Create an App Service for the Analytics Microservice

The Analytics microservice provides a visual feedback of Azure data that can be used by your organization to quickly gather a real-time synopsis of license usage, which can be helpful for making informed business decisions. The first step in deploying the Analytics microservice is to create an App Service in Azure for it.

To create the Analytics App Service

1. Log in to your Azure portal as a user with the necessary permissions to create an App Service.

2. In Azure, navigate to All Services.

3. Select App Services > Create.
   
   

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4. Under Project Details, select a Subscription and then create a Resource Group for the App Service.

5. Under Instance Details, do the following:

   • Name – Enter a name for the Web App.

   • Publish – Select Code.

   • Runtime Stack – Select Node 12 (LTS).

   • Operating System – Select Windows.

   • Region – Select the appropriate region.

6. Click Review + Create.
   
   

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7. Click Create.
   
   

    

8. After the deployment of the App Service completes, click Go to resource.

9. Change the platform for the App Service to 64 Bit by doing the following:

   1. On the App Service navbar, under Settings, click Configuration.

   2. On the Configuration blade, select the General settings tab.

   3. Under Platform settings, change the Platform to 64 Bit and click Save.

   4. Click Continue confirm you want to save the changes.

10. On the App Service page, copy the URL. You will need this when you create the service principal app for the Analytics App Service.
    
    

    
    
    

11. Back in the Overview page for the App Service, click Get Publish Profile. You will need this file when you publish the Analytics microservice to Azure.
    
    

    
    
    

12. Now that you have created the App Service, the next step is to register a service principal application for it in Azure AD.