I have set up AD Azure and since I have a domain from a third party hosting provider(re-seller) i needed to assign MX and TX values in order to verify the Domain.
Re-seller refused to manually setup the records in the domain registrar and provided a free shared hosting package for me to setup those values in the control panel which i did with no effort and successfully verified the domain name within Azure portal.
I had made all the wire up within azure portal to use the domain i had verified but when i browse y.com i get responses from the Re-seller server instead of Azure.
The only thing i had left to do is to change the NS records which the Re-Seller refused to do so - so far.
Please provide some details of how the request travels in this kind of Domain name setup and what measures should i take in order to use my domain in Azure hosted environment?
To bind a custom domain for your Azure app, you need to do three main steps to map the custom domain to your app( more detail refer here):
And if you also want to add a custom domain for Azure AD, you can refer this document.
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Background
I have two websites:
- web1.azurewebsites.net
- web2.azurewebsites.net
I have added a traffic manager called webtm.trafficmanager.net.
web1.azurewebsites.net is configured with a custom domain web.example.com. I've also added a wildcard SSL certificate to it (i.e., *.example.com). If I request web.example.com it serves the website without any issues.
Requirement
I need to setup Traffic Manager on top of these two sites. So, if web1.azurewebsites.net is down/offline, then Traffic Manager can switch to web2.azurewebsites.net automatically.
Implementation question
I've read these SO answers (SO 1, SO 2) and this docs article, however, I have some doubts. I would really appreciate if someone can confirm my understanding outlined below, please?
Step 1: I understand that I'll have to update DNS records to something like: web.example.com. 60 IN CNAME webtm.trafficmanager.net.. Remove other DNS/CNAME records that point web.example.com to web1.azurewebsites.net.
Step 2: I'll need to remove the current custom domain mapping from web1.azurewebsites.net and then re-add it. Set custom domain to web.example.com and the CNAME configuration will show the traffic manager endpoint. No DNS changes required in this step?
Step 3: Add a custom domain to web2.azurewebsites.net set the custom domain to web.example.com and the CNAME configuration will show the traffic manager endpoint. No DNS changes required in this step?
Step 4: No changes to the SSL certificate added to web1.azurewebsites.net.
Step 5: Add the SSL certificate to web2.azurewebsites.net.
Now, accessing https://web.example.com should hit the traffic manager. It will see that web1.azurewebsites.net is online, so it will direct users to that. If web1.azurewebsites.net goes down, it will auto redirect users to web2.azurewebsites.net.
Thanks!
Your steps are mostly correct. What you want to do is to follow this document---Configure a custom domain name in Azure App Service with Traffic Manager integration
In step 3 and step 4, the traffic manager domain name will show under CNAME configuration. Select it and click Add custom domain. No other steps are required.
If a record is already in use and you need to preemptively bind your
apps to it, you can create an additional CNAME record. For example, to
preemptively bind www.contoso.com to your app, create a CNAME record
from awverify.www to contoso.trafficmanager.net. You can then add
www.contoso.com to your app without the need to change the www
CNAME record. For more information, see Migrate an active DNS name to
Azure App Service.
You also could see the full steps in this blog. In this blog, it uses a second web app in a different subscription, so it selects an external endpoint for that. If your first web app and your Traffic Manager instance are in the same subscription, use an Azure Endpoint, as you would normally, and choose the web app in that subscription.
Let me know if you face any questions.
I recently purchased a new custom domain to use with my App Service. I have done this before without any problems but cannot get this setup. I have tried to set this up via two methods:
1) Add hostname binding within the Custom Domain blade. This fails with an error with no extra details.
Add hostname bindings
2) Add custom domain within the App Service blade
Configure custom domains
This fails on domain ownership and ask me to create a CNAME configuration record.
Add CNAME error
I assume this is also why option 1) fails silently.
I have tried this by entering the Advanced Management Portal on the Custom Domain blade but this does not give me access to add any DNS records, all I can do it edit the Nameservers.
Help !!!! This means I am left with a domain I purchased that I cannot use and I cannot no longer buy this through an external provider so I can setup it up externally from Azure.
You need to update the custom domain so Azure manages the DNS. It can then add the appropriate DNS records when you add bindings.
I want to have the following setup in Azure.
* Main Traffic manager
- WebAppA (West Europe)
- Nested Endpoint
* WebAppB (West Europe)
WebappA has a custom domain name linked with a CName to the main traffic manager.
Now WebAppB also needs this custom domain name, but I'm not possible to add this.
