How to create a webapp slot without copying settings using PowerShell?

Question

I want to create a Slot for an Azure WebApp using PowerShell, without copying any settings from the main production slot.

The command I'm using is:

New-AzWebAppSlot -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Name $ApplicationName -Slot $SlotName -ErrorAction Stop

The variables $ResourceGroup, $ApplicationName and $SlotName have string values.

I'm expecting the new slot to not have any AppSettings, ConnectionStrings and PathMappings since I haven't used the -SourceWebApp parameter, but in reality when I run the command, the slot that gets created DOES have the values for AppSettings, ConnectionStrings and PathMappings copied from the production slot of the application.

How can I use the command such that the slot created does NOT have any settings copied?

Answer 1

Try the following:

# Variables
$ResourceGroup = "<YourResourceGroup>"
$ApplicationName = "<YourApplicationName>"
$SlotName = "<YourSlotName>"
# Create the slot
New-AzWebAppSlot -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Name $ApplicationName -Slot $SlotName -ErrorAction Stop
# Clear AppSettings
$slotAppSettings = @{}
Set-AzWebAppSlot -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Name $ApplicationName -Slot $SlotName -AppSettings $slotAppSettings
# Clear ConnectionStrings
$slotConnectionStrings = @{}
Set-AzWebAppSlot -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Name $ApplicationName -Slot $SlotName -ConnectionStrings $slotConnectionStrings
# Clear PathMappings (Virtual Applications and Directories)
$slotPathMappings = @{}
Set-AzWebAppSlot -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroup -Name $ApplicationName -Slot $SlotName -VirtualApplications $slotPathMappings

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hth

Marcin