Implement Web Apps in Azure

Objectives

In this lab, you will:

• Task 1: Create an Azure web app
• Task 2: Create a staging deployment slot
• Task 3: Configure web app deployment settings
• Task 4: Deploy code to the staging deployment slot
• Task 5: Swap the staging slots
• Task 6: Configure and test autoscaling of the Azure web app

Task 1: Create an Azure web app

In this task, you will create an Azure web app.

1. Sign in to the https://portal.azure.com.

2. In the Azure portal, search for and select App services, and, on the App Services blade, click + Add.

3. On the Basics tab of the Web App blade, specify the following settings (leave others with their default values):

   Setting	Value
   Subscription	the name of the Azure subscription you are using in this lab
   Resource group	the name of a new resource group az104-09a-rg1
   Web app name	any globally unique name
   Publish	Code
   Runtime stack	PHP 7.3
   Operating system	Windows
   Region	the name of an Azure region where you can provision Azure web apps
   App service plan	accept the default configuration

4. Click Review + create. On the Review + create tab of the Create Web App blade, ensure that the validation passed and click Create.

   Wait until the web app is created before you proceed to the next task. This should take about a minute.

5. On the deployment blade, click Go to resource.

Task 2: Create a staging deployment slot

In this task, you will create a staging deployment slot.

1. On the blade of the newly deployed web app, click the URL link to display the default web page in a new browser tab.

2. Close the new browser tab and, back in the Azure portal, in the Deployment section of the web app blade, click Deployment slots.

   The web app, at this point, has a single deployment slot labeled PRODUCTION.

3. Click + Add slot, and add a new slot with the following settings:

   Setting	Value
   Name	staging
   Clone settings from	Do not clone settings

4. Back on the Deployment slots blade of the web app, click the entry representing the newly created staging slot.

   This will open the blade displaying the properties of the staging slot.

5. Review the staging slot blade and note that its URL differs from the one assigned to the production slot.

Task 3: Configure web app deployment settings

In this task, you will configure web app deployment settings.

1. On the staging deployment slot blade, in the Deployment section, click Deployment Center and then select the Settings tab.

   Note: Make sure you are on the staging slot blade (rather than the production slot).

2. On the Settings tab, in the Source drop-down list, select Local Git and click the Save button

3. On the Deployment Center blade, copy the Git Clone Url entry to Notepad.

   Note: You will need the Git Clone Url value in the next task of this lab.

4. On the Deployment Center blade, select the Local Git/FTPS credentials tab, in the User Scope section, specify the following settings, and click Save.

   Setting	Value
   User name	any globally unique name (must not contain @ character)
   Password	any password that satisfies complexity requirements

   Note: The password must be at least eight characters long, with two of the following three elements: letters, numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters.

   Note: You will need these credentials in the next task of this lab.

Task 4: Deploy code to the staging deployment slot

In this task, you will deploy code to the staging deployment slot.

1. In the Azure portal, open the Azure Cloud Shell by clicking on the icon in the top right of the Azure Portal.

2. If prompted to select either Bash or PowerShell, select PowerShell.

   If this is the first time you are starting Cloud Shell and you are presented with the You have no storage mounted message, select the subscription you are using in this lab, and click Create storage.

3. From the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to clone the remote repository containing the code for the web app.

   powershell
   git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/php-docs-hello-world

4. From the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to set the current location to the newly created clone of the local repository containing the sample web app code.

   powershell
   Set-Location -Path $HOME/php-docs-hello-world/

5. From the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to add the remote git (make sure to replace the [deployment_user_name] and [git_clone_url] placeholders with the value of the Deployment Credentials user name and Git Clone Url, respectively, which you identified in previous task):

   powershell
   git remote add [deployment_user_name] [git_clone_url]

   The value following git remote add does not have to match the Deployment Credentials user name, but has to be unique

6. From the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to push the sample web app code from the local repository to the Azure web app staging deployment slot (make sure to replace the [deployment_user_name] placeholder with the value of the Deployment Credentials user name, which you identified in previous task):

   powershell
   git push [deployment_user_name] master

7. If prompted to authenticate, type the [deployment_user_name] and the corresponding password (which you set in the previous task).

