azure-app-service

SKILL.md

Azure App Service

Table of Contents

Overview

When to Use

Quick Start

Reference Guides

Best Practices

Overview

Azure App Service provides a fully managed platform for building and hosting web applications, REST APIs, and mobile backends. Support multiple programming languages with integrated DevOps, security, and high availability.

When to Use

Web applications (ASP.NET, Node.js, Python, Java)

REST APIs and microservices

Mobile app backends

Static website hosting

Production applications requiring scale

Applications needing auto-scaling

Multi-region deployments

Containerized applications

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

# Login to Azure
az login

# Create resource group
az group create --name myapp-rg --location eastus

# Create App Service Plan
az appservice plan create \
  --name myapp-plan \
  --resource-group myapp-rg \
  --sku P1V2 \
  --is-linux

# Create web app
az webapp create \
  --resource-group myapp-rg \
  --plan myapp-plan \
  --name myapp-web \
  --deployment-container-image-name nodejs:18

# Configure app settings
az webapp config appsettings set \
  --resource-group myapp-rg \
  --name myapp-web \
  --settings \
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide
Contents

App Service Creation with Azure CLI
App Service Creation with Azure CLI

Terraform App Service Configuration
Terraform App Service Configuration

Deployment Configuration
Deployment Configuration

Health Check Configuration
Health Check Configuration

Best Practices

✅ DO

Use deployment slots for zero-downtime deployments

Enable Application Insights

Configure autoscaling based on metrics

Use managed identity for Azure services

Enable HTTPS only

Store secrets in Key Vault

Monitor performance metrics

Implement health checks

❌ DON'T

Store secrets in configuration

Disable HTTPS

Ignore Application Insights

Use single instance for production

Deploy directly to production

Ignore autoscaling configuration

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