| title | description | author | ms.author | ms.service | ms.custom | ms.topic | ms.date |
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Quickstart - Create a service connection in Container Apps from the Azure portal |
Quickstart showing how to create a service connection in Azure Container Apps from the Azure portal |
maud-lv |
malev |
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event-tier1-build-2022 |
quickstart |
05/23/2022 |
Get started with Service Connector by using the Azure portal to create a new service connection in Azure Container Apps.
Important
This feature in Container Apps is currently in preview. See the Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews for legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta, preview, or otherwise not yet released into general availability.
- An Azure account with an active subscription. Create an account for free.
- An application deployed to Container Apps in a region supported by Service Connector. If you don't have one yet, create and deploy a container to Container Apps.
Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com/ with your Azure account.
You'll use Service Connector to create a new service connection in Container Apps.
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Select the All resources button on the left of the Azure portal. Type Container Apps in the filter and select the name of the container app you want to use in the list.
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Select Service Connector from the left table of contents. Then select Create.
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Select or enter the following settings.
Setting Suggested value Description Container Your container Select your Container Apps. Service type Blob Storage Target service type. If you don't have a Storage Blob container, you can create one or use another service type. Subscription One of your subscriptions The subscription where your target service (the service you want to connect to) is located. The default value is the subscription that this container app is in. Connection name Generated unique name The connection name that identifies the connection between your container app and target service Storage account Your storage account The target storage account you want to connect to. If you choose a different service type, select the corresponding target service instance. Client type The app stack in your selected container Your application stack that works with the target service you selected. The default value is none, which will generate a list of configurations. If you know about the app stack or the client SDK in the container you selected, select the same app stack for the client type. -
Select Next: Authentication to select the authentication type. Then select Connection string to use access key to connect your Blob Storage account.
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Select Next: Network to select the network configuration. Then select Enable firewall settings to update firewall allowlist in Blob Storage so that your container apps can reach the Blob Storage.
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Then select Next: Review + Create to review the provided information. Running the final validation takes a few seconds. Then select Create to create the service connection. It might take one minute to complete the operation.
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In Service Connector, select Refresh and you'll see a Container Apps connection displayed.
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Select > to expand the list. You can see the environment variables required by your application code.
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Select ... and then Validate. You can see the connection validation details in the pop-up panel on the right.
Follow the tutorials listed below to start building your own application with Service Connector:
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