max File Size for PHPMyAdmin - Azure App Service on Windows
When using PHPMyAdmin via SiteExtension or with MySQL in-app on Azure Web Apps, the maximum upload size when Importing a SQL file is set to 8,192KiB. This i...
phpmyadmin
Increase Import Max File Size for PHPMyAdmin - Azure App Service on Windows
When using PHPMyAdmin via SiteExtension or with MySQL in-app on Azure Web Apps, the maximum upload size when Importing a SQL file is set to 8,192KiB. This i...
Office
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WordPress Migration: Easy as A-B-C, 1-2-3
Fig 1. WordPress Migration Components
Bitnami
First steps with Bitnami WordPress in Azure VM
If you choose Bitnami WordPress VM from Azure Market, you need to take the following considerations:
Web App on Linux
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS from .htaccess for Azure Web App on Linux on Apache
To verify the request is sent from HTTP or HTTPS for Web App on Linux:
Blob Storage
Migrate WordPress content to Azure blob storage
Azure storage provides solution for applications requiring scalable, durable, and highly available storage for their data. In this blog, we cover the steps h...
https
HTTP to HTTPS redirect for WordPress on Azure Web App on Linux
If you host WordPress site on Azure Web App on Linux running Apache, here are the steps to implement HTTP to HTTPS redirect:
jpgraph
Use JpGraph library with Azure Web App
JpGraph is a graph creating library for PHP5 and PHP7.0. The library is completely written in PHP and ready to be used in any PHP app. Here is a demo how to ...
Container
Adding SSH support to Asp.Net Core Docker Container created in Visual Studio 2017
When creating a Docker container used in Azure App Service Web App for Containers, a common requirement is to add SSH support so that we can log into the app...
Azure Linux php ini
How to change memory_limit on Wordpress Web App for Linux on Azure
Do you need to edit the memory_limit and post_max_size PHP settingson your Linux Web App hosted with MS Azure? I can show you how to do this without needing ...
Azure Linux Web App PHP Settings
How to change memory_limit on Wordpress Web App for Linux on Azure
Do you need to edit the memory_limit and post_max_size PHP settingson your Linux Web App hosted with MS Azure? I can show you how to do this without needing ...
Azure memory_limit change
How to change memory_limit on Wordpress Web App for Linux on Azure
Do you need to edit the memory_limit and post_max_size PHP settingson your Linux Web App hosted with MS Azure? I can show you how to do this without needing ...
php ini change azure web apps linux
How to change memory_limit on Wordpress Web App for Linux on Azure
Do you need to edit the memory_limit and post_max_size PHP settingson your Linux Web App hosted with MS Azure? I can show you how to do this without needing ...
IP restrict
Restrict access to login for the WordPress running on Azure web app container
For WordPress sites that running on Apache server in Azure web app for containers, here is sample code to restrict access to login pages, such as wp-login.ph...
Functions App
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How to send emails through Azure Web Apps using Google / Gmail
Part I – Configuring Google to use App Passwords
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How to send emails through Azure Web Apps using Google / Gmail
Part I – Configuring Google to use App Passwords
Azure Web Apps Send Email gmail
How to send emails through Azure Web Apps using Google / Gmail
Part I – Configuring Google to use App Passwords
C#
How to send emails through Azure Web Apps using Google / Gmail
Part I – Configuring Google to use App Passwords
C# MailKit
How to send emails through Azure Web Apps using Google / Gmail
Part I – Configuring Google to use App Passwords
iisnode version
Using specific IIS Node versions for handling requests to Node Applications - App Services (Windows)
This article will discuss on how to use a specific version of IISNode for Node Applications running on Azure App Services (windows). This was achieved by poi...
configuration
Using specific IIS Node versions for handling requests to Node Applications - App Services (Windows)
This article will discuss on how to use a specific version of IISNode for Node Applications running on Azure App Services (windows). This was achieved by poi...
how to
Using specific IIS Node versions for handling requests to Node Applications - App Services (Windows)
This article will discuss on how to use a specific version of IISNode for Node Applications running on Azure App Services (windows). This was achieved by poi...