I receive the message "Hostname is already being used in the following App WebAppA".
What I want to achieve is to have 2 WebApps running in the same datacenter with a Traffic manager on top to have better control control over the setup while doing BlueGreen deployments.
We currently have a setup spread over 2 datacenters, but we experience a lot of latency while hopping to the SQL server in WestEurope from UKSouth?
Is there any setup what can make this work?
I would suggest you to raise a support ticket where MS engineers can force add the Custom Domain if you are able to prove your Domain ownership.
The error which you are getting has nothing to do with the Traffic Manager Nested configuration. Since you have added the Custom Domain to the WebApp A, you are not able to add it to the Web App B due to some validation check.
There are probably two methods.
You could associate the same hostname to multiple web apps regardless of subscription (or even AAD tenant!) using the awverify method of validating domains. That is to create two TXT records for your two web app services.
Hostname — awverify.targethostname.yourdomain.com
Set type = TXT
value = <yourwebappname>.azurewebsites.net
TTL — short. Like seconds or minutes.
You could get more details from this blog: Azure Traffic Manager with Web Apps in different subscriptions.
Another option is to assign the same hostname to Web Apps in different app service plans. Bear in mind that if you're using IP addresses/A records in your DNS, you'd need both web apps to have different IP addresses for the DNS to be able to differentiate between your web apps. Read the details in the the SO answer.
Is it possible to have an App Service respond to all domain names that it receives? I would really like to be able to deploy to an App Service plan, rather than a VM. Note I am not trying to do wildcard subdomains - these require adding them through the Azure console. I am trying to accept any domain name that the app service receives. Adding and verifying each domain is not practical.
I have a multitenant app, so this is really important to me so that customers can use their own domain names.
I've tried adding the domain * and ., but it fails validation.
I don't think you can do this because Azure requires validation of domain ownership by adding specific records to DNS. Here is a discussion as to why they do that.
The best you might be able to do is to automate or script the binding, but even then you would need assistance from your third party partners/customers to verify their DNS ownership.
An alternative would be to transfer your DNS to Azure and use subdomains. I know you've said you're not looking at that solution, but using the Azure DNS offering would allow you to fully script out the onboarding process for a new customer.
Could you ensure that the changes to your DNS settings have been confirmed and validated from your DNS provider’s end. For certain providers, such as GoDaddy, changes to DNS records don't become effective until you select a separate Save Changes link.
For more details, refer "Map an existing custom DNS name to Azure Web Apps".
You may refer MSDN thread, which addresses similar issue.
I purchased a custom domain name through Azure, and it was correctly pointing to my Web App, and it was working. I subsequently deleted and recreated the Web app, and the underlying IP has changed. In order to associate the same domain name with the replacement app, Azure requires the CNAME to be set by the DNS provider. However, Azure is the DNS provider, and I can find no way to do this. I see lots of articles discussing how to manage the domain name once it is associated with the app, but not how do to manage it the gap between creation and association, which is the gap where I need to add the CNAME.
Take a look at this: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/waws/archive/2014/10/01/mapping-a-sub-domain-to-an-azure-web-site.aspx
and this: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/cloud-services-custom-domain-name/
Edit: Also, you could do what you are asking for through Powershell: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/dns-web-sites-custom-domain/
The problem occurs because the subscription was changed from a pay-as-you-go subscription to developer benefits subscription. The purchase of the domain name is tied to the subscription with it was purchased. Creating the App under the original subscription enables the management blade.
Did this recently, using "myfunkydomain.com" and "myfunkywebapp" as examples ..
Bought the domain through Azure ("Custom domain and SSL" blade on the WebApp) which you have already done.
The new "DNS preview" service allows you to create DNS Zones and then manage the subdomain recordsets - Create a new zone (I called "myfunkydomain.com" and take note of the 4 DNS servers allocated to the zone.
Then under "Custom domain and SSL" blade of your Web App select the new domain (myfunkydomain.com) under "Managed Domains" and then click the Advanced menu button - this will take you to a seperate site where you can delegate the domain to the 4 DNS servers from step 2. This is what you are missing I think. I took note of the current DNS servers before changing them (but have had no need to change them back)
Once delegated you can create CNAME recordsets under the DNS preview Zone and point the CNAME record to the full domain of your Web App myfunkywebapp.azurewebsites.net and you are in full control of the domain from the Azure portal. There is a WebApi for managing this whole process which we use to create new tenants of our domain programatically.