Questions tagged [azure-container-instances]

Azure Container Instances is a cloud service from Microsoft that offers to run containers as a service without managing the underlying infrastructure/servers. This tag is used for questions related to using azure container instances

Azure Container Instances offers the fastest and simplest way to run a container in Azure, without having to provision any virtual machines and without having to adopt a higher-level service.

Azure Container Instances is a great solution for any scenario that can operate in isolated containers, including simple applications, task automation, and build jobs. For scenarios where you need full container orchestration, including service discovery across multiple containers, automatic scaling, and coordinated application upgrades, we recommend the [tag:Azure Container Service].

Features

  • Fast startup times
  • Hypervisor-level security
  • Custom Sizes
  • Public IP connectivity
  • Persistent storage
  • Linux and Windows containers
  • Co-scheduled groups

For more information, see Documentation

413 questions
25
votes
3 answers

What is the difference between Azure Container Instances and Web App for Containers?

I just deployed a web app (node.js container and mongo container) using Azure multi-container instances. It's a bit like Docker Compose but works with an Azure specific yaml file:…
Sam
  • 4,036
  • 1
  • 36
  • 39
13
votes
4 answers

Update docker image in Azure Container Instances

I have an image in the repository on the docker hub. I created azure container instance based on the image in the repository on the docker hub. I updated the image in the repository on the docker hub. How can I apply changes to a container?
Egor Rezchikov
  • 182
  • 1
  • 8
12
votes
4 answers

How to expose multiple ports on Azure Container Instance?

Is it possible to expose/open more than one port on an Azure Container Instance? I've only been able to open one port per container. I'd like to run the equivalent of: docker run -p 80:80 -p 443:443 ... I've unsuccessfully tried: Maps only the last…
dstj
  • 3,955
  • 2
  • 34
  • 49
11
votes
3 answers

How to set-up custom domain name in Azure Container Instance

I own a domain name with cloudflare nameservers. I've set up an Azure Container Instance with a running container hosted in Docker-Hub container registry. When i created the container instance i specified dns-name-label in azure's namespace, but i…
Vichoko
  • 282
  • 2
  • 13
11
votes
3 answers

Is there built-in support for enabling SSL on Azure Container Instances?

Is there built-in support for enabling SSL on Azure Container Instances? If not, can we hook up to SSL providers like Lets Encrypt?
GPA
  • 113
  • 1
  • 4
9
votes
3 answers

Azure Container Instances vs Azure Functions

When would I prefer Azure Functions to Azure Container Instances, considering they both offer the possibility to perform run-once tasks and they bill on consumption? Also, reading this Microsoft Learn Module: Serverless compute can be thought of as…
Alberto
  • 495
  • 4
  • 13
9
votes
1 answer

Can I assign a reserved IP to Azure Container Instances (ACI)?

ok, I have a requirement from third-part to run a workload from a specific IP (so they can white-list it). Can I assign a reserved IP to my ACI container?
alvipeo
  • 3,148
  • 3
  • 28
  • 85
8
votes
2 answers

containerd error "failed to find user by uid" when creating ejbca docker container on azure

When I try to create an Azure container instance for EJBCA-ce I get an error and cannot see any logs. I expect the following result : But I get the following error : Failed to start container my-azure-container-resource-name, Error response: to…
Marc Bouvier
  • 294
  • 1
  • 9
  • 22
8
votes
2 answers

How to add SSL to Azure Container Instance App?

As the title says, I need to setup SSL for an app hosted in Azure Container Instances, however, I'm not quite sure where I need to start. I have a containerized app hosted via Azure Container Instances at the address…
snejame
  • 357
  • 1
  • 4
  • 12
8
votes
2 answers

Scale Azure Container Instance

Is it possible to scale an ACI running container? Problem: We have some old-school Cloud Services (.NET Framework v4.7.1) we're migrating to Docker containers, we've successfully got them running and responding in Azure Container Instances now, but…
6
votes
2 answers

Can Azure Container Instances be invoked using triggers?

I'd like to use Azure Container instances to run a long (10 mins) analysis test using a legacy app. When an item appears in CosmosDB, I want to trigger the launch of a new container instance. The container will have a lightweight proxy that will…
dommer
  • 18,952
  • 9
  • 68
  • 124
6
votes
1 answer

Azure Container Instances disk space pricing

This doesn't seem to be listed neither on the Microsoft portals, or be answered anywhere else - so I might have misunderstood how this is provisioned and/or calculated in Azure, but; Instancing a container instance in Azure, with an image from my…
Benjamin Ø.
  • 115
  • 1
  • 8
6
votes
2 answers

How to get set up FQDN for Azure Container Instance

I am using Azure Container Registry to store my private docker image and Azure Container Instance to deploy it. I get a public IP address which is OK for verification and simple preview, but not usable (or shareable with customer) since the IP…
ljubomir
  • 1,435
  • 21
  • 39
5
votes
2 answers

Error when runnning Linux container in Azure Container Instances: failed to open log file "/var/log/pods/.../_0.log"

I'm running a .NET Core application in a Linux container. The container runs fine locally, but when run in Azure Container Instances, it immediately stops. The container's log file is shown below (retrieved using Get-AzContainerInstanceLog): failed…
Uli
  • 1,075
  • 8
  • 19
5
votes
3 answers

Is It Possible to Restrict Access to Azure Container Instance with IP restrictions

I am creating an Azure container instance to host an index for testing purposes. Currently I can only get it to work with IpAddressType set as Public, but of course this makes the index available to the world. Is it possible to secure an Azure…
1
2 3
27 28