Ever since I started using Azure DevOps for source control, I always looked at Azure hosting as a scary monster! It looked huge and menacing. I would think of it as a great tool for someone who spends many hours learning all the ins and outs of it. However having since deployed my first website to Azure web app hosting, I find myself looking at Azure in a new way.
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I decided to take the plunge into Azure hosting since you get 12 months free (well... maybe not - see below). It also seems to be be the way the development world is going, so I'd better jump on the band wagon. I started by creating a free Azure account.
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Now that we have the database set up, we can move onto deploying the site.Third stop: Azure portal again. I used the quickstart to add a publish pipeline in Devops.
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Now I wanted to add a custom domain name. To do this we need to upgrade the account (yet again! - how free are the first 12 months?!?) First I needed to upgrade the Azure App Service Plan.
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With the site live now, I would like to try one last thing. It would be nice if I could automate the deployment of the site via Devops Pipelines instead of still doing it manually.
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