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Creating your first Azure Web App using App Service

  • Hafeez Baig |
  • 15 steps |
  • 44 seconds
  • AzureAzure
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Sign in into the **Microsoft Azure Portal**
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Type **App Services** in the search bar and click on the **App Services** to view the App Services dashboard
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**What is Azure App Service?**\ \ Azure App Service is a fully managed platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering in Microsoft Azure that enables developers to build, deploy, and scale web applications and APIs quickly and easily.
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**App Service** wizard will open, click on the **Create** dropdown button on the left side and select the option **Web App**
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**What is Web App in Azure App Service?**\ \ A web app in Azure App Service is a cloud-based application that developers can build and deploy using various programming languages and frameworks.
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Click on the **Resource group** dropdown and select the resource group **computer-rg** option **Note:** If you do not have a Resource group, you can create one by clicking on the **Create new** link option
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Scroll to the **Instance Details** section and give Name as - "**my-first-web-application-in28minutes**"
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Select the option **Container** for **Publish** and select **Linux** for the **Operating System**
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**What is a Container in Azure App Service?**\ \ A container in Azure App Service refers to a Docker container image that hosts an application or service within the Azure App Service environment. Azure App Service offers support for deploying and running containerized applications, providing developers with the flexibility to use their preferred development stack and easily migrate existing containerized applications to the Azure cloud platform.
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Scroll to the **Region** section and select the option **East US** from the dropdown
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Scroll to the **Pricing plan** section and select the option **Basic B1** from the dropdown
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Scroll the page and click on the **Next : Container** button
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Select the option **Quickstart** for the **Image Source**
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Scroll to the **Options** section and select the option **Single Container**
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Scroll to the **Quickstart options** section, the option **NGINX** is already selected because it is the web server default site
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**What is NGINX?**\ \ NGINX is a popular open-source web server and reverse proxy server known for its high performance, scalability, and reliability in serving web content and handling HTTP requests.
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Scroll the page and click on the **Review + create** button
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After the **Validation** is succeed, scroll the page and click on the **Create** button
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Your deployment is complete
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Congratulations on completing this lab and Creating your first Azure Web App using App Service! Good Job!