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azurewebwebserver

The web server built-in Azure app service

Background:

I am hosting a static web app, generated by NUXTJS on an Azure App Service. Now I want to configure something more by the web.config like set CORS setting for multiple domains. But I cannot find any document to figure out what kind of web server has been integrated/installed within the azure app service.

Questions:

  1. Maybe an IIS if the platform is Window based, otherwise Apache when creating AAS in Linux based. Is it correct?
  2. And what is the corresponding version for each?
Solution

  • There are different HTTP server approaches in App Service for Windows and App Service for Linux.

    Azure App Service for Windows runs on IIS with the use of modules.

    • .NET Core apps in App Service on Windows are hosted by ASP.NET Core module

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    • Node.js apps in App Service on Windows are hosted with IISNode. The IISNode project provides a native IIS 7/8 module that allows hosting of node.js applications in IIS 7/8 and IIS 7/8 Express.

    • Python 2.7 and Python 3.4 is by default is installed on App Service in root folders on the server

    • Java apps in App Service on Windows are hosted with Maven plugin

    Azure App Service for Linux works a bit differently. enter image description here https://anthonychu.ca/post/jekyll-azure-app-service-linux/

    App Service for Linux comes with a bunch of preconfigured containers such as Node, PHP, Java, Python, Ruby and .NET Core.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/configure-common#configure-language-stack-settings