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Quickstart: Deploy an existing container image in the Azure portal

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Azure Container Apps enables you to run microservices and containerized applications on a serverless platform. With Container Apps, you enjoy the benefits of running containers while leaving behind the concerns of manually configuring cloud infrastructure and complex container orchestrators.

This article demonstrates how to deploy an existing container to Azure Container Apps using the Azure portal.

Note

Private registry authorization is supported via registry username and password.

Prerequisites

Setup

Begin by signing in to the Azure portal.

Create a container app

To create your container app, start at the Azure portal home page.

  1. Search for Container Apps in the top search bar.
  2. Select Container Apps in the search results.
  3. Select the Create button.

Basics tab

In the Basics tab, do the following actions.

Enter project details

Setting Action
Subscription Select your Azure subscription.
Resource group Select Create new and enter my-container-apps.
Container app name Enter my-container-app.

Create an environment

  1. In the Create Container App environment field, select Create new.

  2. In the Create Container App Environment page on the Basics tab, enter the following values:

    Setting Value
    Environment name Enter my-environment.
    Region Select Canada Central.

  3. Select the Monitoring tab to create a Log Analytics workspace.

  4. Select Create new in the Log Analytics workspace field.

  5. Enter my-container-apps-logs in the Name field of the Create new Log Analytics Workspace dialog.

    The Location field is pre-filled with Canada Central for you.

  6. Select OK.

  7. Select the Create button at the bottom of the Create Container App Environment page.

  8. Select the Next: App settings button at the bottom of the page.

App settings tab

In the App settings tab, do the following actions:

Setting Action
Use quickstart image Uncheck the checkbox.
Name Enter my-portal-app.
Image source Select your container image repository source. If your container is hosted in a registry other than Azure Container Registry, select Docker Hub or other registries.
Image type Select Private.
Registry login server Enter the domain (including subdomain) of your container registry.
Registry user name Enter your user name for the registry.
Registry password Enter your password for the registry.
Image and tag Enter the image name, including tag.
Setting Action
Use quickstart image Uncheck the checkbox.
Name Enter my-portal-app.
Image source Select your container image repository source. If your container is hosted in a registry other than Azure Container Registry, select Docker Hub or other registries.
Registry login server Enter the domain (including subdomain) of your container registry.
Image type Select Public.
Image and tag Enter the image name, including tag.

Application ingress settings

Setting Action
Ingress Select Enabled or Disabled.

If you enabled ingress, configure the following settings:

Setting Action
Ingress visibility Select Internal to only allow ingress from other apps in the same virtual network, and select External to publicly expose your container app.
Target port Enter the port you want to expose your container app.

Deploy the container app

  1. Select the Review and create button at the bottom of the page.

    Next, the settings in the Container App are verified. If no errors are found, the Create button is enabled.

    If there are errors, any tab containing errors is marked with a red dot. Navigate to the appropriate tab. Fields containing an error will be highlighted in red. Once all errors are fixed, select Review and create again.

  2. Select Create.

    A page with the message Deployment is in progress is displayed. Once the deployment is successfully completed, you'll see the message: Your deployment is complete.

Verify deployment

You can verify your deployment is successful by querying the Log Analytics workspace. You may need to wait a 5 to 10 minutes for the analytics to arrive for the first time before you are able to query the logs.

After about 5 to 10 minutes has passed after creating the container app, use the following steps to view logged messages.

  1. Select Go to resource to view your new container app.

  2. Select Logs under the Monitoring header.

  3. Select the Load to editor button from any of the cards.

  4. Replace the generated code with the following query:

    ContainerAppConsoleLogs_CL | where ContainerAppName_s == 'my-container-app' | project ContainerAppName_s, Log_s, TimeGenerated

  5. Select the Run button.

  6. Inspect the results in the table.

Clean up resources

If you're not going to continue to use this application, you can delete the Azure Container Apps instance and all the associated services by removing the resource group.

  1. Select the my-container-apps resource group from the Overview section.
  2. Select the Delete resource group button at the top of the resource group Overview.
  3. Enter the resource group name my-container-apps in the Are you sure you want to delete "my-container-apps" confirmation dialog.
  4. Select Delete.
    The process to delete the resource group may take a few minutes to complete.

Tip

Having issues? Let us know on GitHub by opening an issue in the Azure Container Apps repo.

Next steps

Communication between microservices