As you may know, Azure Apps Services contains Web App, Mobile Apps, API Apps, Logic Apps, etc…and it is possible to map a custom domain name to each of those. These articles here cover all the basics of the domain configuration from a DNS, CNAME and A Record, plus from the wildcard, subdomain, naked, traffic […]
Read More →Backing up your Web App and associated database is something you need to take very seriously. You never know when something might happen that requires a restoration of a backup. For example, the deployment of some bad code or the accidental removal of numerous files. Individuals or companies running IT services without backups, are taking […]
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A recent feature deployed for App Services (Web App, Mobile App, API App or Logic App) is a tool that can scan your App Service for vulnerabilities, announced here. Once you have signed up, you will see a link to your management console similar to that shown in Figure 1. Figure 1, check your App […]
Read More →When accessing your Azure App Service Web App, if you receive an HTTP 500 response, similar to that shown in Figure 1, first step is to add or modify the customErrors attribute and set the mode property to Off, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 1, Azure Web App returns a 500 Figure 2, change […]
Read More →I wrote an article here that describes how to connect to a Web App from IIS manager. If you cannot do that, read down at the bottom of the article where I show the configuration you can add to the web.config manually. Here is a document that discusses this feature in more detail. Once you […]
Read More →If you have ever wondered how to find the outgoing IP address of your Web App, Mobile App, API App or Logic App, look no further. To see how to find the OUTBOUND IP ADDRESSES from the Azure portal, view Video 1 (removed). Video 1, find outgoing, outbound IP addresses from the portal You can […]
Read More →I wrote an article here that discusses how to troubleshoot a WebJob, during the creation of that post I found decided to figure out this technique as well (calling the WebJob API). Originally, I was using the Azure SDK to trigger the WebJob from Visual Studio Server Explorer, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1, […]
Read More →I worked on a case where the customer stated that their Web App was pretty small but when looking at the File System Storage metric in the Azure portal, they saw that is consumed almost 30 GB. The way I recommended they check it out is to use the KUDU console. I wrote an article […]
Read More →There are numerous ways to create a memory dump for a slow performing Web App, but I find this one the simplest and quickest. Follow these steps to capture a memory dump of the W3WP process responding to requests which are slower than expected. Here are the steps: Login to your KUDU console. I wrote […]
Read More →The process for mapping a wildcard domain, for example *.contoso.com to a Web App can be achieved by performing the following: Adding a CNAME at your domain hosting provider Adding the custom domain within the Azure portal Adding wildcard domain names to multiple Web Apps Once these steps are complete, accessing your Web App using […]
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