What exactly is the base url/valid domain in the manifest.json?

Question

Hello,

I am using the Teams Toolkit to develop a bot with message extension and tab functionality.
I followed the example of this sample code. I opened a free ngrok instance (https://xxxx-xx-xx-xx-xxx.ngrok-free.app) and added that ngrok instance at all the BaseUrl and ValidDomain fields as instructed.
The code works locally, I created a zip of the manifest and icons and uploaded into the Teams app to test.

However, I want to eventually publish the app in the Teams store, and I am not sure what should I put instead of the ngrok link as the BaseUrl or Valid Domain?

Answer 1

To Publish the App in store. First you need to create the app service in Azure portal.
After successfully creating the app service you will get the Url-
http://<app-name>.azurewebsites.net.
you need to replace the above URL with the ngrok & valid domain section.

To Create the app service please follow the below documentation-
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/quickstart-dotnetcore?pivots=development-environment-azure-portal&tabs=net70