Quickstart: Deploy your first container app with containerapp up

The Azure Container Apps service enables you to run microservices and containerized applications on a serverless platform. With Container Apps, you enjoy the benefits of running containers while you leave behind the concerns of manually configuring cloud infrastructure and complex container orchestrators.

In this quickstart, you create and deploy your first container app using the az containerapp up command.

Prerequisites

• An Azure account with an active subscription.
  • If you don't have one, you can create one for free.
• Install the Azure CLI.

Setup

To sign in to Azure from the CLI, run the following command and follow the prompts to complete the authentication process.

az cloud set -n AzureChinaCloud
az login
# az cloud set -n AzureCloud   //means return to Public Azure.

Connect-AzAccount -Environment AzureChinaCloud

To ensure you're running the latest version of the CLI, run the upgrade command.

az upgrade

Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force

Next, install or update the Azure Container Apps extension for the CLI.

If you receive errors about missing parameters when you run az containerapp commands in Azure CLI or cmdlets from the Az.App module in Azure PowerShell, be sure you have the latest version of the Azure Container Apps extension installed.

az extension add --name containerapp --upgrade

az extension add --name containerapp --upgrade --allow-preview true

Install-Module -Name Az.App

Update-Module -Name Az.App

Now that the current extension or module is installed, register the Microsoft.App and Microsoft.OperationalInsights namespaces.

az provider register --namespace Microsoft.App

az provider register --namespace Microsoft.OperationalInsights

Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.App

Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.OperationalInsights

Create an Azure resource group

Create a resource group to organize the services related to your container app deployment.

az group create \
  --name my-container-apps \
  --location chinanorth3

New-AzResourceGroup -Location chinanorth3 -Name my-container-apps

Create and deploy the container app

Create and deploy your first container app with the containerapp up command. This command will:

• Create the Container Apps environment
• Create the Log Analytics workspace
• Create and deploy the container app using a public container image

Note that if any of these resources already exist, the command will use them instead of creating new ones.

az containerapp up \
  --name my-container-app \
  --resource-group my-container-apps \
  --location chinanorth3 \
  --environment 'my-container-apps' \
  --image mcr.microsoft.com/k8se/quickstart:latest \
  --target-port 80 \
  --ingress external \
  --query properties.configuration.ingress.fqdn

az containerapp up `
  --name my-container-app `
  --resource-group my-container-apps `
  --location chinanorth3 `
  --environment  my-container-apps `
  --image mcr.microsoft.com/k8se/quickstart:latest `
  --target-port 80 `
  --ingress external `
  --query properties.configuration.ingress.fqdn

By setting --ingress to external, you make the container app available to public requests.

Verify deployment

The up command returns the fully qualified domain name for the container app. Copy this location to a web browser.

The following message is displayed when the container app is deployed:

Clean up resources

If you're not going to continue to use this application, run the following command to delete the resource group along with all the resources created in this quickstart.

az group delete --name my-container-apps

Next steps