We are trying to migrate our ASP.NET web apps to an Azure VM. We have about 5 apps under our website, but we need to do these one by one. The problem is when we migrate one app to an Azure VM IIS, we need to maintain the URL and not disturb the 4 remaining web apps. Below is an image better explaining what I need to do:
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Notice I need to maintain the original URL (https://www.site1.com/App1-1) when moved to the Azure VM. We had thought about doing a reverse proxy for that one app, but I think that would put too much extra traffic going back and forth.
I know this is probably not the best way of migrating things to Azure. Refactoring the app is slated for the future. This is a "lift and shift" interim solution. Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated!
You can do something like:
Migrated the app to Azure VM and test it first to confirm it working
Configure the custom DNS entry to point to the app in Azure. You can read more here
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-in/azure/dns/dns-domain-delegation
Switch off the app from the local server once DNS entry in Azure is active.
Migrate other apps
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I have a web application that is currently running on IIS in 3 Azure VMs. I have been working to make my application App-Services friendly, but would like to test the migration to App-Services in a safe / controlled environment.
Would it be possible to spin up the App-Service and use an Azure Load Balancer to redirect a percentage of traffic off the VM and onto the App-Service?
Is there any other technology that would help me get there?
You might be able to achieve this if you are using an App Service Environment and an internal load balancer
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/app-service-environment-with-internal-load-balancer
However, based on your description of your current setup I don't believe there is an ideal solution for this as a standard load balancer only allows for the backend ports to map to VMs. Using an Application Gateway might be another option as well
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/
I would suggest you make use of the deployment and production slots available that comes a Web App. Once you have the webapp running in the dev slots, test the site to ensure all works as expected. Once it does, switch it to the production slot and reroute all traffic from the VMs to the App Service.
All in all, running an app on a Web App is quite simple. Microsoft takes away the need to manage the VM settings so you can simply deploy and run. I don't see you having any issues simply migrating. The likelihood for issues is small. You can also minimalism it by performing the migration during off hours in case you need to make any changes.
There is also some Web App migration guidance you might find useful
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/dotnet-howto-choose-migration?view=azure-dotnet
How do you deploy a website in Windows Azure so that it can have outside access? I'm not that familiar with it and I have no idea where to start.
All the info I have is that I have a cloudapp.net website. I can access my remote desktop through .cloudapp.net. And I have an IIS Manager.
This all sounds stupid, but I need to start somewhere. And I need help. Thanks.
EDIT: More info. From my extensive search, I found that endpoints might do the trick. I want the website to be accessed through a port (sample.cloudapp.net:1010). I did some tinkering on it but I couldn't make it work.
If you already have a cloudapp.net website, it means that you have a cloud service for your website. You could take a simpler approach and set up a Web App instead, which would give you an azurewebsites.net domain. Either way, the full domain name will be a public URL for your website available at port 80.
If you prefer to stick with a cloud service, check out the official documentation:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cloud-services/
If you opt for a simpler Web App (my recommendation for beginners), the following URL contains links to documentation and a short video to get started with Web Apps:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/app-service/web/
Web Apps can be deployed in multiple ways, including Visual Studio, FTP or Continous Integration directly from source control. If you need help with deploying the web app, I have a step by step guide and video tutorial:
http://wakeupandcode.com/deploy-your-web-site-web-app-on-azure/
Hope that helps! :)
I have finished developing a webapplication on Visual Studio 2012 along with Microsoft SQL 2008. I'm trying to make it a "live" webapp which can be accessed through the phone rather than a localhost.
I researched and found 2 solutions which are
IIS
Azure
I have been looking all over the net for various clear explaination of the main difference between IIS and Azure. From my understanding, IIS is a web server application that comes with Windows Server and is used to serve up web sites while Azure is a Windows hosting solution that utilizes IIS. In that case why do people still uses IIS while Azure provide both a cloud platform and IIS?
Which is also better to host any typical web-application that used to run on the localhost?
I can't seems to find any thread in SO or ASP.Net forum which can clearly explain the main difference between the two along with the advantage and disadvantage.
Here are some of the link1, link2 i have found that provide brief information about the two.
What you are looking for is actually a place to run your web application, Teo.
As you've found, you can do that in IIS if you have a server that is connected to the Internet. A way to get such a server is to either got to a hosting company or just use the Windows Azure cloud as you've found as well.
One of the simplest ways for you to do this right now and for free is to sign up for a Windows Azure trial account. As part of that account you get a basic, shared Windows Azure Website for free.
Here are the links you need:
(1) http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/get-started/
(2) http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
I would strongly recommend that you go through the entire tutorial (1) step-by-step before trying to do this with your own application. Before you start, sign up for a trial account (2). You will not be charged in the first month and you will not be charged if you stick with the free website.
Enjoy.
Comparing IIS to Azure is irrelevant. Those are two different concepts, which are vaguely related to each other. You lack some very basic understanding of what each one means, and I recommend you to go and read about each them from scratch.
IIS is indeed a web server application. That means, for example, that it can rout HTTP request and responds to and from the web site application that you have created.
To keep it simple, let's say that IIS can run on any Windows machine, which makes the machine a Web Server.
If you want to have your web site up and running, you need either have your own machine that acts as a web server, or either upload your web site application to some other machine.
Azure is a group of cloud services. One of the services is a Web Site Host, that allows you to use cloud computers to run the IIS that hosts your web site.
As part of the service, Azure will take care of installing and using the IIS server for you.
Bottom line, if you are going the Windows path, you will probably end up using Both Azure and IIS (unless you will want to self host your web site...)
Hope I explain this clearly enough. I am migrating a web application to azure. I have it setup so far as an aspx web application and a sql server database. The site is hosted (don't know if that's the correct term) in a cloud service (which I deployed using Visual Studio). Everything works great so far. What I want to do now is add a WP blog. I have created on as a test and it's really easy as an azure website.
What I want to do is this: If my custom domain is www.site.com and that points to the cloud service web role, can I create a WP blog as a separate azure website at myblog.azurewebsites.net and somehow point a virtual at that so that www.site.com/blog will point to the blog website? I know how to add a domain to the website, just not sure how to do the virtual part...
Thanks for any suggestions!
-Jeff
As far as I know, NO, unless you can modify the BLOG's code to keep rewriting URL's to make it look like www.site.com/blog
Simpler alternative: implement a blog.site.com instead of www.site.com/blog and map it to your blog on Azure sites. You can also setup a redirect to work from www.site/com/blog to go to blog.site.com
We are looking to host a website (some css,js, one html file but not aspx, one generic handler).
We deployed in as:
1) Azure Web Site
2) Azure Cloud Service
Both solutions work. There is a question though: which way of hosting it is better and why? Second thing: as there might be a lot of traffic - which solution would be cheaper?
Thanks in advance,
Krzysztofuncjusz
You may want to review this article that explains the primary differences. Web Sites are best for running web applications that are relatively isolated (that do not require elevated security, remote desktop, network isolation...). Cloud services are more advanced because they give you more control over web sites while still remaining flexible. And VMs are for full control over applications that need to be installed and configured (like running SQL Server for example).
I think that main difference in abilities to modify VM and possibility to configure scalability. Web sites is something like classic hosting, without ability to login by rdp. Cloud Services allows you to configure VM and if necessary setup scalability and availability.