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Joonas Luik
Joonas Luik

Reputation: 33

How to Pause or Stop Azure APP service in Night/Day Time when not required?

Is it possible to put app to sleep during night time anymore? I have the app service setting NOT on "Always On", but this setting is not respected.

The bills used to be twice as much as they are now, because in past they app set itself to sleep. How do I know this? The service hours are now around 730 (that's a full month). Is Azure no more "Pay-As -You-Go?"

Thanks.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6985

Answers (2)

Kaushal Kumar Panday
Kaushal Kumar Panday

Reputation: 2467

@Joonas, There was never an option to put the app to sleep in Azure Web Apps. The only way to ensure that you are not getting billed is to Scale down the corresponding App Service Plan of the web app to FREE tier.

You can configure scale settings based on a specific schedule so that the app service plan can be scaled up.

Always On is a setting used to keep your app up and running at all times. Assume that you have 10 web apps hosted on a server, out of which 8 are your dev or least used sites, while the other 2 are busy sites accessed throughout the day. In such a scenario you don't want the dev sites to be running at all times as they will hold system resources. The Always On feature is handy in such scenarios. You can set Always On to true for the 2 busy sites and false for the other 8 sites.

Check the number of App Service Plans in your subscription and also their pricing tier. This will help you understand the costs. In Azure App Service, you get billed for the App Service Plan and not the Web App.

This image should help you understand App Service Plan enter image description here

Upvotes: 1

Fei Han
Fei Han

Reputation: 27825

You can get the answer from this official FAQ:

Am I charged for apps while they are in stopped state?

Yes. Rates listed apply to apps in stopped state. Please delete apps that are not in use or update tier to Free to avoid charges.

Upvotes: 0

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