Creating a web app in Azure - Try It Yourself

Creating a web app

📖 Scenario: You want to create a simple web app on Microsoft Azure to host your website. This project will guide you through creating the basic Azure resources needed for a web app.

🎯 Goal: Build an Azure web app by creating a resource group, an app service plan, and the web app itself using Azure CLI commands.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a resource group named MyResourceGroup in the eastus region.

Create an app service plan named MyAppServicePlan in the resource group with FREE SKU.

Create a web app named MyUniqueWebApp123 in the app service plan and resource group.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Creating web apps on Azure is common for hosting websites and APIs in the cloud.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and developers often create and manage web apps using Azure CLI or portal as part of their daily tasks.

1

Create the resource group

Use the Azure CLI command az group create to create a resource group named MyResourceGroup in the eastus region.

Azure

# Use az group create to make MyResourceGroup in eastus
# Your code here

Need a hint?

The command az group create creates a resource group. Use --name to set the group name and --location to set the region.

2

Create the app service plan

Use the Azure CLI command az appservice plan create to create an app service plan named MyAppServicePlan in the resource group MyResourceGroup with the FREE SKU.

Azure

az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus
# Use az appservice plan create to make MyAppServicePlan with FREE SKU in MyResourceGroup
# Your code here

Need a hint?

The command az appservice plan create creates a plan. Use --name for the plan name, --resource-group for the group, and --sku for pricing tier.

3

Create the web app

Use the Azure CLI command az webapp create to create a web app named MyUniqueWebApp123 in the app service plan MyAppServicePlan and resource group MyResourceGroup.

Azure

az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus
az appservice plan create --name MyAppServicePlan --resource-group MyResourceGroup --sku FREE
# Use az webapp create to make MyUniqueWebApp123 in MyAppServicePlan and MyResourceGroup
# Your code here

Need a hint?

The command az webapp create creates the web app. Use --name for the app name, --plan for the service plan, and --resource-group for the group.

4

Verify the web app creation

Use the Azure CLI command az webapp show to verify that the web app MyUniqueWebApp123 exists in the resource group MyResourceGroup.

Azure

az group create --name MyResourceGroup --location eastus
az appservice plan create --name MyAppServicePlan --resource-group MyResourceGroup --sku FREE
az webapp create --name MyUniqueWebApp123 --plan MyAppServicePlan --resource-group MyResourceGroup
# Use az webapp show to check MyUniqueWebApp123 in MyResourceGroup
# Your code here

Need a hint?

The command az webapp show displays details about the web app. Use --name and --resource-group to specify the app.