How to fix Fallback routes not working even after adding web.config file in Azure App Service after deployment

Question

How to fix Fallback routes not working even after adding web.config file in Azure App Service after deployment,

web.config file

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="React Routes" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_URI}" pattern="^/(api)" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="/" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Answer 1

@Sridhar, Kailash Sharing the answer here directly from the post that @Anonymous shared above.

"you are configuring IIS re-write rules. as linux based app services do not use IIS, they have no effect (in fact web.config is ignored).

typically with linux, you would use ngnix to perform this feature.

https://www.nginx.com/blog/securing-applications-microsoft-azure-app-service-nginx-plus/"

source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/910710/set-up-url-rewrite-for-linux-based-azure-app-servi?ssp=1&darkschemeovr=1&setlang=en-CA&safesearch=moderate