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Step 3: Deploying the ABP Application to Azure Web App Service

Deploying the ABP Application to Azure Web App Service using GitHub Actions

  1. Create a new GitHub repository for your project if you don't have one.

  2. Push your project to the new GitHub repository.

  3. Navigate to the Actions tab of your GitHub repository.

  4. Click the set up a workflow yourself button.

    Set up this workflow

  5. Copy this content to the opened file and commit it.

# Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
# More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions

name: Build and deploy ASP.Net Core with MVC to Azure Web App

on:
push:
    branches:
    - main
workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4

    - name: Set up .NET Core
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
        with:
        dotnet-version: '8.x'
        include-prerelease: true

    - name: Install ABP CLI
        run: |
          dotnet tool install -g Volo.Abp.Cli
          abp install-libs
        shell: bash
    
      - name: Build with dotnet
        run: dotnet build --configuration Release

    - name: Run migrations
        run: dotnet run -- "${{ secrets.CONNECTION_STRING }}" # Set your connection string as a secret in your repository settings
        working-directory: ./src/yourapp.DbMigrator # Replace with your project name

    - name: dotnet publish
        run: dotnet publish -c Release -o ${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp
        working-directory: ./src/yourapp.Web # Replace with your project name

    - name: Generate authserver.pfx
        run: dotnet dev-certs https -v -ep ${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp/authserver.pfx -p 2D7AA457-5D33-48D6-936F-C48E5EF468ED # Replace with your password

    - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
        name: .net-app
        path: ${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp

deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    environment:
    name: 'Production'
    url: ${{ steps.deploy-to-webapp.outputs.webapp-url }}

    steps:
    - name: Download artifact from build job
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
        name: .net-app

    - name: Deploy to Azure Web App
        id: deploy-to-webapp
        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
        with:
        app-name: 'yourapp' # Replace with your azure web app name
        slot-name: 'Production'
        publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_PUBLISHPROFILE }} # Set your Azure Web App publish your profile as a secret in your repository settings
        package: .
  1. Navigate to the Settings tab of your GitHub repository.

  2. Click the Secrets button.

  3. Click the New repository secret button.

    New repository secret

  4. Add the following secrets:

  • CONNECTION_STRING: The connection string of your database.

    Example of Azure SQL connection string:

    Azure sql connection string

  • AZUREAPPSERVICE_PUBLISHPROFILE: The publish the profile of your Azure Web App Service. You can download it from the Overview tab of your Azure Web App Service.

    Publish profile

  1. Navigate to the Actions tab of your GitHub repository.

  2. Click the Deploy to Azure Web App workflow.

    Deploy to Azure Web App

  3. Click the Run workflow button.

    Run workflow

  4. Navigate to the web app URL to see the deployed application.

    Azure Web App

If deploying your application was unsuccessful, you can check the logs of the deployment by clicking the Deploy to Azure Web App workflow and then clicking the deploy-to-webapp job.

If deployment is successful, but you get an error when you navigate to the web app url, you can check the logs of the web app by clicking the Logs button on the Overview tab of your Azure Web App Service.

Finally, you have the CI/CD pipeline for your application. Every time you push your code to the main branch, your application will be deployed to Azure Web App Service automatically.

What's next?

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