#Azure #AzurePowerShell #AppService #PowerShell I wrote an article here about what an App Service Plan is. In simple terms it is the Virtual Machine that is running your web sites. It has a different name becuase the ASP can be SMALL, MEDIUM or LARGE in size or have certain features based on the modes FREE, […]
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How to configure auto scaling for an Azure App Service with PowerShell
In some cases, there are features which exist on the backend REST APIs which are not yet implemented in the portal. For example, I support the Azure German Cloud as well, and at the moment you cannot configure Auto Scaling from the portal, but the PowerShell cmdlets which call the REST APIs to configure it […]
Read More →Failed to update App Service plan
I was trying to scale down my Azure App Service Web App and got this error, also shown in Figure 1: Failed to update App Service plan LG1-ASP-001: {“Code”:”Conflict”,”Message”:”The site(s) ‘LG1’ exceed maximum number of slots allowed for the hosting plan. Remove all deployment slots before scaling to a different mode.”,”Target”:null,”Details”:[{“Message”:”The site(s) ‘LG1’ exceed maximum […]
Read More →Mapping a custom naked domain to your Azure App Service
A naked URL means that there is no www or any other sub-domain prefix before the domain name and domain extension. I wrote an updated version on how to configure a common www based custom domain here. There are numerous articles about this which are posted here, but I thought an update was in order. […]
Read More →Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio Azure App Service
Azure App Service run within a sandbox that protects your App Service from doing and being harmed, the sandbox is described here. One action that you cannot do is access the console and install any 3rd party libraries which run via a script, ex: EXE or MSI. Therefore, I got asked how to get the […]
Read More →Bind a custom domain to your Azure App Service, 2 steps
There are numerous articles about this which are posted here, but I thought an update was in order. To configure a custom domain for your Azure App Service, the following steps are required: (Note: you can also purchase a custom domain right from within the portal itself, as described here. If you do that, many […]
Read More →Changing the maxLogFileSizeKB on an Azure App Service
I wrote this article “Making changes to the applicationHost.config on Azure App Service” here which explains the details about creating an XDT file that supports the configuration of some properties found in the applicationHost.config file. Keep in mind that not all of the attributes in the applicationHost.config file can be altered, you might be able […]
Read More →Configure Visual Studio Team Services in Visual Studio, deploy to Azure App Service
I am on a path to learning and working with a Continuous Deployment / Delivery (CD), I just need a project or to build some examples that are worthy of such a great concept. What I see happening in that area is pretty awesome, for example, with CD you can check in your code, build, […]
Read More →Critical error: Could not connect to server when FTP to an Azure App Service
I was trying to connect to my Azure App Service Web App using FTP and I got this error: Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message… Status: Initializing TLS… Status: Verifying certificate… Status: TLS connection established. Command: USER $ID Response: 331 Password required Command: PASS ************************************************************ Response: 530 User cannot log in. Error: Critical error: […]
Read More →Troubleshooting Azure App Services Web App, Mobile App or API App 500s
When you get a response from your Azure Web App, Mobile App or API App which is a 500, you might want to look in the Event Viewer for the exception. A lot of times they include the stack that contains the method which threw an exception causing the 500. There are 2 ways to […]
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