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Support for Open Source Technologies on Microsoft Azure App Service
Media Files - HTTP 404 - Azure Web Apps
You've uploaded a media file to your WordPress site and attempt to access the files URL but receive...
Author: Toan Nguyen-Azure Date: 06/15/2016
Uploading Large Files to Azure Web Apps
Attempting to upload a file larger than 28.6MB to Azure Web Apps can result in a HTTP 404.13 for...
Author: Toan Nguyen-Azure Date: 06/15/2016
Use MySQL server on an Azure VM
Here is an option that you can host MySQL server on an Azure VM, connect your PHP sites such as...
Author: Yi Wang (MS OSS) Date: 06/06/2016
"Test mail could not be sent." or "Could not instantiate mail function" in Joomla Mail Settings sending a test mail.
If you are getting the following error "Test mail could not be sent." or "Could not instantiate mail...
Author: Edison García Date: 05/16/2016
Migrating MySQL database from OS disk to Data disk on Azure Linux VM
NOTE: Please take a backup of your MySQL databases before attempting migration. Taking backups is...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 04/25/2016
NodeJs and NPM versions on Azure App Services
NodeJs is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. NodeJs uses an event-driven,...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 04/20/2016
Sample Nodejs App on Azure App services
Create a azure webapp Browse to Kudu In your favorite Microsoft browser, surf to...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 04/18/2016
Azure SDK for PHP: Updating Blob Properties
Here is sample code to update Blob Properties using Azure SDK for PHP. This code will traverse...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 03/25/2016
Migrating data between MySQL databases using kudu console – Azure App Service
NOTE: Always keep multiple backup’s of your database before migration. There are often times when...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 03/02/2016
How to upgrade ClearDB database for Azure App Service
If you are using ClearDB as your MySQL database on Azure, you probably know that there is no upgrade...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 02/29/2016
Access Oracle Databases from Azure Web Apps using OCI8 drivers with PHP
You can connect to different databases (MySQL, PostgresDB, MongoDB, MSSQL Server) from Azure Web...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 02/23/2016
Profiling Java process on Azure web apps
There are certain situations when your Java web application is not performing as you expect it to....
Author: Prasad Kerhalkar Date: 02/05/2016
Meteor 1.2 app on Azure Web Apps (OS X)
Refer Below link for running Meteor 1.4 App on Azure App Services...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 01/25/2016
Using Bower in Node.js Azure WebApps
Bower is a package manager for web app. It offers a generic, unopinionated solution to the problem...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 01/25/2016
Running java jar file to serve web requests on Azure App Service Web Apps
There are several Java web servers that are supported on Azure App Service Web Apps. But if you have...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 12/28/2015
Triggering the PHP Process Report on Azure Web Apps
The PHP Process Report can be a vital tool in troubleshooting slowness or errors with your PHP Web...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 12/17/2015
Custom deployment folder on Azure Web Apps with Git
Sometimes you don't want to deploy your application in the default webapps directory when deploying...
Author: Prasad Kerhalkar Date: 12/17/2015
Configure log4j along with log rotation on Tomcat Web App in Azure App Service
On Azure App Service Web App deployed with Tomcat (from marketplace), the default logger is set to...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 12/11/2015
Use custom context for Azure Tomcat application
Sometimes, you don't want to deploy your application in the default deployment folder for your Java...
Author: Prasad Kerhalkar Date: 12/11/2015
PHP ImageMagick on Azure Web Apps
This post is outdated. See alternatives: PHP 7 x64 ImageMagick 6.9.3.7 Site Extension. This can be...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 12/07/2015
Azure Web App with AngularJs and NodeJs Apps on Same Instance
In my previous Blog, I have wrote on hosting AngularJs app in Azure Web App. This post would provide...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 12/03/2015
Creating an AngularJS Single Page Application with routes on Azure WebApps
This Blog would provide a step-by-step procedure on creating sample AngularJS app with routes...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 11/28/2015
Using Gulp in Node.js Azure WebApps
Gulp is a toolkit that will help you automate painful or time-consuming tasks in your development...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 10/22/2015
WordPress: Error establishing a database connection
If you see the infamous "Error establishing a database connection", enable WordPress Debug...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 10/14/2015
Enable WordPress Error Logs
Logs can help identify slowness, HTTP 500 Fatal Errors, WordPress "white screen of death" and other...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 10/09/2015
Setting environment variable and accessing it in Java program on Azure webapp
Sometimes, you want to set new environment variable and want to access it in your Java Program. You...
