I am trying to deploy my web application and web service to Azure. I am somewhat new to web development and even newer to web app deployment.
When I test deployment on my local machine, there are 2 steps:
1) Publish web service from within VS. Copy generated folder to server's inetpub/wwwroot/ folder, convert to application from IIS manager. - I refer to this as the back end.
2) Host and run the web app. Run "grunt build" to generate a "dist" folder, copy dist folder into inetpub/wwwroot, create new site pointing to this folder in iis manager. - I refer to this as the front end.
I seem to have gotten step 1 done correctly in Azure: http://nxgnopencast.azurewebsites.net/ - published it to Azure from within Visual Studio.
My issue is step 2. What is the equivalent of grunt building and using iis manager to convert to website for Azure?
Try copying all of the content on your IIS website into the wwwroot folder on your Azure web app. This can be done easily via FTP or drag and drop on the SCM site: http://nxgnopencast.scm.azurewebsites.net/
On the SCM site go to Debug console > CMD and then use the folder structure to go to D:\home\site\wwwroot and drag and drop all of your content there.
For more deployment techniques see:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-deploy/
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Recently I have started a Django server on Azure Web App Service, now I want to add a usage of "ChromoDriver" for web scraping, I have noticed that for that I need to install some additional Linux packages (not python) on the machine. the problem is that it gets erased on every deployment, does it mean that I should switch to Docker ?
Container works, but you can also try to pull down the additional packages in the custom start up file without messing around the machine after the deployment
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/python/tutorial-deploy-app-service-on-linux-04
I need a file to be added to the web root when I deploy my Expo web project (An Apple App Site Association file).
Is this functionality supported by Expo out the box?
All you have to do is make a folder called 'web' in the root of your project. Any files in there are moved to the web root when expo build:web is run
https://medium.com/#toastui/from-zero-to-publish-expo-web-react-native-for-web-tutorial-e3e020d6d3ff
How to publish django web application? what are the steps to be followed for publishing a django application? is there any free hosting for pulishing?
thanks in advance
I am using PythonAnyWhere for hosting my project. They provide hosting for python-Django / flask specificly and have a very dedicated team.
You can host your app for free but you can not use your own domain. To use custom domain, you need to purchase paid plan starting from $5 per month.
Their customer support is extremly good.
Steps to follow for hosting:
- Make sure your code is production ready i.e. well tested and bug free.
- Separate production and dev settings file. On production you need to set DEBUG=false.
- Push your code to github. Do not commit sensitive information like credentials or api keys. Keep them in .env file.
- Create account on pythonanywhere server and create database.
- Clone the git repo. Complete the web setup step. Edit the wsgio settings file.
- Run migrations. python manage.py migrate.
- Create cache table if any python manage.py createcachetable.
- Collect static files python manage.py collectstatic.
- Reload the web app.
Refer this step by step article to setup a free account and host web app on pythonanywhere server.
I'm a big fan of Amazon Web Services if you want simplicity and automation. You can create a CodeStar project for Django and Elastic Beanstalk. Everything is set up from you, so as soon as you commit code to your github repo (it even can create the repo for you with the elastic beanstalk config files), it builds, tests, then deploys it.
The best part is you can utilize amazon's free-tier level if you are a new member so it's probably going to be free or extremely cheap.
Look here for reference:
https://aws.amazon.com/codestar/faqs/
digitalocean.com is good for hosting. link
I used this for Django 2.0 with python3.
When you build an Ember application the output is placed in the dist folder. Can I take this output and stick it into IIS on a server without installing node? I understand that during development I need to have node.js installed. I'm asking if the production host server will require node.js if I'm hosting in IIS?
A built Ember application (the contents of the /dist folder) is composed of files that can be served statically, so there's no requirement for node.js.
You should be able to serve them with IIS without a problem, just make sure you configure the routes properly if you're using the history API (location: 'auto'/location: history).
I am trying to deploy a webapp to Azure. I am following these directions https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-python-create-deploy-django-app/
First step, I created a webapp (Django) on the portal.
Then it says to follow the directions to configure Continuous deployment using GIT in Azure App Service. This should apparently lead to my having a local directory of Django files. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-publish-source-control/
So I follow those directions, installing Git, creating a local repository, adding a webpage, enabling web app repository, deploying.
The webportal now shows that I have deployed ('active' deployment). However, when I go to the web app url, what's showing is NOT what I deployed, but rather what I guess is the default Django app with its urls (login, logout, contacts).
So then I create an actual Django app in my local directory (instead of the static index.html from the directions). I commit and push it to Azure. It shows as being deployed.
The result is the same as before: the default web app is showing.
So what I'm missing is the connection between my local repository and what's actually showing. Is there some way to pull the Azure default app into my local repository? (Once it's there, I'll be able to change it as I see fit.)
Things are working as expected, but you ended up overwriting the Django app in your first the Git commit. The Continuous Deployment instructions as written are generic to any deployment, even a blank Web App.
So what I'm missing is the connection between my local repository and what's actually showing. Is there some way to pull the Azure default app into my local repository? (Once it's there, I'll be able to change it as I see fit.)
All you need to do is git clone your repo after you've initialized your local Git repo on the Azure Web App. You've already gone through most of these steps, but I'll include them here for others who may be looking for this answer.
After you create the Django Web App from the Azure Marketplace/Gallery, scroll down to set up continuous deployment.
Choose Local Git repo.
Notice that you now have a Git Clone URL in both your Quickstart Essentials info and under All Settings >> Properties. Go ahead and copy this URL.
If you haven't already done so, you may need to set or reset your Deployment Credentials. You'll find this under All Settings. This will be your Git & FTP credentials. Note that this is actually the credentials for your Microsoft Account, not just this one Web App.
You already have Git installed from your first attempt. You should now be able to navigate to the folder you want to clone the repo into and run:
git clone <your_git_clone_url>
After you type in your password, you'll have a cloned repo of the Django Web App on your local system. cd into the directory and start working from there. Once you have changes, git add ., git commit, and git push them back to the repo in Azure to see your changes there.