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Elijah Dare
Elijah Dare

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Deploying Container instance in Microsoft Azure portal

Hello and welcome to my blog where I will show you how you can deploy a container instance on Microsoft azure.

What is meant by Azure Container instance (ACI)?

An azure container is a standard package of software which helps you to package code, dependencies and configurations of a particular application. Containers help to split the monolithic applications into individual services which makes up the solution.

Getting Started
From the azure portal;

  1. You should click on "Create resource".
    create resource menu

  2. Here you select "Containers" and click on "Container instance" to create an instance.
    create container instance

  3. Select Subscription; edit your resource group; container name and region of deployment.
    container details

  4. Click on "Networking".
    Networking

  5. Enter DNS label name and choose one of either 'Tenant or Subscription'.
    dns

  6. Review and wait while it validates.
    review

  7. Click on 'Create'. Should in case you need the saved parameters for more container deployments you can select the option to download template for automation.
    create

  8. Wait for deployment completion.
    depcomplt

  9. Once container deployment is completed click on "Go to Resource".gotores

  10. Search for 'FDQN' and copy to clipboard.
    fdqn

  11. Paste the link image in your browser.
    Container welcome message

  12. Refresh to check 'Network stats'.
    refresh

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