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Manage a workload profiles in the Azure portal

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Learn to manage a workload profiles environment in the Azure portal.

Create a container app in a workload profile

  1. Open the Azure portal.

  2. Search for Container Apps in the search bar, and select Container Apps.

  3. Select Create.

  4. Create a new container app and environment.

    Screenshot of the create a container apps environment window.

    Enter the following values to create your new container app.

    Property Value
    Subscription Select your subscription
    Resource group Select or create a resource group
    Container app name Enter your container app name
    Region Select your region.
    Container Apps Environment Select Create New.

  5. Configure the new environment.

    Screenshot of create an Azure Container Apps workload profiles environment window.

    Enter the following values to create your environment.

    Property Value
    Environment name Enter an environment name.
    Environment type Select Workload profiles

    Select the new Workload profiles tab at the top of this section.

  6. Select the Add workload profile button.

    Screenshot of the window to add a workload profile to the container apps environment.

  7. For Workload profile name, enter a name.

  8. Next to Workload profile size, select Choose size.

    Screenshot of the window to select a workload profile for your container apps environment.

  9. In the Select a workload profile size window, select a profile from the list.

    Screenshot of the window to select a workload profile size.

    General purpose profiles offer a balanced mix cores vs memory for most applications.

    Memory optimized profiles offer specialized hardware with increased memory capabilities.

  10. Select the Select button.

  11. For the Autoscaling instance count range, select the minimum and maximum number of instances you want available to this workload profile.

    Screenshot of the window to select the min and max instances for a workload profile.

  12. Select Add.

  13. Select Create.

  14. Select Review + Create and wait as Azure validates your configuration options.

  15. Select Create to create your container app and environment.

Add profiles

Add a new workload profile to an existing environment.

  1. Under the Settings section, select Workload profiles.

  2. Select Add.

  3. For Workload profile name, enter a name.

  4. Next to Workload profile size, select Choose size.

  5. In the Select a workload profile size window, select a profile from the list.

    General purpose profiles offer a balanced mix cores vs memory for most applications.

    Memory optimized profiles offer specialized hardware with increased memory or compute capabilities.

  6. Select the Select button.

  7. For the Autoscaling instance count range, select the minimum and maximum number of instances you want available to this workload profile.

    Screenshot of the window to select the minimum and maximum instances for a workload profile.

  8. Select Add.

Edit profiles

Under the Settings section, select Workload profiles.

From this window, you can:

  • Adjust the minimum and maximum number of instances available to a profile
  • Add new profiles
  • Delete existing profiles (except for the consumption profile)

Delete a profile

Under the Settings section, select Workload profiles. From this window, you select a profile to delete.

Note

The Consumption workload profile can’t be deleted.

Next steps

Workload profiles overview