We use IIS to create the CSR and to complete the Certificate Request. We use the Computer Certificates MMC to export that certificate to .PFX. When exporting with the intent to import the .PFX into Azure we run the following steps: Open the Computer Certificates MMC Click on Start and […]
Azure Web Apps
We started getting alerts from JetPack that our WordPress site, https://blog.mpecsinc.com, was offline. Sure enough, browsing to the site lead to a “This site is experiencing technical difficulties.” white page. Since our WordPress site is hosted in Azure, we logged on to the portal and clicked into the AppService blade […]
We have a need to set up SSL certificates for a number of the WordPress sites we have set up as an Azure Web App. The simplest way to do this, at least for us, is to use the built-in CSR certificate request mechanism as we just happen to have […]
We set up some resources initially for a client setup. But, in the end we need to have several small Web Apps in the same Resource Group so we went to rename it. There is _no_ way to rename an Azure Resource Group in the portal. :S So, we click […]
A quick at-a-glance way to get an idea of just how much traffic is flowing in an Azure Web App is to pin the statistics to the Dashboard. Azure Web App: Server requests statistics To do so is a fairly simple process. Log on to the Azure Portal Click on […]
When setting up the Azure Web App for WordPress we had already set up the DNS A and TXT records needed to get the custom domain URL going. Or so we thought. Domain ownership: To verify domain ownership create TXT and A records with your DNS provider using the configuration […]