Azure Container Apps Workshop

Hands-on workshop in building applications hosted on Azure Container Apps.

Preparation for the workshop

To get the best experience with the hands-on-labs it is recommended that you prepare the following ahead of time:

• A computer PC / Mac for development, capable of running containers.
• A recent version of Visual Studio Code (download here) with the Bicep extension (download here)
• Instead of Visual Studio Code it's also fine to just use Visual Studio. This will make starting/debugging the Globo Tickets app easier when you get to the Dapr part. There is a Bicep extension for Visual Studio as well
• Docker Desktop, on Windows or Mac (download here)
• An Azure subscription, to create and use a container cluster and registry (trial account here)
• The Azure CLI (download here)
• The Dapr CLI (download here)

Tips:

• If you already have the Azure CLI installed, it is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version to prevent issues when running ACA commands.
• The same goes for the Dapr CLI: Upgrade instructions

Labs in this workshop

• Lab 1 - My first container app
• Lab 2 - Infrastructure as Code
• Lab 3 - Automating Container app deployments
• Lab 4 - Observability
• Lab 5 - Using Dapr locally and changes to Globotickets
• Lab 6 - Using Dapr in Azure Container Apps
• Lab 7 - Scaling with KEDA

Additional Docs & Resources for Azure Container Apps

• Microsoft Docs
• Azure Container Apps Discord channel
• Azure Container Apps Github page