How-To
Azure webapp access Keyvault secrets with Java and Managed Services Identity
This document will provide steps and example to access keys and secrets in Azure Keyvault from a Java Webapp using Managed Services Identity.
docker
Docker run fails with standard_init_linux.go error
Looking into the standard_init_linux.go error when working with Azure App Service on Linux.
standard_init_linux
Docker run fails with standard_init_linux.go error
Looking into the standard_init_linux.go error when working with Azure App Service on Linux.
error
Docker run fails with standard_init_linux.go error
Looking into the standard_init_linux.go error when working with Azure App Service on Linux.
VNET Integration
Configuring a Nginx image for VNET Integration on Azure
Configuring a Nginx docker image for VNET Integration on Azure We’ll be walking through the changes required with the Nginx docker repo to support vnet Integ...
ReactJS
Running Production Build Nodejs Apps on App Service Linux
When you create production build for your React, Angular, other Node framework the files will either be placed in a build or dist directory depending on the ...
Startup
Running Production Build Nodejs Apps on App Service Linux
When you create production build for your React, Angular, other Node framework the files will either be placed in a build or dist directory depending on the ...
XDEBUG
Debugging PHP Applications on Azure App Services Linux/Containers using XDEBUG
When it comes to slow performance on custom PHP applications running on Azure App Services, there will come a time where XDEBUG will need to be enabled to fu...
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WordPress Migration Plan to Azure App Services
Looking to move your WordPress site to Azure App Services? Follow these steps to get started with your migration.
performance
WordPress Best Practices for Performance
WordPress Performance Best Practices on Azure App Services (Windows/Linux)
PHP 7.2/7.3/7.4
Unable to download static content when using php images on Azure App Service - Linux
Unable to download static content (>2MB) when using PHP 7.2 or 7.3 or 7.4 images on Azure App Service Linux
Static Content
Unable to download static content when using php images on Azure App Service - Linux
Unable to download static content (>2MB) when using PHP 7.2 or 7.3 or 7.4 images on Azure App Service Linux
Troubleshooting Dotnet Core on Linux
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AKS deployment with ACR public endpoint disabled
Deploying Azure Kubernetes Service with Azure Container Registry public endpoint disabled.
kubernetes
AKS deployment with ACR public endpoint disabled
Deploying Azure Kubernetes Service with Azure Container Registry public endpoint disabled.
container registry
AKS deployment with ACR public endpoint disabled
Deploying Azure Kubernetes Service with Azure Container Registry public endpoint disabled.
redirect rules
How to set the redirect rules in Nginx based Wordpress Image
Our Wordpress on Linux image is Nginx based and if you’d like to configure the redirect rules, please follow the steps below
python function app
Python Function App - Processing Multiple requests
About As we know, Python is a single-threaded, synchronous language by default. Hence unless specified, multiple calls to your Python Function App would be ...
process multiple requests
Python Function App - Processing Multiple requests
About As we know, Python is a single-threaded, synchronous language by default. Hence unless specified, multiple calls to your Python Function App would be ...
FUNCTIONS_WORKER_PROCESS_COUNT
Python Function App - Processing Multiple requests
About As we know, Python is a single-threaded, synchronous language by default. Hence unless specified, multiple calls to your Python Function App would be ...
PYTHON_THREADPOOL_THREAD_COUNT
Python Function App - Processing Multiple requests
About As we know, Python is a single-threaded, synchronous language by default. Hence unless specified, multiple calls to your Python Function App would be ...
easyauth
Accessing Microsoft Graph with App Service Auth V2
How to connect to Microsoft Graph using Azure App Service Authentication V2.
msgraph
Accessing Microsoft Graph with App Service Auth V2
How to connect to Microsoft Graph using Azure App Service Authentication V2.
auth
Accessing Microsoft Graph with App Service Auth V2
How to connect to Microsoft Graph using Azure App Service Authentication V2.
Tcpping
Installing TcpPing on Azure App Service Linux
A useful tool to help with diagnosing network related issues on Azure App Service is TcpPing. Below are the steps for installing the tool for Debian and Alp...
trace
Installing TcpPing on Azure App Service Linux
A useful tool to help with diagnosing network related issues on Azure App Service is TcpPing. Below are the steps for installing the tool for Debian and Alp...
