I am new to using Microsoft Azure. My application requires composer to be installed on the server, how can I have it installed on the system of App services service? Application is in PHP.
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I know this question is quite old, but I've been looking for an answer to it for a while and just got it answered, so here it is.
Can you install composer on a Godaddy shared hosting: no you can't.
BUT
Godaddy Shared hosting used to use a legacy control panel. If your shared hosting account is old, you are most likely using it. But, Godaddy has moved to cPanel for Linux hosting and all new Linux shared hosting purchases now come with it. The good news is, there is a version of Composer installed on these accounts (currently it's 1.1.1).
Follow this link to see software versions on Godaddy's hosting accounts.
I was on the phone with Godaddy's tech support, and they confirmed that Composer was installed out-of-the-box for cPanel hosting accounts.
Hope that helps.
The solution is to have the connection strings and app settings created as nested child resources of the web site. By using the child resource strategy, one can then make the appsettings dependent upon both the web site and application insights. This allows provisioning to occur in the following order:
- Web Site
- Application Insights
- Web Site config / appsettings
The following two answers were helpful. The first one illustrates how to pull the instrumentation key. The second one illustrates how to nest app settings and connection strings as child resources of the web site.
How to pull the instrumentation key
How to nest app settings as child resources
Here is my final template:
{
"$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"webSiteName": {
"type": "string"
},
"aadTenant": {
"type": "string"
},
"aadAudience": {
"type": "string"
},
"endpoints": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "n/a"
},
"apiEndpoint": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "n/a"
},
"sqlConnStrName": {
"type": "string"
},
"sqlConnStrValue": {
"type": "string"
},
"skuName": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "F1",
"allowedValues": [
"F1",
"D1",
"B1",
"B2",
"B3",
"S1",
"S2",
"S3",
"P1",
"P2",
"P3",
"P4"
],
"metadata": {
"description": "Describes plan's pricing tier and instance size. Check details at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/app-service/"
}
},
"skuCapacity": {
"type": "int",
"defaultValue": 1,
"minValue": 1,
"metadata": {
"description": "Describes plan's instance count"
}
}
},
"variables": {
"hostingPlanName": "[concat(parameters('webSiteName'), '-hostingplan')]"
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "[variables('hostingPlanName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/serverfarms",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"tags": {
"displayName": "HostingPlan"
},
"sku": {
"name": "[parameters('skuName')]",
"capacity": "[parameters('skuCapacity')]"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "[parameters('webSiteName')]",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-related:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName')))]": "empty",
"displayName": "Website"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[parameters('webSiteName')]",
"serverFarmId": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]"
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "appsettings",
"type": "config",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]",
"[concat('AppInsights', parameters('webSiteName'))]"
],
"properties": {
"ida:Tenant": "[parameters('aadTenant')]",
"ida:Audience": "[parameters('aadAudience')]",
"endpoints": "[parameters('endpoints')]",
"apiEndpoint": "[parameters('apiEndpoint')]",
"applicationInsightsInstrumentationKey": "[reference(resourceId('Microsoft.Insights/components', concat('AppInsights', parameters('webSiteName'))), '2014-04-01').InstrumentationKey]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"type": "config",
"name": "connectionstrings",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"properties": {
"[parameters('sqlConnStrName')]": {
"value": "[parameters('sqlConnStrValue')]",
"type": "SQLServer"
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"name": "logs",
"type": "config",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"properties": {
"applicationLogs": {
"fileSystem": {
"level": "Off"
},
"azureTableStorage": {
"level": "Off",
"sasUrl": null
},
"azureBlobStorage": {
"level": "Information",
"sasUrl": "TO DO: pass in a SAS Url",
"retentionInDays": null
}
},
"httpLogs": {
"fileSystem": {
"retentionInMb": 40,
"enabled": true
}
},
"failedRequestsTracing": {
"enabled": true
},
"detailedErrorMessages": {
"enabled": true
}
}
}
]
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat(variables('hostingPlanName'), '-', resourceGroup().name)]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/autoscalesettings",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "AutoScaleSettings"
},
"dependsOn": [
"[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
],
"properties": {
"profiles": [
{
"name": "Default",
"capacity": {
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 2,
"default": 1
},
"rules": [
{
"metricTrigger": {
"metricName": "CpuPercentage",
"metricResourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"timeGrain": "PT1M",
"statistic": "Average",
"timeWindow": "PT10M",
"timeAggregation": "Average",
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 80.0
},
"scaleAction": {
