Quickstart: Create an Azure Spring Apps Standard consumption and dedicated plan instance in an Azure Container Apps environment with a virtual network

Note

The Basic, Standard, and Enterprise plans will be deprecated starting from mid-March, 2025, with a 3 year retirement period. We recommend transitioning to Azure Container Apps. For more information, see the Azure Spring Apps retirement announcement.

The Standard consumption and dedicated plan will be deprecated starting September 30, 2024, with a complete shutdown after six months. We recommend transitioning to Azure Container Apps. For more information, see Migrate Azure Spring Apps Standard consumption and dedicated plan to Azure Container Apps.

This article applies to: ✔️ Standard consumption and dedicated (Preview) ❌ Basic/Standard ❌ Enterprise

This article describes how create an Azure Spring Apps instance in an Azure Container Apps environment with a virtual network. An Azure Container Apps environment creates a secure boundary around a group of applications. Applications deployed to the same environment are deployed in the same virtual network and write logs to the same Log Analytics workspace.

When you create an Azure Spring Apps instance in an Azure Container Apps environment, it shares the same virtual network with other services and resources in the same Azure Container Apps environment.

All apps are in the same Azure Container Apps environment in the following scenarios:

• When you deploy frontend apps as containers in Azure Container Apps.
• When you deploy Spring apps in the Azure Spring Apps Standard consumption and dedicated plan.

You can also deploy your Azure Container Apps environment to an existing virtual network created by your IT team. This scenario simplifies the virtual network experience for running polyglot apps.

Note

You can use an existing virtual network that has a dedicated subnet with a CIDR range of /23 or higher.

Prerequisites

• An Azure subscription. If you don't have a subscription, create a free account before you begin.
• (Optional) Azure CLI version 2.45.0 or higher. Use the following command to install the Azure Spring Apps extension: az extension add --name spring

Create an Azure Spring Apps instance in an Azure Container Apps environment

Use the following steps to create an Azure Spring Apps instance in an Azure Container Apps environment with a virtual network.

Important

The Consumption workload profile has a pay-as-you-go billing model, with no starting cost. You're billed for the dedicated workload profile based on the provisioned resources. For more information, see Workload profiles in Consumption + Dedicated plan structure environments in Azure Container Apps (preview) and Azure Spring Apps pricing.

Azure portal

1. Open the Azure portal.

2. In the search box, search for Azure Spring Apps, and then select Azure Spring Apps in the results.

3. On the Azure Spring Apps page, select Create.

   

4. Fill out the Basics form on the Azure Spring Apps Create page using the following guidelines:

   • Project Details:

     • Subscription: Select the subscription you want to be billed for this resource.
     • Resource group: Select an existing resource group or create a new one.

   • Service Details:

     • Name: Create the name for the Azure Spring Apps instance. The name must be between 4 and 32 characters long and can contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. The first character of the service name must be a letter and the last character must be either a letter or a number.
     • Location: Currently, only the following regions are supported: Australia East, Central US, East US, East US 2, West Europe, East Asia, North Europe, South Central US, UK South, West US 3.

   • Plan: Select Standard Consumption and dedicated for the Pricing tier option.

   • App Environment:

     • Select Create new to create a new Azure Container Apps environment or select an existing environment from the dropdown menu.

   

5. Fill out the Basics form on the Create Container Apps environment page. Use the default value asa-standard-consumption-app-env for the Environment name and choose Consumption and Dedicated workload profiles for the Plan.

   

6. At this point, you've created an Azure Container Apps environment with a default standard consumption workload profile. If you wish to add a dedicated workload profile to the same Azure Container Apps environment, you can select the Workload profiles tab and then select Add workload profile.

   

7. Select Networking and then specify the settings using the following guidelines:

   • For Use your own virtual network, select Yes.
   • Select the names for Virtual network and for Infrastructure subnet from the dropdown menus or use Create new as needed.
   • Set Virtual IP to External. You can set the value to Internal if you prefer to use only internal IP addresses available in the virtual network instead of a public static IP.