php8
NGINX Rewrite Rules for Azure App Service Linux PHP 8.x
Configuring NGINX Rewrite Rules for Azure App Service blessed images running PHP 8.x
react
Deploying React.js application to Azure App Service with Azure DevOps
Steps to publish your React Single Page Application into Azure App Service using Azure DevOps
azure devops
Deploying React.js application to Azure App Service with Azure DevOps
Steps to publish your React Single Page Application into Azure App Service using Azure DevOps
php74
Install APCU extension for Azure App Service Linux PHP 7.4
Installing PHP extension APC for Azure App Services on Linux PHP 7.4
apcu
Install APCU extension for Azure App Service Linux PHP 7.4
Installing PHP extension APC for Azure App Services on Linux PHP 7.4
Rewrite
Node.js and Redirects or Rewrite scenarios on App Service Linux
Sometimes due to specific needs, you may want to implement a URL redirect or rewrite on the server side. For instance, redirecting from www to non-www, or th...
Nuxtjs
Nuxtjs Deployment with Azure DevOps Pipelines
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a NuxtJS using Azure DevOps pipelines. These steps can also be modified to be use...
Angular
Angular Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Angular app on App Service Linux.
Imagick
Configure Imagick PHP Extension in App Service
This blog explains how to configure Imagick PHP Extension in App Service and most common troubleshooting scenarios.
Vue
Vue Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Vue application on App Service Linux.
PM2
Using PM2 on App Service Linux
PM2 is a production process manager for Node.js applications that allows you quickly start, manage, scale node processes and keep your application online. It...
Azure Virtual Machine
Adding SSL/TLS certificates for Apache and NGINX on Azure Virtual Machines
This post will be an overview of how to add an TLS/SSL certificates to your Apache or NGINX Web Server running on an Azure Virtual Machine. These examples wi...
Laravel
Laravel Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Laravel application on App Service Linux.
SSH
Enabling SSH on Linux Web App for Containers
This post provides information for setting up, configuration and troubleshooting SSH integration with Custom Docker Images that will be ran as Web App for Co...
Yii
Yii Deployment on App Service Linux
This post provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying a Yii application on App Service Linux.
Bicep
Container Apps and Bicep deployments
This post provides information for deploying Container Apps with Bicep.
Single Page Application
Serving SPAs with PHP Blessed Images
This post provides information on how to serve Single Page Applications(SPAs) with Azure App Service on Linux PHP “Blessed” Images.
SPA
Serving SPAs with PHP Blessed Images
This post provides information on how to serve Single Page Applications(SPAs) with Azure App Service on Linux PHP “Blessed” Images.
App Service Windows
How to use a Custom PHP runtime for App Service Windows
This post provides information on how to setup a custom php runtime for Azure App Service Windows.
Azure Linux Virtual Machine
Hosting a Nexus3 repository on an Azure Linux VM
In this post we’ll be setting up a Nexus3 repository on an Azure Linux Virtual Machine(Ubuntu 20.04). After setting this up, we’ll create a Linux Web App for...
Nexus
Hosting a Nexus3 repository on an Azure Linux VM
In this post we’ll be setting up a Nexus3 repository on an Azure Linux Virtual Machine(Ubuntu 20.04). After setting this up, we’ll create a Linux Web App for...
Request Headers
Increasing Request Header sizes on Linux App Services
Sometimes there is a need to increase the default request header size allowed when making HTTP requests to an application. For instance, there may be a large...
Request Header Sizes
Increasing Request Header sizes on Linux App Services
Sometimes there is a need to increase the default request header size allowed when making HTTP requests to an application. For instance, there may be a large...
gRPC
Running gRPC with Container Apps
Azure Container Apps is a new offering that runs on top of Kubernetes. A nice feature of this is that it supports gRPC, which uses HTTP/2 as its transport pr...
Compression
Compression on App Service Linux
This post will cover content compression on Azure App Service Linux.
gzip
Compression on App Service Linux
This post will cover content compression on Azure App Service Linux.
Mixed content error
WordPress Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
Mixed Content error on WordPress site What does the mixed content error message indicate?
Too many redirects
WordPress Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
Mixed Content error on WordPress site What does the mixed content error message indicate?
Debug WordPress
WordPress Common Troubleshooting Scenarios
Mixed Content error on WordPress site What does the mixed content error message indicate?
HTTP Header
Gunicorn Update HTTP Headers on Azure App Service
Please refer to the steps below on how to update Gunicorn HTTP headers as a Security best practice. Check the document below on exhaustive list of settings f...
