A naked URL means that there is no www before the domain name and domain extension. For example, http://—.me which I use often to troubleshoot and experiment with mapping custom domains to my Azure Web App. An example of how to do map a custom domain is provided [here][LINK1], and would more than likely result […]
Read More →I wrote an article here about using Traffic Manager with your Azure Web App, please take a look at it to get more context for this article. When you create a Traffic Manager, for example, with a name of EUROPE, similar to that shown in Figure 1, the URL which you must direct your requests […]
Read More →Having spent many years supporting web sites running on IIS one of the most challenging aspects was managing load. I was able to plan for near-term growth by tracking the CPU, Memory, total number of requests, etc… over time and once the utilization of these elements exceeded my threshold for what I considered manageable, it […]
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I wrote an article about the ability to enable Web Server Logging, Detailed Error Message, Failed Request Tracing and Application Logging here. In that article I discussed that you can download the logs using an FTP tool like FileZilla. You can also download the log files from within Visual Studio by performing the following. I […]
Read More →If you are receiving a 404 error while accessing your custom domain, as shown in Figure 1, then you are most likely missing the link between your Azure App Service Web App configuration and your custom domain. Figure 1, 404 File or directory not found when mapping custom domain Before we move to the solution, […]
Read More →With the release of Windows Azure SDK 2.0, you can enable the logging from within Visual Studio. I wrote another article which discussed how to enable Failed Request Tracing while logged into the Microsoft Azure Management console. You can review that article here. After installing the SDK, open Visual Studio and example the Server Explorer, […]
Read More →I am moving all my articles to one location. This article is a bit old, and is here for historical purpose. If you end up here please read this updated article here (Enable Failed Request Tracing for an Azure App Service Web App) Using Failed Request Tracing is a very useful tool for troubleshooting performance […]
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