Two web apps under the same Azure Web App - azure

I have an ASP.NET Core SPA app that requires authentication. I also want to have a single static public HTML page for unauthenticated users.
I'd like to set these up like this:
Public HTML page => https://example.com
SPA app => https://member.example.com
Can I do this using a single web app on Azure App Service or do I need two separate web apps?

Since other communities have provided suggestions, I just summarized the existing approaches and my ideas for you to achieve your purpose:
Use multiple virtual directories under a single web app as Zahid Faroq commented
Use two separate web apps
Since you are using azure web app, for a simple way, you could leverage App Service Certificate, and choose the S1 Standard certificate SKU which could create SSL bindings for root and www subdomain. Example: A single certificate could be used to protect example.com and www.example.com. If you use other subdomain instead of www and you could confirm that you only need two SSL certificates, then you need to buy an additional SSL for member.example.com. Also, you could check WoTrus TLS / SSL Certificates, GoDaddy SSL Certificates, How to get FREE SSL Certificate for Website (HTTPS).

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SSL certificate for a multitenant web app

I'm developing a multitenant web app hosted in azure. Tenants point their domain to my app and this is how I distinguish between them. So client1.com and client2.com both point to myapp.azurewebsites.net but depending on which url a user came from I serve different pages.
How can I add SSL certificate(s) to that website so nobody gets an invalid domain name error?
Thanks
When you put the website in the correct pricing tier you can add custom domains and ssl certificates yourself.
After you add your domains (client1.com, etc) and after you add your certificats (for client.com,etx) you can set an ssl binding.
That way it should work.
Here are some useful links: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-custom-domain-name/ (to add a custom domain to the website)
And here how to add the ssl binding (check step 3) https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-purchase-ssl-web-site/

Certificate Issue with Custom Domain of Web App and Traffic Manager

I have created one Web App on Azure and deployed that in two regions. now, using traffic manager I have used failover configuration. As I am having custom domain, I have used individual domains per web app.
So, each of my web app has 3 domains (I) ... azurewebsites.net (II) ... trafficmanager.net (III) .... mycustomdomain-region1.com
Same for second web app with 3 domains.
As I have correctly configured, my customdomain-region1.com is working without any SSL Certificate error.
But when I use TrafficManager.net based url it is giving me azurewebsites.net certificate error. Why it is check azurewebsites.net even though I am having custom domain and also the certificate is well configured in both the web app.
I have clicked "Continue to this website (not recommended). " and I got Error 404 - Web App not found page
Image attached here...
1) https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/getfile/685720
2) https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/getfile/685723
The SSL for *.azurewebsites.net is a shared SSL. If you want to use an SSL for your custom domain you will need to purchase and configure it separately. Info can be found here. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/web-sites-configure-ssl-certificate/
Note, being you are using multiple web apps in different regions. I would recommend purchasing a wildcard ssl for your domain (*.domain name) and setting up region.websitename.com region2.websitename.com
Let me know if this helps!

Securing authenticated traffic on Azure website without custom certificate

I'm building an ASP.NET MVC website to be hosted as a shared Azure website with custom domain name.
For the backend portion of the site (for specific users only) I need a login form and from that point on all traffic should be SSL encrypted. However I don't have a custom certificate and would like to avoid that extra cost.
I noticed that free websites already serve over HTTPS with a wildcard certificate for *.azurewbesites.net. Is that "free" azurewebsites.net-address also available for shared websites with custom domain(s) so I can simply redirect all "pages" that require authentication via the https://xyz.azurewebsites.net address? I'm aware that would be a cross-domain redirect which is visible to the end-user but that is not an issue since it's only a select group of users...
Yes, using the *.azurewebsites.net domain is your only option to have HTTPS without extra cost. The domain is always available, even if you use a custom domain, because it's used for a few additional services (like your repo, remote console, ...).

Windows Azure websites https

If I create an azure website let's assume: myname.azurewebsites.net, I can access this by using http (http://myname.azurewebsites.net) or https (https://myname.azurewebsites.net).
What does this mean? Did I understood it right that basically I don't need an SSL certificate as it has one by default?
I need to build a web service that needs to use SSL. Therefore do I need to buy an ssl certificate and custom domain (not important)? I don't need a custom domain and the default one works fine for me. So can I use my service over SSL provided by Azure: https://myname.azurewebsites.net (is a wildcard certificate)?
If you need to build a web service that needs to use SSL I highly suggest that you use your own domain and your own SSL certificate (buy one) if you are going in production with it. If you just test/play around - than you can safely use the default provided one.
And you are correct about default provided one - you get a (free) SSL for your azure web site as long as it is only bound to the default XXX.azurewebsites.net domain. However the certificate you get there is a wildcard certificate issued to *.azurewebsites.net. I would not use it if I have to go for a production service!
If you are to use SSL features of Azure Web Sites with your own domain and certificate, check out the Pricing and requirement pages. There are important things to note!

Using an SSL connection in windows azure

I'll admit i am very new to web app development and have primarily developed offline. I am developing a facebook application and have decided to give windows azure a shot at being my host.
Facebook requires SSL to use and of course on my development machine this works fine, but i do not have my own SSL certificate. In order to have a custom SSL certificate I need to upgrade my azure subscription to get a custom domain and be able to upload my own custom SSL certificate.
Is there any alternative to get my site to allow SSL (https) requests during my development process because paying for a custom SSL, domain and reserved azure instance in an application during the initial build process seems to be a needless expense.
Windows Azure Web Sites is a prime candidate for Facebook application development. If you use the base domain mysite.azurewebsites.net you have SSL without needing your custom domain.
The reason for this being the azurewebsites.net domain has a wild card certificate in place.

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