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Create an App Service app and deploy code to a staging environment using Azure CLI

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This sample script creates an app in App Service with an additional deployment slot called "staging", and then deploys a sample app to the "staging" slot.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

Sample script

Launch Azure Cloud Shell

The Azure Cloud Shell is a free interactive shell that you can use to run the steps in this article. It has common Azure tools preinstalled and configured to use with your account.

To open the Cloud Shell, just select Try it from the upper right corner of a code block. You can also launch Cloud Shell in a separate browser tab by going to https://shell.azure.com.

When Cloud Shell opens, verify that Bash is selected for your environment. Subsequent sessions will use Azure CLI in a Bash environment, Select Copy to copy the blocks of code, paste it into the Cloud Shell, and press Enter to run it.

Sign in to Azure

Cloud Shell is automatically authenticated under the initial account signed-in with. Use the following script to sign in using a different subscription, replacing <Subscription ID> with your Azure Subscription ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

subscription="<subscriptionId>" # add subscription here

az account set -s $subscription # ...or use 'az login'

For more information, see set active subscription or log in interactively

Run the script

# Create an App Service app and deploy code to a staging environment
# set -e # exit if error
# Variable block
let "randomIdentifier=$RANDOM*$RANDOM"
location="East US"
resourceGroup="msdocs-app-service-rg-$randomIdentifier"
tag="deploy-deployment-slot.sh"
appServicePlan="msdocs-app-service-plan-$randomIdentifier"
webapp="msdocs-web-app-$randomIdentifier"
gitrepo=https://github.com/Azure-Samples/php-docs-hello-world # Replace with your public GitHub repo URL

# Create a resource group.
echo "Creating $resourceGroup in "$location"..."
az group create --name $resourceGroup --location "$location" --tag $tag

# Create an App Service plan in STANDARD tier (minimum required by deployment slots).
echo "Creating $appServicePlan"
az appservice plan create --name $appServicePlan --resource-group $resourceGroup --location "$location" \
--sku S1

# Create a web app
echo "Creating $webapp"
az webapp create --name $webapp --plan $appServicePlan --resource-group $resourceGroup

# Create a deployment slot with the name "staging".
az webapp deployment slot create --name $webapp --resource-group $resourceGroup --slot staging

# Deploy sample code to "staging" slot from GitHub.
az webapp deployment source config --name $webapp --resource-group $resourceGroup --slot staging --repo-url $gitrepo --branch master --manual-integration

# Copy the result of the following command into a browser to see the staging slot.
site="http://$webapp-staging.azurewebsites.net"
echo $site
curl "$site"

# Swap the verified/warmed up staging slot into production.
az webapp deployment slot swap --name $webapp --resource-group $resourceGroup \
--slot staging

# Copy the result of the following command into a browser to see the web app in the production slot.
site="http://$webapp.azurewebsites.net"
echo $site
curl "$site"

Clean up resources

Use the following command to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it using the az group delete command - unless you have an ongoing need for these resources. Some of these resources may take a while to create, as well as to delete.

az group delete --name $resourceGroup

Sample reference

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Command Notes
az group create Creates a resource group in which all resources are stored.
az appservice plan create Creates an App Service plan.
az webapp create Creates an App Service app.
az webapp deployment slot create Create a deployment slot.
az webapp deployment source config Associates an App Service app with a Git or Mercurial repository.
az webapp deployment slot swap Swap a specified deployment slot into production.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure CLI, see Azure CLI documentation.

Additional App Service CLI script samples can be found in the Azure App Service documentation.