Create App Services for the My Tasks Microservice

As part of the configuration needed to host and run MyTasks in Azure, you need to create the following two App Services for the microservice in Azure:

• An App Service for the MyTasks Front-End application

• An App Service for the MyTasks API (back-end)

Create the App Service for the MyTasks Front-End application

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 > App Services and create a new App service.

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

4. Under Instance Details, enter the following information:

   • Name — Enter a name for the Web App, such as MyIdentity-UI-App.

   • Publish — Select Code.

   • Runtime Stack — Select Node 12 (LTS).

   • Operating System — Select Windows.

   • Region — Select the appropriate region.

5. Click Review + Create.

6. Click Create.

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

8. 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 to confirm you want to save the changes.

9. Select Overview on the App Service navbar.

10. On the Overview page, copy and save the URL for the App Service. You will need this when you create the service principal application for the App Service in Azure AD.

Create the App Service for MyTasks API application

1. In Azure, create a new App Service.

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

3. Under Instance Details, do the following:

   • Name — Enter a name for the Web App, such as MyIdentity-API-App.

   • Publish — Select Code.

   • Runtime Stack — Select .Net Core 3.1 (LTS).

   • Operating System — Select Windows.

   • Region — Select the appropriate region.

4. Click Review + Create.

5. Click Create.

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

7. 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.

8. Select Overview on the App Service navbar.

9. On the Overview page, copy and save the URL. You will need this when you create the service principal application for the App Service in Azure AD.