Deployment options

Compare deployment options for Data API builder and jump to option-specific guides, configuration references, and related samples.

Azure App Service

How-To Guide

• Deploy to Azure App Service

Reference

• Runtime host and authentication configuration
• Easy Auth (App Service) authentication

sample

• Quickstart (SQL)
• Quickstart (NoSQL)

Azure Container Apps

How-To Guide

• Deploy to Azure Container Apps
• Tutorial: Deploy with Azure CLI

Reference

• Runtime host and authentication configuration
• Environment variable function (@env)

sample

• Run in a local container first
• Quickstart (SQL)

Azure Container Instances

How-To Guide

• Deploy to Azure Container Instances

Reference

• Runtime host and authentication configuration
• Data source connection-string configuration

sample

• Run in a local container first
• Quickstart (SQL)

Azure Kubernetes Service

How-To Guide

• Deploy to Azure Kubernetes Service

Reference

• Configuration file reference
• Health checks

sample

• Run in a local container first
• Deployment best practices

Hosted MCP in Connector Namespace

How-To Guide

• Quickstart: Create a hosted MCP server in a connector namespace

Reference

• Azure Connector Namespace overview
• Hosted MCP servers

Local Docker container

How-To Guide

• Run in a Docker container

Reference

• Configuration file reference
• Runtime host and authentication configuration

sample

• Quickstart (SQL)
• Quickstart (NoSQL)

Run locally (CLI)

How-To Guide

• Run with the CLI

Reference

• Configuration file reference
• Runtime host and authentication configuration

sample

• Quickstart (SQL)
• Quickstart (NoSQL)

Run from source

How-To Guide

• Build and run source code

Reference

• Configuration file reference
• Runtime host and authentication configuration

sample

• Source code repository (GitHub)
• Run in a Docker container

Air-gapped environments

How-To Guide

• Deploy in air-gapped environments

Reference

• Install the CLI
• Port resolution