Azure Website tips for beginners
I’ve recently been doing some work with Azure websites and realised that for someone like me who is used to websites being on an IIS box there are some areas that aren’t so easy to figure out. As I come across new material I will add it here.
KUDU
This is a tool that is often referred to in order to get information about the app however I can never remember how to get to it. The way that currently works for me is to go to Azure and search for the appropriate App Service. On the menu look for Advanced Tools and click on the Go link on that page.
This opens up the Kudu app and has a lot of useful information.
Checking files on a Website
I needed to check that a particular file was deployed correctly to my Azure website. Initially I used the files menu in Kudu but this didn’t give me the information I was looking for. I then used the App Service Editor (currently in Preview)
Just clicking on the Open Editor option brings up a website that looks a little bit like an online version of VS Code.
The files are accessible from here and I found what I was looking for. I didn’t try this but it looks like you can edit the files from here too.