I created an API app for MS Azure, but it runs on url like: https://microsoft-apiapped89163604714d21b7e4a3424ed82d50.azurewebsites.net/...
Can I switch it to my own domain name somehow?
You can, but unfortunately there is currently a limitation that will prevent the API App from working properly. There is a list of known limitations and issue which you can find here. The fix will be available quite soon but I don't have a specific ETA to share.
Once this is fixed, you can customize the domain by:
Going to the API App blade.
On the blade, find the "API App host" property on the Essentials and click it.
This will open the API App host blade. Click on "Settings" from the toolbar on the top.
Then find the "Custom domains and SSL" setting and customize the domain.
Effectively, once you're done with Step 2, you can follow the guide of Customizing the domain of a Web App, as both API Apps and Web Apps share the same underlying infrastructure. The guide is available here
Hope it helps.
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Is it possible to remote-connect to an Azure App Service running on Windows with my IIS Manager?
This seems to have been possible according to this blog post by clicking in IIS Manager File -> Connect to a site.
I refer to the steps mentioned in the link shared by you and in the last step I got an error below.
I did some research on it and it looks like managing the App Service from IIS is not supported anymore. I have not got any official link but the below links might give you some information on it.
Microsoft.Web.Configuration.AppHostFileProvider not found after configured Remote IIS Administration for Microsoft Azure Web App
Can no longer manage any Web Apps with IIS Remote Manager - Could not load file or assembly - AppHostFileProvider
I'm not sure for what purpose why you want to. My thoughts is you shouldn't be doing that as it defeat the purpose of PaaS services. Cannot access the iis layer in app service however you can still configure in web.config of your web app.
I do not see the option to easily configure App Service Authentication on Web Apps for Linux. I am using SSL and custom domain name.
Thanks
If you are looking for an option through the Azure Portal, then this will help.
As per the Azure Web App on Linux documentation Limitations, The Azure portal shows only features that currently work for Web App on Linux and hides the rest. As Microsoft enable more features, they will be visible on the portal.
Some features, such as virtual network integration, Azure Active Directory/third-party authentication, or Kudu site extensions, are not available yet. Once these features are available, Microsoft will update the documentation and blog about the changes.
I would like to know if there is a way to configure a subdomain for an azure api app that I recently published.
The current url provided from azure looks like https://microsoft-apiappd2c35ca5dbc343bca7543041467c2b32.azurewebsites.net and I haven't found a way to configure a subdomain like myapi.mycompany.com as I can do it with the websites.
You can customize it on the API app host. To find that, open the API App blade and on the settings find the "API app host" and click it. On the new blade that will open, click on "All Settings" and then "Custom domains and SSL".
Just keep in mind that this likely will only be valid during the preview and might change in the future.
I recently activated Azure services that came with my MSDN subscription. I created a website with it and wanted to assign a custom domain for the website. Unfortunately, the "Manage Domains" option in the website dashboard is grayed out.
You can't add a custom domain to a free Azure website. You have to upgrade (SCALE tab on the portal) to Shared, Basic or Standard web hosting plan mode to add a custom domain.
I am using Windows Azure, and find it a lot difficult and useless make a new "Package" each time you make a small change, and want to test it on the Cloud. I heard about the opportunity to update the web roles without re-deploy the whole instance each time (about 15 minutes), and do a Web Deploy - upload just the modified files (some seconds).
None of the resources found on the web seems to describe this particular situation.
There are tutorials, on how to enable Web Deploy on Azure Web Roles, but not a one how to set it up. [This tutorial is showing the settings, but not for Azure]
To enable web deploy you first need to be able to do a standard Publish (not Package) from the CloudConfiguration project.
there are some good tutorials how to do that.
While the Publish dialog is open, make sure to select this option, and make a normal publish.
After this configuration is published, you are ready to set up the Publish settings for the Web Role project. Note, the CloudCongiguration project is used for Package deployment, and the Web project is used to deploy to Azure via Web Deploy as deploying to normal web hosting.
When you click on the "Publish" context menu of the Web project, a "Publish Web" dialog appears. All settings are easy to guess/standard, except the second tab: Connection.
Here the things go little hard, if you have not messed with Web Deployment before.
Must select the Web Deploy method
The URL to your Web Role (DNS or IP address found on Windows Azure Management portal)
The name of the web site in the IIS on the Host machine. In our case this is the Azure WebRole instance. So Login via RDP, start "Server Management", navigate to: Roles->WebServer(IIS)-> Internet Information Services Manager. In the Connections Pane (The Left part of the Manager) expand the tree-view pointing to the "localhost" service -> Sites -> and there you find the Website Name (should be something like : xxxxx_IN_0_Web)
This is the username you use for RDP connections /and the password below/
is that strange URL, that is pointing to the Web deploy Service, that will eventually update our website content.
you can check, if the Package deployment went OK, in the Azure Management portal, on the Overview page of the web deployment if the port 8172 is open.
Now "Validate Connection" should succeed!
If not, try "http://{0}.cloudapp.net//MSDEPLOYAGENTSERVICE" for Destination URL