Author: Prasad Kerhalkar Date: 10/09/2015
Convert Apache .htaccess to IIS Web.Config
A web.config file is the settings and configuration for applications on IIS Server (ex: Azure Paas...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 09/28/2015
Upload a service certificate to Azure VM using Azure SDK Java code
If you want to programmatically upload a service certificate to the Azure VM without remotely...
Author: Prasad Kerhalkar Date: 09/18/2015
Accessing the Tomcat manager console on Azure Java webapp
If we want to manage different applications deployed on Tomcat server, we will require to setup the...
Author: Prasad Kerhalkar Date: 09/18/2015
Taking a crash dump of node/java process using the procdump on Azure WebApp
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Web Applications hosted in Azure App...
Author: Prasad Kerhalkar Date: 09/18/2015
NPM3 on Azure Web Apps
On Windows, the file system itself cannot seem to cope very well with too deeply nested node_modules...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 09/13/2015
Accessing VM extensions like Chef using Azure sdk for Java programmatically
To access the VM extension reference like Chef programmatically, please follow the steps - This blog...
Author: Prasad Kerhalkar Date: 09/08/2015
Finding Memory Leaks and CPU Usage in Azure Node.js Web App
Slow application performance issues tend to be challenging to troubleshoot regardless of the...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 08/23/2015
Debug Node.js Web Apps on Azure
Azure provides built-in diagnostics to assist with debugging Node.js applications hosted in Azure...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 08/19/2015
Debug Django Web Application in Azure Web Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using Django Framework in Python, you may end-up...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 08/04/2015
ClearDB (MySQL) Passwords and Azure Connection Strings
Many Open Source Web Applications on Azure make use of the ClearDB MySQL databases. This article...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 08/03/2015
Migrate Yii Framework Application to Azure Web App
- Create a PHP Empty Web App on Azure: 2. Copy the contents from Yii framework application root to...
Author: Yi Wang (MS OSS) Date: 07/23/2015
Troubleshooting PHPMyAdmin Site Extension
If you recently started having trouble (HTTP 500) with PHPMyAdmin (PMA) SiteExtension, it may be a...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 07/20/2015
Migrate Zend Framework 2 Project to Azure Web App
- Create an empty web app on Azure 2. Check PHP runtime - Default PHP version on Azure web apps is...
Author: Yi Wang (MS OSS) Date: 07/17/2015
Troubleshoot- logging python Application errors on Azure Web/API Apps
After creating a Azure Web/API app using python, you may end-up getting below 500 error at some...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 07/14/2015
Use Microsoft Azure Redis Cache with Drupal 7
- Install Drupal Redis Module: https://www.drupal.org/project/redis 2. Subscribe Microsoft Azure...
Author: Yi Wang (MS OSS) Date: 07/14/2015
Setup Azure CDN on Drupal
- Create Azure CDN endpoint: From Azure portal, NEW->APP SERVICES->CDN->QUICK CREATE,...
Author: Yi Wang (MS OSS) Date: 07/01/2015
Install Python Modules on Azure App Services
Installing Python packages in Azure App Services is little tricky using pip. In this blog, I would...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 06/29/2015
Create a new Azure Apiapp in python supporting swagger 2.0
An API app is an App Service web app with additional features that enhance the experience of...
Author: Prashanth Madi Date: 06/28/2015
Authenticating Azure Resource Management REST API requests using Java
This blog talks about how to authenticate Azure Resource Manager requests through REST API using...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 06/23/2015
web.config for Zend Framework Project on Azure Apps
When you deploy Zend Framework project to Azure Apps, the web.config provided by Zend...
Author: Yi Wang (MS OSS) Date: 06/23/2015
Migrating data from On-Premise MySQL Database to ClearDB
Note: Please keep multiple copies of your database when migrating data, so you can fallback if any...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 06/18/2015
Verify Peer Certificate from PHP cURL for Azure Apps
When you use PHP cURL extension, be aware that CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER option is set to TRUE by...
Author: Yi Wang (MS OSS) Date: 06/12/2015
WordPress Scheduled Jobs (wp-cron.php) and Slowness
Overview In Unix/Linux, a cron job is a task that can be configured to run at specific times or...
Author: Mangesh Sangapu Date: 06/11/2015
Performance Tuning MySQL Database on Windows VMs
This blog provides best practices for optimizing MySQL database performance in Azure Virtual...
Author: Srikanth Sureddy Date: 06/09/2015