Hide Server Name
Gunicorn Update HTTP Headers on Azure App Service
Please refer to the steps below on how to update Gunicorn HTTP headers as a Security best practice. Check the document below on exhaustive list of settings f...
Tomcat Manager
Adding Tomcat Manager to Blessed Java Images on Linux App Service
By default Tomcat Manager on Azure App Service Linux is not enabled. This blog post will show how to do that.
Azure AD
Using Python to interact with and manage Azure AD apps and Azure Service Principals
Sometimes it may be needed to create, edit, manage or do some other operations on Azure AD applications and Service Principals. With Python and Azure, you ca...
Azure Service Principals
Using Python to interact with and manage Azure AD apps and Azure Service Principals
Sometimes it may be needed to create, edit, manage or do some other operations on Azure AD applications and Service Principals. With Python and Azure, you ca...
Graph
Using Python to interact with and manage Azure AD apps and Azure Service Principals
Sometimes it may be needed to create, edit, manage or do some other operations on Azure AD applications and Service Principals. With Python and Azure, you ca...
Startup script
Nodejs on App Service Linux and why to avoid installing packages in startup scripts
This post is about why to avoid using a custom startup script on App Service Linux with Node.js to install your npm or yarn packages and dependencies at runt...
Startup command
Nodejs on App Service Linux and why to avoid installing packages in startup scripts
This post is about why to avoid using a custom startup script on App Service Linux with Node.js to install your npm or yarn packages and dependencies at runt...
Next
NextJS Deployment on App Service Linux
This section provides information for creating, configuring, and deploying an Next.js app on App Service Linux.
Development Servers
Best practices for not using Development Servers on Nodejs applications and App Service Linux
This post will cover running Development Servers with Nodejs frameworks on App Service Linux, and some best practices for these scenarios - and how to instea...
Environment Variables
Missing or undefined environment variables with Node on App Service Linux
Sometimes with Single Page Applications (SPAs), it might be confusing on where and how to get your environment variables populated, especially if you’re depl...
Github Actions
Deploying Python Applications using Github Actions
In this blog post we will cover Github Actions Deployment to a Python App Service.
Managed Identity
Using Managed Identity and Bicep to pull images with Azure Container Apps
This post will cover how to set up your Azure Container Apps to pull images from Azure Container Registry with User or System Assigned Identity when using Bi...
Lets Encrypt
How to configure Let’s Encrypt Certificates for Nginx or Apache in Azure Linux Virtual Machines
There are several ways to configure Let’s encrypt for Nginx or Apache with different clients as python3-certbot-nginx. For this purpose, it is preferred to u...
SSL Certificate
How to configure Let’s Encrypt Certificates for Nginx or Apache in Azure Linux Virtual Machines
There are several ways to configure Let’s encrypt for Nginx or Apache with different clients as python3-certbot-nginx. For this purpose, it is preferred to u...
Web App for Containers
Deploying Web App for Containers with CI/CD pipelines
This post will cover some ways to set up a CI/CD pipeline and deploy your image to Web App for Containers on Azure.
Deployments
Troubleshooting Node.js deployments on App Service Linux
There are different ways to deploy a Node.js application to Azure App Service Linux. In this post we are covering the most common scenarios when doing deploy...
Policies
App Service Linux security FAQs
The platform components of App Service, including Azure VMs, storage, network connections, web frameworks, management and integration features, are actively ...
Azure Contianer Apps
Troubleshooting DNS connectivity on Azure Container Apps
Introduction Azure Container Apps provides a convenient and efficient way to deploy containerized applications in the cloud, allowing you to quickly scale an...
Network Connectivity
Troubleshooting DNS connectivity on Azure Container Apps
Introduction Azure Container Apps provides a convenient and efficient way to deploy containerized applications in the cloud, allowing you to quickly scale an...
DNS
Troubleshooting DNS connectivity on Azure Container Apps
Introduction Azure Container Apps provides a convenient and efficient way to deploy containerized applications in the cloud, allowing you to quickly scale an...
TimeZone
Manage Timezones in App Service Linux
By default, the time zone for the app is always UTC. You can change it to any of the valid values that are listed in TZ timezones.
Proxy
Configuring NGINX as a reverse proxy on Azure Linux Virtual Machines
This post will cover setting up NGINX on an Azure Linux Virtual Machine to be used as a Reverse Proxy.