I do a lot on the Azure platform for testing out stuff to see how they work and although I have an MSDN subscription that comes with some free resources, that sometimes is not enough and I need to remove my spending limit for some days of the month. I must admit to having a […]
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Azure App Service IP Based SSL and SNI Based SSL configuration
25-OCT-2017: If you delete an existing binding during the certificate renewal process, then you likley will get a new inbound IP address allocated. This would cause a problem with an A record DNS configuration. Therefore, to renew a certificate, upload the new certificate, noting the new thumbprint and bind that one to the App Service […]
Read More →Remove Auto Scaling from an Azure App Service using Azure PowerShell
I needed to remove some auto scale settings from one of my App Services using Azure PowerShell so I decided to document that here. Here are the steps: Login Set the subscription context Get the existing Auto Scale rules based on Resource Group Remove the Auto Scale rule Please keep reading for more details. Login […]
Read More →How to delete an Azure App Service Plan using Azure PowerShell
#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, […]
Read More →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 […]
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