"direction": "Increase",
"type": "ChangeCount",
"value": 1,
"cooldown": "PT10M"
}
},
{
"metricTrigger": {
"metricName": "CpuPercentage",
"metricResourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"timeGrain": "PT1M",
"statistic": "Average",
"timeWindow": "PT1H",
"timeAggregation": "Average",
"operator": "LessThan",
"threshold": 60.0
},
"scaleAction": {
"direction": "Decrease",
"type": "ChangeCount",
"value": 1,
"cooldown": "PT1H"
}
}
]
}
],
"enabled": false,
"name": "[concat(variables('hostingPlanName'), '-', resourceGroup().name)]",
"targetResourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]"
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('ServerErrors ', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "ServerErrorsAlertRule"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[concat('ServerErrors ', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"description": "[concat(parameters('webSiteName'), ' has some server errors, status code 5xx.')]",
"isEnabled": true,
"condition": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
"dataSource": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
"resourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"metricName": "Http5xx"
},
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 5.0,
"windowSize": "PT5M"
},
"action": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
"sendToServiceOwners": true,
"customEmails": ["[email protected]"]
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('ForbiddenRequests ', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "ForbiddenRequestsAlertRule"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[concat('ForbiddenRequests ', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"description": "[concat(parameters('webSiteName'), ' has some requests that are forbidden, status code 403.')]",
"isEnabled": true,
"condition": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
"dataSource": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
"resourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"metricName": "Http403"
},
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 5,
"windowSize": "PT5M"
},
"action": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
"sendToServiceOwners": true,
"customEmails": [ ]
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('CPUHigh ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "CPUHighAlertRule"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[concat('CPUHigh ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"description": "[concat('The average CPU is high across all the instances of ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"isEnabled": false,
"condition": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
"dataSource": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
"resourceUri": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"metricName": "CpuPercentage"
},
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 90,
"windowSize": "PT15M"
},
"action": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
"sendToServiceOwners": true,
"customEmails": [ ]
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('LongHttpQueue ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dependsOn": [
"[variables('hostingPlanName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('hostingPlanName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "AutoScaleSettings"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[concat('LongHttpQueue ', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"description": "[concat('The HTTP queue for the instances of ', variables('hostingPlanName'), ' has a large number of pending requests.')]",
"isEnabled": false,
"condition": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
"dataSource": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
"resourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('hostingPlanName'))]",
"metricName": "HttpQueueLength"
},
"operator": "GreaterThan",
"threshold": 100.0,
"windowSize": "PT5M"
},
"action": {
"odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
"sendToServiceOwners": true,
"customEmails": [ ]
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
"name": "[concat('AppInsights', parameters('webSiteName'))]",
"type": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
"location": "Central US",
"dependsOn": [
"[parameters('webSiteName')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-link:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites', parameters('webSiteName')))]": "Resource",
"displayName": "AppInsightsComponent"
},
"properties": {
"ApplicationId": "[parameters('webSiteName')]"
}
}
],
"outputs": {
"siteUri": {
"type": "string",
"value": "[reference(concat('Microsoft.Web/sites/', parameters('webSiteName')), '2015-08-01').hostnames[0]]"
}
}
}
No, you cannot have merge behaviour. I dont think you can set individual app setting values with arm templates, so you'd need to put those keys you add at deployment time to the arm template, or remove appsettings from the arm template.
You can also use the read-only subversion interface to check out the github stuff, as subversion could be more available for your system. As an example, for a project at http://github.com/einars/js-beautify you could check out it as
svn co http://svn.github.com/einars/js-beautify
You can install composer extension in the manage portal of your App Services.
After installing, you also can install Visual Studio Online extension or leverage Kudu console site to handle or run commands of your Apps.