Introduction
In this article, we are going to see how to create our first website using Azure Web app services. Creating a website and hosting was difficult previously but Azure has made it simple to build and host websites using Web Apps.
Requirements
- Azure subscription
- Machine (PC with internet)
Steps to follow.
Open Azure portal, and enter into the dashboard. If you are new to Azure, create an account first.
The dashboard will appear. Then, click "Create resource group". As an alternative, we can click on the app services. That will take to the creation of new resource group.
After creating the resource group, just fill up the web app credentials.
App name can be given as per our wish. We have options for the system we are using. There is a facility available in Azure that we can update the website which has been already running.
After creating the web app, your web app will be displayed in the dashboard. You will find your credential details and website link.
Click on to the website link and you will see a default webpage of Azure.
Copy the FTP file in the dashboard below the host name and paste it in "My Computer" search. You will see a login page; fill the credentials and login.
Create a basic HTML page and save it as index.html. Then, paste it in the site files.
Open the Azure dashboard and refresh the page.
Now, click on to the website link. You will find your website published over there.
We can monitor the website in the webpage details of Azure.
Summary
In this article, we learned how to create a resource group and create a web app using Azure Web App service using FTP and hosted the website using Azure subscriptions. This can be further modified to create bigger websites and monitor the web details.