Practice of releasing every change automatically, such as an ACR webhook that redeploys a containerised web app when a new image is pushed.
Also called continuous deployment.
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Terms in this definition
- Azure Container Registry
Private Azure registry for container images. Images can be geo-replicated, cleaned up by retention policies and built by ACR Tasks, while webhooks let a push kick off continuous deployment.
- Webhook
In an action group, an action that posts the alert payload to an HTTP endpoint; each subscription may make up to 1,500 such calls per minute.
- App protection policy
A set of Intune rules on managed apps that safeguards organisational data, for example by demanding a PIN or preventing copy-paste and save-as into personal apps. It works whether or not the device is enrolled.
Related terms
- CI
Short for continuous integration: every change is built and tested automatically, normally paired with continuous deployment as CI/CD. A pipeline running az acr build then pushing the resulting image is one example.
- Deployment Center
Where, in the App Service section of the portal, you configure the source deployments come from, such as Azure Repos, GitHub Actions or a container registry, together with container options and continuous deployment.
- Web App for Containers
The App Service offering for running containers, with Easy Auth, autoscaling and continuous deployment from ACR built in.