[Feature]: Support running on Azure AppService

[sharat87]

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Summary

Appsmith doesn't run on Azure AppService, which is Azure's serverless container deployment platform.

Details as reported by a user on Discord: https://discord.com/channels/725602949748752515/1031946686584590426/1031946686584590426

Why should this be worked on?

For several users, deploying Appsmith on a serverless platform like Azure AppService or AWS ECS, is a simple and straightforward method. Supporting this can encourage more people to try/use Appsmith.

Front conversations

[rhuanbarreto]

This is not possible as all those services are backed by Azure Files, which use the CIFS protocol to communicate. This protocol makes it not possible to run MongoDB/Postgres servers. Only NFS shares would make it possible, but they are not integrated in those services.

For Azure, there are only two ways to run appsmith:

• Run your own VM and setup everything
• Run your AKS cluster and deploy the helm chart

[kprzysowaTT]

It looks like the NFS protocol is now supported in the Azure App Service: documentation link

Apparently the app service needs to be in the VNET, has anyone tried it?

[rhuanbarreto]

If you want to pay for premium, go for it. For me it's not worth. I tried and got a huge bill on provisioned capacity that took me a week to say to MSFT it was a mistake so they could remove it.

[kprzysowaTT]

@rhuanbarreto , many thanks for sharing your experience here, Do you know why the bill was huge? Do you have to go for provisioned capacity? The basic appsmith setup needs ~300MB of data storage, even for premium it should not be too expensive blob storage there is should be <$1 per month

[rhuanbarreto]

You will find out one way or another. But keep reading the Azure docs.