Route traffic for high availability of applications - Azure CLI

This script creates a resource group, two app service plans, two web apps, a traffic manager profile, and two traffic manager endpoints. Traffic Manager directs traffic to the application in one region as the primary region, and to the secondary region when the application in the primary region is unavailable. Before executing the script, you must change the MyWebApp, MyWebAppL1 and MyWebAppL2 values to unique values across Azure. After running the script, you can access the app in the primary region with the URL mywebapp.trafficmanager.net.

To run this sample, install the latest version of the Azure CLI. To start, run az login to create a connection with Azure.

Samples for the Azure CLI are written for the bash shell. To run this sample in Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt, you may need to change elements of the script.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

Sample script

#!/bin/bash
# Passed validation in Cloud Shell on 2/28/2022

# <FullScript>
# Route traffic for high availability of applications

# Variables for Traffic Manager resources
let "randomIdentifier=$RANDOM*$RANDOM"
location1="East US"
location2="West Europe"
resourceGroup1="msdocs-tm-rg1-$randomIdentifier"
resourceGroup2="msdocs-tm-rg2-$randomIdentifier"
tag="direct-traffic-for-increased-application-availability"
webApp="msdocs-webapp-tm-$randomIdentifier"
webAppL1="msdocs-tm-webapp-L1-$randomIdentifier"
webAppL2="msdocs-tm-webapp-L2-$randomIdentifier"
trafficManagerProfile="msdocs-traffic-manager-profile-$randomIdentifier"

# Create a resource group in location one
echo "Creating $resourceGroup1 in $location1..."
az group create --name $resourceGroup1 --location "$location1" --tags $tag

# Create a resource group in location two
echo "Creating $resourceGroup2 in $location2..."
az group create --name $resourceGroup2 --location "$location2" --tags $tag

# Create a website deployed from GitHub in both regions (replace with your own GitHub URL).
gitrepo="https://github.com/Azure-Samples/app-service-web-dotnet-get-started.git"

# Create a hosting plan and website and deploy it in location one (requires Standard 1 minimum SKU).
echo "Creating $webAppL1 app service plan"
az appservice plan create \
  --name $webAppL1 \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup1 \
  --sku S1

echo "Creating $webAppL1 web app"
az webapp create \
  --name $webAppL1 \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup1 \
  --plan $webAppL1

echo "Deploying $gitrepo to $webAppL1"
az webapp deployment source config \
  --name $webAppL1 \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup1 \
  --repo-url $gitrepo \
  --branch master \
  --manual-integration

# Create a hosting plan and website and deploy it in westus (requires Standard 1 minimum SKU).
echo "Creating $webAppL2 app service plan"
az appservice plan create \
  --name $webAppL2 \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup2 \
  --sku S1

echo "Creating $webAppL2 web app"
az webapp create \
  --name $webAppL2 \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup2 \
  --plan $webAppL2

echo "Deploying $gitrepo to $webAppL2"
az webapp deployment source config \
  --name $webAppL2 \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup2 \
  --repo-url $gitrepo \
  --branch master --manual-integration

# Create a Traffic Manager profile.
echo "Creating $trafficManagerProfile for $webApp"
az network traffic-manager profile create \
  --name $trafficManagerProfile \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup1 \
  --routing-method Priority \
  --unique-dns-name $webApp

# Create a traffic manager endpoint for the location one website deployment and set it as the priority target.
echo "Create traffic manager endpoint for $webAppL1"
l1Id=$(az webapp show \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup1 \
  --name $webAppL1 \
  --query id \
  --out tsv)
az network traffic-manager endpoint create \
  --name endPoint1 \
  --profile-name $trafficManagerProfile \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup1 \
  --type azureEndpoints \
  --priority 1 \
  --target-resource-id $l1Id

# Create a traffic manager endpoint for the location two website deployment and set it as the secondary target.
echo "Create traffic manager endpoint for $webAppL1"
l2Id=$(az webapp show \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup2 \
  --name $webAppL2 \
  --query id --out tsv)
az network traffic-manager endpoint create \
  --name endPoint2 \
  --profile-name $trafficManagerProfile \
  --resource-group $resourceGroup1 \
  --type azureEndpoints \
  --priority 2 \
  --target-resource-id $l2Id
# </FullScript>

# echo "Deleting all resources"
# az group delete --name $resourceGroup1 -y
# az group delete --name $resourceGroup2 -y

Clean up deployment

After the script sample has been run, the following command can be used to remove the resource group, App Service app, and all related resources.

az group delete --name myResourceGroup1 --yes
az group delete --name myResourceGroup2 --yes

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands to create a resource group, web app, traffic manager profile, and all related resources. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Command	Notes
az group create	Creates a resource group in which all resources are stored.
az appservice plan create	Creates an App Service plan. This is like a server farm for your Azure web app.
az webapp create	Creates an Azure web app within the App Service plan.
az network traffic-manager profile create	Creates an Azure Traffic Manager profile.
az network traffic-manager endpoint create	Adds an endpoint to an Azure Traffic Manager Profile.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure CLI, see Azure CLI documentation.

Additional App Service CLI script samples can be found in the Azure Networking documentation.