Introduction

Simple Azure demo that demonstrates interaction between the following services according to recommended Azure best practises:

• ASP.Net Core App
• App Service
• Key Vault Service
• App Configuration Service

Run Demo

Create infrastructure

1. Change the Azure backend part (line 3-5) in main.tf to an existing storage account in your subscription (required for storing terraform state)
2. Login to Azure: az login
3. Select subscription of terraform state: az account set --subscription XXX
4. Initialize Terraform: terraform init
5. Apply Terraform with the subscription ID & tenant ID where you want to deploy the demo terraform apply -var 'subscription_id=XXX' -var 'tenant_id=XXX'

Set configuration in App configuration service

• Add the following configurations to the app configuration service via portal: TestApp:Settings:BackgroundColor=> e.g. Yellow
• Add a feature toggle with the Key Beta

Deploy app

• Build & Publish /app/app.csproj to newly created app service

Play around

• Change BackgroundColor configuration => check behaviour in app
• Toggle feature Beta => check behaviour in app

Resources

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-app-configuration/howto-best-practices
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.AzureAppConfiguration/
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.FeatureManagement/
• https://12factor.net/config