If you are performing a deployment and it is not working, working only after some effort or it’s not working as expected, one feature that might help you find the reason is the deployment log available using KUDU. You can access your deployment details by entering https://***.scm.azurewebsites.net (where *** is the site name of your […]
Read More →Configure Debug Diagnostic 2.0 to create a memory dump when a specific exception is thrown
Debugging a process crash is a challenging activity. Although you know the exception type, the exceptions error message and you know the method that it is being thrown from, you still can’t find out why the exception is being thrown. It is especially complicated when the error is happening randomly and you cannot reproduce it. […]
Read More →Using KUDU with Microsoft Azure Web Apps
There is a nice set of troubleshooting and analysis tools for use with Microsoft Azure Web Apps (formerlly Web Sites) called KUDU. Information about that tool set can be found here. It is useful for capturing a memory dump, as explained here, looking at deployment logs, viewing configuration parameters and much more. To access your […]
Read More →Using HTTP ETW tracing to troubleshoot HTTP issues
I wrote this article here in regards to an issue that I was having after installing an SSL certificate on an IIS web server. One of the tools I used was the HTTP ETW trace, also known as LOGMAN. As you notice from reading the other previous article, I was receiving a 404 HTTP Status […]
Read More →Staging and testing your Microsoft Azure App Service
There was a recent announcement of some new features on the Microsoft Azure App Service platform that supports the deployment of your new web site instance without impacting or changing the live web site. This is a feature that has been available on the Cloud Service platform form most of its existence and is very […]
Read More →HTTP 404 after installing an SSL Certificate
I was configuring an SSL certificate and once complete, when I attempted to access the website using https://localhost I started receiving a 404 error as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1, 404 HTTP Status after installing an SSL Certificate I tried some shots at troubleshooting the issue using Failed Request Tracing and LogParser to view […]
Read More →How to store and access your IIS Logs on Microsoft Azure App Service
Being part of the IIS support team I have memorized the structure of an IIS log file and can see oddities almost instantly. Therefore, one of the things I want to look at when troubleshooting any Microsoft Azure Web App issue are the logs. As Microsoft Azure App Service is relatively new when I work […]
Read More →HTTPS only on Azure App Service Web Apps
If you are looking for a resource that describes installing an SSL certificate on a Azure Web App, check here. Here is more information about this configuration. There are multiple modes currently supported on the Azure Web App platform: SNI base SSL – This is a new feature in IIS 8+ (SNI) that extends the […]
Read More →Make your own SSL Certificate for testing and learning
Like many technologies, they seem very complicated when you begin to work with it, but once you get into it you start to hit the boundaries of its capabilities and features. Once you use a tool for some time you learn what it can and cannot do, and therefore when there is a problem you […]
Read More →Mapping a custom naked domain to your Azure Website, a URL with no www
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 […]
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