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Use Azure App Service Deployment Slots with Azure CLI

Azure App Service includes deployment slots that help to improve the way in which updates to your code can be deployed to production. In this hands-on lab, we'll use Azure CLI within the Cloud Shell, in order create and use deployment slots for a simple web application. The Cloud Shell includes Azure CLI and the .NET Core CLI, which we will use to perform all tasks. **Scenario** You've recently been employed as a cloud developer, and have been asked to perform a proof of concept using Azure App Service deployment slots. In order to perform this proof of concept, you will need to: * Deploy a simple .NET Core web application to a new Web App in Azure App Service * Make changes to your web application, and deploy these to a staging slot * Perform a slot swap, so that your changes are promoted to production

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Published
Clock icon Sep 11, 2020

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Set up a .NET Core Web App in Azure App Service

    Use the below commands in Cloud Shell (Bash) for guidance:

    1. Create a new demonstration web application: dotnet new webapp
    2. Build the web application: dotnet build
    3. Create and deploy your web app: az webapp up -n APPNAME -g RESOURCEGROUP --sku s1
  2. Challenge

    Update your App and Upload to a Staging Slot

    Use the below commands in Cloud Shell (Bash) for guidance:

    1. Update your application, for example: code Pages/Index.cshtml
    2. Create a staging slot: az webapp deployment slot create --name APPNAME -g RESOURCEGROUP --slot staging
    3. Deploy to the staging slot: a) Publish the updated code: dotnet publish -o pub b) Zip for deployment: cd pub; zip -r webapp.zip . c) ZipDeploy to the staging slot: az webapp deployment source config-zip --name APPNAME --resource-group RESOURCEGROUP --src webapp.zip --slot staging
  3. Challenge

    Swap Staging and Production Slots

    Use the below commands in Cloud Shell (Bash) for guidance:

    1. Swap staging to production: az webapp deployment slot swap -n APPNAME -g RESOURCEGROUP --slot staging --target-slot production

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