Static website deployment

Question

I want to know the most cost effection way of hosting an already existing static website (using wordpress) on Azure

Answer 1

Wordpress websites are NOT static. Wordpress needs a database and generates webpages dynamically.

Static websites, which can be hosted in Azure Static Web Apps, are commonly built as SPA (Single Page Application) with tools such as React, Svelte, Blazor, etc. They can also be generated with tools such as Hugo, Jekyll, etc.

A Wordpress website could be hosted in Azure Web Apps. Cf. this quick-start guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/quickstart-wordpress

Answer 2

@David Oyelayo Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum, Thank you for posting your query here!

Adding more information on the above response! Since query is related cost reduction, Billing team can provide more information.

Based on your scenario I would recommend to contact Azure Billing and Subscription team would be the best to provide more insight and guidance on this scenario based on your requirement and region: Free billing and subscription management support has been provided.

Additional information : WordPress is an open source content management system (CMS) used by over 40% of the web to create websites, blogs, and other applications. WordPress can be run on a few different Azure services: AKS, Virtual Machines, and App Service. For a full list of WordPress options on Azure, see WordPress on Azure Marketplace.

In this quickstart, you'll learn how to create and deploy your first WordPress site to Azure App Service on Linux with Azure Database for MySQL - Flexible Server using the WordPress Azure Marketplace item by App Service.
This quickstart uses the Basic tier for your app and a Burstable, B1ms tier for your database, and incurs a cost for your Azure Subscription. For pricing, visit App Service pricing and Azure Database for MySQL pricing.

You can find more information on how to host a static website on Azure Storage in the following tutorial: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/blob/main/articles/storage/blobs/storage-blob-static-website-host.md

You can enable static website hosting free of charge. You're billed only for the blob storage that your site utilizes and operations costs. For more details on prices for Azure Blob Storage, check out the Azure Blob Storage Pricing Page.

Support for this feature might be impacted by enabling Data Lake Storage Gen2, Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol, or the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP).

If you've enabled any of these capabilities, see Blob Storage feature support in Azure Storage accounts to assess support for this feature.

Please let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further. 

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