Deploying the application to Azure Cloud

In this recipe, we will look at deploying our application to Azure. We will be using Visual Studio 2017 to deploy the application to an Azure App Service.

Getting ready

Make sure you have an Azure account. If not, you can create a free account at azure.microsoft.com. Also, make sure you have completed the previous recipe. We will need Visual Studio 2017, with its latest updates. Let's get going. 

How to do it...

1. Open Visual Studio 2017.
2. Now, open the solution from the previous recipe. Click File | Open | OpenProject/Solution, or press Ctrl + Shift + O, and select the Chapter12.Azure.WebAppCore solution. 

3. The Solution Explorer (Ctrl + Alt + L) should look like this:

4. Now, right-click on Chapter12.Azure.WebAppCore and select Publish.
5. In the Pick a publishtarget window, select App Service in the left-hand pane and Create New in the right-hand pane:

6. Click Publish.

7. Now, in the Create App Service screen, supply a proper App Name, and select a Resource Group and a...