[PYTHON] Make Flask a Cloud Native application

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It's about making Flask a Cloud Native application.

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What is Flask?

Flask is a web application framework for Python.

How to make Flask a Cloud Native application?

The steps to turn Flask into a Cloud Native application are simple:

1. Create a website in Flask
2. Create a Dockerfile
3. Build the Docker image
4. Publish the Docker image
5. Create Azure Web Apps using Docker image

An example of the execution command is described below.

1. Create a website in Flask

$ mkdir flaskwebapps
$ cd flaskwebapps
$ touch app.py
$ touch requirements.txt

Open app.py in your favorite editor such as VS Code and add the following code.

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def hello():
    return "Hello, Flask!"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0')

Open requirements.txt in your favorite editor such as VS Code and add the following code.

Flask

2. Create a Dockerfile

$ touch Dockerfile

Open Dockerfile with your favorite editor such as VS Code and add the following code.

FROM python:3.8

RUN mkdir /app
WORKDIR /app
ADD . /app/
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

EXPOSE 5000
CMD ["python", "/code/app.py"]

3. Build the Docker image

$ docker build -f Dockerfile -t flaskwebapps:latest .

4. Publish the Docker image

Publish the Docker image to Azure Container Registry (https://azure.microsoft.com/ja-jp/services/container-registry/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5001601) (ACR), Docker Hub, and so on.

Below, the image to be published to ACR with Azure CLI is registered.

$ az acr create --resource-group [Resource group name] --name [ACR name] --sku [Choice of favorite] --admin-enabled true --location [Same location as the resource group]
$ docker tag [tag] [Image name]
$ az acr login --name [ACR name]
$ docker push [Image name]

5. Create Azure Web Apps using Docker image

First, create an App Service Plan with the Azure CLI.

$ az appservice plan create --resource-group [Resource group name] --name [App Service Plan name] --sku [Specify B1 or S1] --location [Same location as the resource group] --is-linux

Create an App Service with the App Service Plan and ACR Docker Image as parameters in the Azure CLI

$ az webapp create --resource-group [Resource group name] --plan [App Service Plan name] --name [App Service name] --deployment-container-image-name [Image name]

Then associate the App Service with the ACR in the Azure CLI.

$ az webapp config container set --name [App Service name] --resource-group [Resource group name] --docker-custom-image-name [Image name] --docker-registry-server-url [ACR location] --docker-registry-server-user [ACR name] --docker-registry-server-password [ACR Password]

Then set the CD for App Service in the Azure CLI.

$ az webapp deployment container config --resource-group [Resource group name] --name [App Service name] --enable-cd true

Then set the webhook on the ACR in the Azure CLI.

$ az acr webhook create --name [App Service name] --resource-group [Resource group name] --scope [ACR name and tag minus location] --location [Same location as the resource group] --uri [URI] --actions push delete