If you have an active Azure Web App and you experience problems or want to do some checks on what might the problem, there is a file called EVENTLOG.XML which contain exceptions and information that may be helpful. The file is located in the /LogFiles directory on your Web App. Figure 1 illustrates how that […]
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Why can’t I publish my web site to Microsoft Azure Web App
There are numerous ways to publish your web sites to a Microsoft Azure App Service Web App. Click on one of your App Service Web App and on the Quick Start page you see a link called ‘Set up deployment from source control’, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1, Set up deployment from source […]
Read More →Get Azure App Service deployment logs from KUDU
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 […]
Read More →Mapping a custom domain to a Traffic Manager on Azure Websites
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 →Scaling your Microsoft Azure App Service Web App
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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