8. Close the Cloud Shell pane.

9. On the staging slot blade, click Overview and then click the URL link to display the default web page in a new browser tab.

10. Verify that the browser page displays the Hello World! message and close the new tab.

Task 5: Swap the staging slots

In this task, you will swap the staging slot with the production slot

1. Navigate back to the blade displaying the production slot of the web app.

2. In the Deployment section, click Deployment slots and then, click Swap toolbar icon.

3. On the Swap blade, review the default settings and click Swap.

4. Click Overview on the production slot blade of the web app and then click the URL link to display the web site home page in a new browser tab.

5. Verify the default web page has been replaced with the Hello World! page.

Task 6: Configure and test autoscaling of the Azure web app

In this task, you will configure and test autoscaling of Azure web app.

1. On the blade displaying the production slot of the web app, in the Settings section, click Scale out (App Service plan).

2. Click Custom autoscale.

   You also have the option of scaling the web app manually.

3. Leave the default option Scale based on a metric selected and click + Add a rule

4. On the Scale rule blade, specify the following settings (leave others with their default values):

   Setting	Value
   Metric source	Current resource
   Time aggregation	Maximum
   Metric namespace	App Service plans standard metrics
   Metric name	CPU Percentage
   Operator	Greater than
   Metric threshold to trigger scale action	10
   Duration (in minutes)	1
   Time grain statistic	Maximum
   Operation	Increase count by
   Instance count	1
   Cool down (minutes)	5

   Obviously these values do not represent a realistic configuration, since their purpose is to trigger autoscaling as soon as possible, without extended wait period.

5. Click Add and, back on the App Service plan scaling blade, specify the following settings (leave others with their default values):

   Setting	Value
   Instance limits Minimum	1
   Instance limits Maximum	2
   Instance limits Default	1

6. Click Save.

7. In the Azure portal, open the Azure Cloud Shell by clicking on the icon in the top right of the Azure Portal.

8. If prompted to select either Bash or PowerShell, select PowerShell.

9. From the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to identify the URL of the Azure web app.

   powershell
   $rgName = 'az104-09a-rg1'
   
   $webapp = Get-AzWebApp -ResourceGroupName $rgName

10. From the Cloud Shell pane, run the following to start and infinite loop that sends the HTTP requests to the web app:

    powershell
    while ($true) { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $webapp.DefaultHostName }

11. Minimize the Cloud Shell pane (but do not close it) and, on the web app blade, in the Monitoring section, click Process explorer.

    Process explorer facilitates monitoring the number of instances and their resource utilization.

12. Monitor the utilization and the number of instances for a few minutes.

    You may need to Refresh the page.

13. Once you notice that the number of instances has increased to 2, reopen the Cloud Shell pane and terminate the script by pressing Ctrl+C.

14. Close the Cloud Shell pane.

Clean up resources

Remember to remove any newly created Azure resources that you no longer use. Removing unused resources ensures you will not see unexpected charges.

1. In the Azure portal, open the PowerShell session within the Cloud Shell pane.

2. List all resource groups created throughout the labs of this module by running the following command:

   powershell
   Get-AzResourceGroup -Name 'az104-09a*'

3. Delete all resource groups you created throughout the labs of this module by running the following command:

   powershell
   Get-AzResourceGroup -Name 'az104-09a*' | Remove-AzResourceGroup -Force -AsJob

   The command executes asynchronously (as determined by the -AsJob parameter), so while you will be able to run another PowerShell command immediately afterwards within the same PowerShell session, it will take a few minutes before the resource groups are actually removed.

Review

In this lab, you have:

• Created an Azure web app
• Created a staging deployment slot
• Configured web app deployment settings
• Deployed code to the staging deployment slot
• Swapped the staging slots
• Configured and test autoscaling of the Azure web app

July 16, 2021 Tags : Azure , Azure Web Apps

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