What is Azure Web App? Create an Azure Web App

An Azure Web App is a specific type of resource under Azure App Service, used to host web applications and APIs in a fully managed environment without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.

What is an Azure Web App?

It's a managed hosting environment for running your website or API code, supporting multiple languages and frameworks, with built-in scaling, monitoring, and deployment tools.

Step 1: Create a Resource Group

az group create --name myResourceGroup --location eastus

Step 2: Create an App Service Plan

az appservice plan create \
  --name myAppServicePlan \
  --resource-group myResourceGroup \
  --sku B1 --is-linux

Step 3: Create the Web App

az webapp create \
  --resource-group myResourceGroup \
  --plan myAppServicePlan \
  --name myuniquewebappname \
  --runtime "NODE:18-lts"

Step 4: Deploy Your Code

az webapp deployment source config-zip \
  --resource-group myResourceGroup \
  --name myuniquewebappname \
  --src myapp.zip

Step 5: Browse Your Web App

az webapp browse --name myuniquewebappname --resource-group myResourceGroup

Common Use Cases

• Hosting company websites, portals, or internal tools
• Deploying REST APIs consumed by mobile or single-page applications
• Running staging and production environments using deployment slots