Create an App Service app with continuous deployment from an Azure DevOps repository using Azure CLI

This sample script creates an app in App Service with its related resources, and then sets up continuous deployment from an Azure DevOps repository. For this sample, you need:

• An Azure DevOps repository with application code, that you have administrative permissions for.
• A Personal Access Token (PAT) for your Azure DevOps organization.

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

You can use the local Azure CLI.

• If you prefer, install the Azure CLI to run CLI reference commands.

• Local Azure CLI, see how to install the Azure CLI. If you're running on Windows or macOS, consider running Azure CLI in a Docker container. For more information, see How to run the Azure CLI in a Docker container.

  • Sign in to the Azure CLI by using the az login command. To finish the authentication process, follow the steps displayed in your terminal. For other sign-in options, see Sign in with the Azure CLI.

  • When you're prompted, install the Azure CLI extension on first use. For more information about extensions, see Use extensions with the Azure CLI.

  • Run az version to find the version and dependent libraries that are installed. To upgrade to the latest version, run az upgrade.

Use the following script to sign in using a different subscription, replacing <Subscription ID> with your Azure Subscription ID. If you don't have an Azure trail subscription, create a trial subscription before you begin.

az cloud set -n AzureChinaCloud
az login

subscription="<subscriptionId>" # add subscription here

az account set -s $subscription # ...or use 'az login'

For more information, see set active subscription or log in.

# Create an App Service app with continuous deployment from an Azure DevOps repository
# set -e # exit if error
# Variable block
let "randomIdentifier=$RANDOM*$RANDOM"
location="China East"
resourceGroup="msdocs-app-service-rg-$randomIdentifier"
tag="deploy-vsts-continuous-webapp-only.sh"
appServicePlan="msdocs-app-service-plan-$randomIdentifier"
webapp="msdocs-web-app-$randomIdentifier"

# Create a resource group.
echo "Creating $resourceGroup in "$location"..."
az group create --name $resourceGroup --location "$location" --tag $tag

# Create an App Service plan in `FREE` tier
echo "Creating $appServicePlan"
az appservice plan create --name $appServicePlan --resource-group $resourceGroup --sku FREE

# Create a web app.
echo "Creating $webapp"
az webapp create --name $webapp --resource-group $resourceGroup --plan $appServicePlan

# Copy the result of the following command into a browser to see the static HTML site.
site="http://$webapp.chinacloudsites.cn"
echo $site
curl "$site"

Create the following variables containing your Azure DevOps information.

gitrepo=<Replace with your Azure DevOps Services (formerly Visual Studio Team Services, or VSTS) repo URL>
token=<Replace with an Azure DevOps Services (formerly Visual Studio Team Services, or VSTS) personal access token>

Configure continuous deployment from Azure DevOps Services (formerly Visual Studio Team Services, or VSTS). The --git-token parameter is required only once per Azure account (Azure remembers token).

az webapp deployment source config --name $webapp --resource-group $resourceGroup \
--repo-url $gitrepo --branch master --git-token $token

Use the following command to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it using the az group delete command - unless you have an ongoing need for these resources. Some of these resources may take a while to create, as well as to delete.

az group delete --name $resourceGroup

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

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

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