With the application now feature-complete, we are ready to deploy to a production cloud environment. When deciding which environment to use, we have plenty to choose from, including Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Amazon AWS, to name but a few of the most common options. We'll be making use of Microsoft Azure, since when building ASP.NET applications it makes a lot of sense to stick with Microsoft when choosing a hosting platform. We can also get an application such as proof-of-concept apps up and running quickly and easily, at a low cost.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Registering for an Azure portal account
- Setting up an Azure database/app service
- Configuring Azure environment variables and connection strings
- Preparing an application for deployment
- Setting up simple Git deployments in Azure
- Enabling logging in Azure
- Forcing...