With Azure Web app, you don't need to set up, maintain, or deploy your own Azure virtual machine. Azure Web app is a platform for creating various mobile or web applications.
In Azure, Azure Web Apps are one of the most popular Azure App services that offers a hosting service that programmers utilize to create various mobile or web applications. Azure Web app supports multiple languages like Java, .Net, PHP, etc, continuous deployment and integration, high availability and scalability support. It supports copying different files manually by using FTP and easy Synchronization files and folders to OneDrive or Dropbox. No need to take the headache for the maintenance of the infrastructure.
You leverage the DevOps functionality and directly deploy your applications from source code repositories with Web apps, such as Visual Studio Team Services(VSTS), GitHub, Bitbucket, etc. In its SLA (Service Level Agreement), Azure makes a 99.95% availability guarantee for web apps. You scale out or scale up the web app instances to handle the load and provide consumers with a flawless experience, even during heavy demand. Additionally, you set up web apps to automatically scale based on parameters like CPU percentage and RAM utilization.
Web applications are created using a variety of programming languages and frameworks, including Python, Node.js, Java, and ASP.Net. The Azure web apps support numerous programming languages and frameworks, with ASP.NET, Java, Python, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, PHP, and ASP.NET Core among the most popular ones. Additionally, use PowerShell and other specific scripts or executables as background services.
Azure App Services offer diagnostics logs for both server- and application-level issues. It enables Web Server Logging, Application Logging, Failed Request Tracking, and Detailed Error Messages.
It enhances the functionality of online applications by integrating user identity provider services. Use Azure Web App to keep track of a user database, authenticated login, and authorization.
The level of security for the Azure app service is very high because it complies with security standards like ISO, SOC, and PCI. Aside from that, users or customers can log in to their accounts using Microsoft, Facebook, Google, or Azure Active Directory accounts.
In order to develop an Azure Web App, in this case our Non-Profits who have claim the annual $3500 free Azure Subscription will be charged to this subscription. Let's develop an Azure Web App now that we have a theoretical understanding of the process.
Steps to create Azure Web Apps
To create an Azure Web App, you can follow these steps:
- Firstly, Log in to the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com).
2. Click the Create resource tab from the log in page
You can also create a resource from the menu icon in the upper left corner of the home page. Click on the "Create a resource" button (+) in the top-left corner of the portal.
3. Several categories are shown under "Create a Resource". In the search box, type "Web App" and select "Web App" from the search results. You must click on the Web App
4. Click on the "Create" button on the Web App page.
(A). In the "Basics" tab, provide the following information:
- Subscription: Select the appropriate subscription for your Web App.
- Resource Group: Create a new resource group or select an existing one.
- Name: Enter a unique name for your Web App (e.g., newwebapp).
- Publish: Select the appropriate publishing option (Code, Docker Container, or Containers).
- Runtime Stack: Choose the runtime stack you want to use for your web application (e.g., .NET, Node.js, Python).
- Operating System: Choose the operating system you prefer (Windows or Linux).
- Region: Select the region closest to your target audience or your preferred region.
(B). Click on the "Next" button to proceed to the "Deployment" tab.
On the Deployment page: You can choose to enable or disable GitHub Actions
(C). Click next to the Networking page, On the Networking page:
(D). Click on the "Next" button to proceed to the "Monitoring" tab. Here, you can configure monitoring and diagnostics settings for your Web App. Adjust the settings as per your requirements.
(E). Click next to go to Tag page. On the Tag page:
(F). Click on the "Review + Create" button to review your configuration. The next is to click on “Create” after entering all the required information. The deployment procedure would start afterward.
Azure will start deploying the Web App based on your configuration. Once the deployment is complete, you can access your Web App using the URL provided in the Azure portal. You can also configure custom domains, SSL certificates, scaling, and other features for your Web App through the Azure portal.
A “Your deployment is complete” screen appears when the deployment process gets completed. Then click on the ‘Go to Resource’ action button. You will see that the Web App is created when you go to the resource you created.
Click Go to Resources to view the web application you just built. There will be a URL there; click on it to access the following screen, which displays the finished web application. It asks you to deploy code even though you haven't yet. While you have yet to deploy any code, it prompts you to do so.
The characteristics of web applications created with the assistance of Azure Web App include high availability, traffic management, auto scaling, deployment services, security, configuration management, improved user experience, no data loss, and high performance with less downtime.
Finally, because they enable developers to concentrate on providing business value rather than wasting time on server updates or operating system changes, Azure Web App have become the obvious choice for many enterprise apps. Surprisingly, you can use web apps to run programs created in Java, PHP, Python, or Node.js.
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