Azure CLI Get Started for App Service

Install Azure CLI from here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest

  1. Login to Azure

    az login
    
  2. View default account

    az account show 
    
  3. Change default subscription

    az account set -s "Subscription"
    
  4. Add webapp extension

    az extension add --name webapp
    
  5. Create a new resourcegroup (container for azure resources)

    az group create -l "West US" -n "JlawDemoRG"
    
  6. Create an app service plan

    az appservice plan create -g "JlawDemoRG" -n "JlawDemoASP"
    
  7. Create an app service plan with linux workers (for Web App for Containers or Web App on Linux)

    az appservice plan create -g "JlawDemoRG" -n "JlawDemoASP" --is-linux
    
  8. Create an app service

    az webapp create -g "JlawDemoRG" -p "JlawDemoASP" -n "JlawWebApp1"
    

    The web app jlawwebapp1 is now created, and can be accessed by jlawwebapp1.azurewebsites.net