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Usman Tahir
Usman Tahir

Reputation: 2663

Pointing same domain to different app service in Azure

I am using Azure App Service to host my NodeExpress application, I am right now stuck at a very strange requirement.

I have 2 different azure app services. 1) myApp 2) sampleApp

I have a domain pointed at myApp. (Added hostname www.myapp.com) now I want to delete myApp and shift my hostname (www.myapp.com) to sampleApp.

now my Question is,

will it change my IP Address? (This I think it would because I haven't bought any static IP)

if my app service pointing IP is changed, will I have to do anything with the domain DNS manager to move www.myapp.com in hostnames of sample app?

I don't have access to DNS Manager because client has it. I have to tell client to add CNAME to verify domain ownership. I want to point this domain to different app service without adding delay of asking my client to change its cname to verify domain ownership.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1661

Answers (2)

Jacco Mol
Jacco Mol

Reputation: 133

You can actually migrate the domainname without downtime by using a verify record. Just create the record:

awverify.www.mydomain.com CNAME mynewnodeapp1.azurewebsites.net

That will enable you to add the hostname www.domain.com to sampleApp in azure (and add an SSL binding).

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/manage-custom-dns-migrate-domain

Upvotes: 2

Bruno Faria
Bruno Faria

Reputation: 5262

You have to register the new CNAME from your web application in the DNS server before adding it to Azure App Service. Right now you have something like this:

www.mydomain.com CNAME mynodeapp1.azurewebsites.net

First, change it to your new application address:

www.mydomain.com CNAME mynewnodeapp1.azurewebsites.net

And then add the custom domain to your new web application.

App Service does provide you with a public IP address, but it's not guaranteed to remain the same, although it's unlikely to change. Said that, as long as you keep using CNAME, you shouldn't have any problems. If you delete the original app and recreate using the same Azure FQDN, then you don't need to change anything on customer DNS settings, Azure will be able to verify the domain successfully in this case.

Upvotes: 0

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