What are the advantages of using Azure App Service to deploy a docker application instead of Azure Container Instance?
I found out that Azure Container instances don't have any networking-related capabilities in terms of restricting app access. Are there any more advantages of using Azure App Service to deploy a container?
There are many advantages of using Azure app service over azure container instance
Azure app service is PAAS(platform as a service) on the other side azure container the instance is an IAAS(infrastructure as a service).
In azure app service directly integration of custom domain is available
Integration with the application gateway to handle the traffic load
It offers auto-scaling and high availability.
Automated deployments from GitHub, Azure DevOps, or any Git repo to support a continuous deployment model
Host background jobs(Web Jobs)
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I want to host microservices on Azure platform.
But my Customer don't want to use AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service).
So Anyone have idea for same? Is there any other proper way for hosting microservices on azure?
Please guide me.
You should look at Azure Container Apps.
Assuming that you are running your micro services in a Docker container. The other ways to run container apps in azure are:
Azure App Service
Run Docker on an Azure VM
Probably the Azure App Service is the best place to start.
Since Azure App Services are too expensive, we would like to build our own App Service Cluster so we can deploy Docker images to custom cloud VMs/workers from different service providers.
It should cover functionalities like:
Deployment Center: selecting Docker images (Docker hub, gitlab) and deploy them to our cloud workers by tag
Scalability (like App Service Plan): add workers
Load balancing
SSL/Domain Management
FW Integration
Logging Streams
Does there exist already an open source framework with a GUI for this type of "private cloud" that can be deployed via docker swarm for instance?
thankz!
If have reserved few VMs in Azure, can't I use them to host App services? The instance types I see in VMs is not same as the ones I see in App Service?
For the reserved EC2 instances in AWS, I am able to use them by Elastic Beanstalk service. Isn't the same option available in Azure?
No, the Azure app service is multiple-tenant PaaS. There are multiple web apps that will host the same app service plan and you don't need to manage the underlying infrastructure for your hosting web apps.
Alternatively, you could directly host your application on the Azure VMs or Azure VM scale sets that make you more control of the infrastructure. Also, you could refer to load-balancing options in Azure.
I was looking to use Azure App Services and noticed Azure now offers Web App for Containers, now I wonder what's the difference between them? And couple more questions come to my mind
Assuming I choose Web App for Containers, who is going to manage the container updates?
Is the deployment differs from App Services to Web App for Containers, from application perspective?
Web App for Containers is one of the offerings in Azure App Service. It allows you to deploy containerized applications on Linux and Windows (the latter is in preview).
The platform automatically takes care of OS patching, capacity provisioning, and load balancing. But, the container updates are up to you.
The deployment differs in that you will be deploying your application inside a Docker container instead of deploying directly like you do in a Web App.
I have an ASP.NET Web API Self-host console application and I want to publish it as a Azure Webjob service. Is it possible, is it advisable?.
I'm using Topshelf to install it as a windows service on my local server.
I haven't a web application only the console application.
In a Webjob, no. See Azure App Service sandbox limitations here - assuming you need to listen for inbound requests on a socket.
Installing stuff (think .msi or writing to registry) is also not supported.
Look at Cloud Services (Worker Role), Service Fabric or IaaS VMs.
They're all options.
EDIT (sometime in 2017):
Now there's even more option: Docker containers in Azure App Service Linux, Azure Container Service (DC/OS, Swarm or Kubernetes as orchestrator) or Azure Container Instance.