What is NGINXaaS?
Easily provision, manage, and tightly integrate independent software vendor (ISV) software and services on Azure with Azure Native integrations.
Microsoft and F5 developed this service and manage it together.
You can find NGINX in the Azure portal or get it on Azure Marketplace.
In this article, you learn how to enable deeper integration of the NGINXSaaS service with Azure.
NGINXaaS delivers secure and high performance applications using familiar and trusted load balancing solutions. Use NGINXaaS as a reverse proxy within your Azure environment.
The NGINXaaS offering in Azure Marketplace allows you to manage NGINX in the Azure portal as an integrated service. You can implement NGINXaaS as a monitoring solution for your cloud workloads through a streamlined workflow.
You can set up the NGINXaaS resources through a resource provider named Nginx.NginxPlus. You can create and manage NGINXaaS resources through the Azure portal. NGINX owns and runs the software as a service (SaaS) application including the NGINX accounts created.
Here are the key capabilities provided by the NGINXaaS integration:
- Seamless onboarding of NGINXaaS software as an integrated service on Azure.
- Unified billing of NGINXaaS through Azure monthly billing.
- Single-Sign on to NGINXaaS - No separate sign-up needed from NGINX portal.
- Lift and Shift config files - Ability to use existing Configuration (.conf) files for NGINXaaS deployment.
Subscribe to NGINX
You can subscribe to this service through the Azure Marketplace's online store or through the Azure portal by searching for the service by name, NGINX.
Subscribe from the Azure portal
Begin by signing into the Azure portal.
From the Azure portal menu's global search bar, search for marketplace. Select Marketplace from the Services results.
The Marketplace's Get Started page displays in the working pane.
From the command bar, type the name of the service into the Search the Marketplace search bar.
Choose the provider from the search results displayed in the working pane.
Choose your preferred plan, then select Subscribe.
The Create resource pane displays in the working pane.