   Note

   The subnet associated with an Azure Container Apps environment requires a CIDR prefix of /23 or higher.

8. Select Create.

9. On the Azure Spring Apps Create page, select Review and Create to finish creating the Azure Spring Apps instance.

Azure CLI

1. Use the following command to sign in to Azure:

   az login
   

2. Use the following command to install the Azure Container Apps extension for the Azure CLI:

   az extension add --name containerapp --upgrade
   

3. Use the following command to register the Microsoft.App namespace:

   az provider register --namespace Microsoft.App
   

4. If you haven't previously used the Azure Monitor Log Analytics workspace, register the Microsoft.OperationalInsights provider by using the following command:

   az provider register --namespace Microsoft.OperationalInsights
   

5. Use the following commands to create variables to store various values. If you're using an existing virtual network, specify the name of that network and its resource group. Otherwise, specify the name of a new virtual network and resource group to create.

   export RESOURCE_GROUP="<resource-group-name>"
   export LOCATION="eastus"
   export AZURE_CONTAINER_APPS_ENVIRONMENT="<Azure-Container-Apps-environment-name>"
   export VNET_NAME="<virtual-network-name>"
   

6. If you aren't using an existing virtual network, use the following commands to create an Azure virtual network and subnet to associate with the Azure Container Apps environment. The virtual network must have a subnet available for the environment deployment.

   az network vnet create \
       --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP \
       --name $VNET_NAME \
       --location $LOCATION \
       --address-prefix 10.0.0.0/16
   
   az network vnet subnet create \
       --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP \
       --vnet-name $VNET_NAME \
       --name $INFRASTRUCTURE_SUBNET \
       --address-prefixes 10.0.0.0/23
   

7. Use the following command to get the ID for the infrastructure subnet and store it in a variable:

   export INFRASTRUCTURE_SUBNET=$(az network vnet subnet show \
       --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP \
       --vnet-name $VNET_NAME \
       --name infrastructure-subnet \
       --query "id" \
       --output tsv \
       | tr -d '[:space:]')
   

8. Use the following command to create the Azure Container Apps environment using the infrastructure subnet ID:

   az containerapp env create \
       --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP \
       --name $AZURE_CONTAINER_APPS_ENVIRONMENT \
       --location $LOCATION \
       --infrastructure-subnet-resource-id $INFRASTRUCTURE_SUBNET \
       --enable-workload-profiles
   

   Note

   You can create an internal Azure Container Apps environment that doesn't use a public static IP, but instead uses only internal IP addresses available in the custom virtual network. For more information, see the Create an environment section of Provide a virtual network to an internal Azure Container Apps environment.

   The following table describes the parameters used in the containerapp env create command.

   Parameter	Description
   name	The name of the Azure Container Apps environment.
   resource-group	The name of the resource group.
   location	The Azure location where the environment is to deploy.
   infrastructure-subnet-resource-id	The Resource ID of a subnet for infrastructure components and user application containers.
   internal-only	(Optional) Sets the environment to use only internal IP addresses available in the custom virtual network instead of a public static IP. (Requires the infrastructure subnet resource ID.)

9. At this point, you've created an Azure Container Apps environment with a default standard consumption workload profile. You can also add a dedicated workload profile to the same Azure Container Apps environment with the following command:

   az containerapp env workload-profile add \
       --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP \
       --name $AZURE_CONTAINER_APPS_ENVIRONMENT
       --workload-profile-name my-wlp \
       --workload-profile-type D4 \
       --min-nodes 1 \
       --max-nodes 2
   

Clean up resources

Be sure to delete the resources you created in this article when you no longer need them. To delete the resources, just delete the resource group that contains them. You can delete the resource group using the Azure portal. Alternatively, to delete the resource group by using Azure CLI, use the following commands:

echo "Enter the Resource Group name:" &&
read resourceGroupName &&
az group delete --name $resourceGroupName &&
echo "Press [ENTER] to continue ..."

Next steps

Access applications using Azure Spring Apps Standard consumption and dedicated plan in a virtual network