Quickstart: Run a container application in Azure Container Instances in the Azure portal

• 10/02/2018
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Use Azure Container Instances to run Docker containers in Azure with simplicity and speed. You don't need to deploy virtual machines or use a full container orchestration platform like Kubernetes. In this quickstart, you use the Azure portal to create a container in Azure and make its application available with a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). After configuring a few settings and deploying the container, you can browse to the running application:

Sign in to Azure

Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

Create a container instance

Select the Create a resource > Containers > Container Instances.

Enter the following values in the Container name, Container image, and Resource group text boxes. Leave the other values at their defaults, then select OK.

• Container name: mycontainer
• Container image: microsoft/aci-helloworld
• Resource group: Create new > myResourceGroup

For this quickstart, leave the default setting of Public to deploy the microsoft/aci-helloworld image from the public Docker Hub registry. This image packages a small web app written in Node.js that serves a static HTML page.

Under Configuration, specify a DNS name label for your container. The name must be unique within the Azure region you create the container instance. Your container will be publicly reachable at <dns-name-label>.<region>.azurecontainer.io.

Leave the other settings in Configuration at their defaults, then select OK to validate the configuration.

When the validation completes, you're shown a summary of the container's settings. Select OK to submit your container deployment request.

When deployment starts, a notification appears indicating the deployment is in progress. Another notification is displayed when the container group has been deployed.

Open the overview for the container group by navigating to Resource Groups > myResourceGroup > mycontainer. Take note of the FQDN (the fully qualified domain name) of the container instance, as well its Status.

Once its Status is Running, navigate to the container's FQDN in your browser.

Congratulations! By configuring just a few settings, you've deployed a publicly accessible application in Azure Container Instances.

View container logs

Viewing the logs for a container instance is helpful when troubleshooting issues with your container or the application it runs.

To view the container's logs, under Settings, select Containers, then Logs. You should see the HTTP GET request generated when you viewed the application in your browser.

Clean up resources

When you're done with the container, select Overview for the mycontainer container instance, then select Delete.

Select Yes when the confirmation dialog appears.

Next steps

In this quickstart, you created an Azure container instance from an image in the public Docker Hub registry. If you'd like to build a container image and deploy it from a private Azure container registry, continue to the Azure Container Instances tutorial.