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Build a Blog: Going to production with Azure Static Web Apps

June 08, 2024  4 minute read  

I’m almost ready to take my Static Web App to production and make it public. However, there are a few things that I want to make sure I do before going to production. This is true of any application hosted in the cloud, so it;s a good reminder of things to think about. This post is part of a sequence showing how to deploy a blog on Azure Static Web Apps: Deploying Azure Static Web Apps Configuring Azure DNS Configuring Static Web Apps Custom Domains Taking Static Web Apps to Pr...

Build a Blog: Custom domains for Azure Static Web Apps

June 07, 2024  8 minute read  

In my last post, I registered a DNS domain name and set up Azure DNS for it. I want my blog to use that domain name, so I need to set up a custom domain in Static Web Apps using Azure DNS. Of course, nothing is that simple. My blog uses repeatable deployments via Azure Developer CLI, so there is a little bit of extra work to do. This post is part of a sequence showing how to deploy a blog on Azure Static Web Apps: Deploying Azure Static Web Apps Configuring Azure DNS Configuring ...

Build a Blog: Deploy Azure Infrastructure three ways

June 05, 2024  16 minute read  

For most developers, dealing with the infrastructure part of the job is hard. I like to say “give me a database and a web site” and prefer not to get into the other requirements like DNS, security, and multi-region reliability. My web sites and other cloud projects (including this one) are pretty open. So, what’s the minimum I need to know to deploy stuff on Azure? How can I get my project deployed on Azure for development with the minimum of hassle? This post is part of a sequence show...

Choosing a hosting option for your web app in Azure

March 10, 2021  6 minute read  

Azure, like all the other clouds, has a plethora of mechanisms for getting your web site published. You have Static Web Apps, Azure App Service, Azure Blob Storage, Web Apps for Containers, and then there are the compute ones like virtual machines, and Azure Functions. It can be a little overwhelming. For this analysis, I’m going to assume you want to deploy a stand alone web site - either straight HTML, CSS, and JavaScript or a React, Angular, Vue, or similar app. I’m going to break it d...