Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal

[waseemraza78]

Hello there,

I am unable to search "ProjectNami" to deploy WordPress website in Azure. In the past I deployed WordPress websites by following the instructions in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDBd03ig

Please note that I want to deploy WordPress website under an existing "Azure Service Plan". The "Deploy to Azure" link "https://projectnami.org/download/" takes me to a page and where I cannot select an existing Service Plan.

Regards Waseem

[patrickebates]

You can also do a manual deployment. Create your SQL DB, create an empty web app in your plan, then install PN from GitHub.

From your new app service, select Deployment Center. Then Manual Deployment - Git. Select App Service build service. Then for Code give the following answers:

Repo - https://github.com/ProjectNami/ProjectNami Branch - latest Type - Git Private - No

[patrickebates]

And I recommend adding the following Application Setting to the app service before connecting to Git.

ProjectNami.UTF8 = 1

[waseemraza78]

Hello Patrick,

1. You mean that Project Nami is no more available in Azure Market Place as it was in the recent past?

2. Is there any automated & graphical interface type way to create WordPress website under the existing Azure Services App”?

3. Can you please share some step by step document or link to install WordPress with SQL server manually?

Regards Waseem

On 27-Feb-2020, at 12:01 AM, Patrick Bates <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

And I recommend adding the following Application Setting to the app service before connecting to Git.

ProjectNami.UTF8 = 1

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[patrickebates]

There may not be a way using the Azure Market Place any longer. That deployment was very old, and hasn't been updated due to differences between how it would be set up versus how the Deploy to Azure button works. But as you point out, Deploy to Azure isn't suitable for deployment into existing App Service Plan in its current form.

There's not exactly an automated way to install Project Nami into an existing App Service plan at this time, but it can be done graphically via the Azure portal. I will prepare steps for you shortly.

[waseemraza78]

Hello Patrick,

Thanks for your timely support. I will wait for the deployment steps.

Best regards, Waseem

From: Patrick Bates [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:23 AM To: ProjectNami/projectnami [email protected] Cc: Waseem Raza [email protected]; Author [email protected] Subject: Re: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

There may not be a way using the Azure Market Place any longer. That deployment was very old, and hasn't been updated due to differences between how it would be set up versus how the Deploy to Azure button works. But as you point out, Deploy to Azure isn't suitable for deployment into existing App Service Plan in its current form.

There's not exactly an automated way to install Project Nami into an existing App Service plan at this time, but it can be done graphically via the Azure portal. I will prepare steps for you shortly.

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[waseemraza78]

Dear Patrick,

Did you get time to prepare the step by step document? How long it could take so that we can plan the deployment.

Best regards, Waseem

From: Waseem Raza Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 10:15 AM To: ProjectNami/projectnami [email protected]; ProjectNami/projectnami [email protected] Cc: Author [email protected] Subject: RE: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

Hello Patrick,

Thanks for your timely support. I will wait for the deployment steps.

Best regards, Waseem

From: Patrick Bates <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:23 AM To: ProjectNami/projectnami <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> Cc: Waseem Raza <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]>; Author <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

There may not be a way using the Azure Market Place any longer. That deployment was very old, and hasn't been updated due to differences between how it would be set up versus how the Deploy to Azure button works. But as you point out, Deploy to Azure isn't suitable for deployment into existing App Service Plan in its current form.

There's not exactly an automated way to install Project Nami into an existing App Service plan at this time, but it can be done graphically via the Azure portal. I will prepare steps for you shortly.

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[patrickebates]

I expect to get this done in the next 24 - 36 hours.

[patrickebates]

Here's a quick tour through the steps to deploy Project Nami into an existing App Service.

First, select Deployment Center in the left-hand navigation and then scroll down in the right-hand window. Under "Manual Deployment", select "External" and Continue

Next, for the Build Provider select App Service build service and Continue.

Then, enter the values and settings shown below to connect to GitHub.

Once you save these settings, your App Service will begin transferring the files from GitHub. When complete, you can browse to your web site to start the WordPress install.

If you need additional info, such as how to create a SQL DB in an existing server, please let me know.

[waseemraza78]

Thanks.

1. I will creat an empty “web app/ website” inside an existing “Azure Service Plan”.

2. Click on newly created website and click on Deployment Center and follow the steps you shared below.

3. I will creat an empty SQL DB on my Azure SQL database server. I will create a DB user and give db_owner rights in the newly created DB.

Questions:

1. Please confirm if above sequence and understanding is correct?

2. How I will point the website to the newly created SQL DB? I means is there any config option or it would be through Azure portal?

Regards Waseem

On 29-Feb-2020, at 9:29 AM, Patrick Bates <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

Here's a quick tour through the steps to deploy Project Nami into an existing App Service.

First, select Deployment Center in the left-hand navigation and then scroll down in the right-hand window. Under "Manual Deployment", select "External" and Continue [Img1]https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6cf70f6c8634546dc2dcf39face4bc41683d3e83/68747470733a2f2f70726f6a6563746e616d692e626c6f622e636f72652e77696e646f77732e6e65742f73697465696d616765732f323032302f30322f4372656174654f6e417a757265342e706e67

Next, for the Build Provider select App Service build service and Continue. [Img2]https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f9fdcefec1d531906dbba11ccc9b8969d7f1898f/68747470733a2f2f70726f6a6563746e616d692e626c6f622e636f72652e77696e646f77732e6e65742f73697465696d616765732f323032302f30322f4372656174654f6e417a757265352e706e67

Then, enter the values and settings shown below to connect to GitHub. [Img3]https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0d22a8d707c8d8c1c1100bd372e80f3dd30a6951/68747470733a2f2f70726f6a6563746e616d692e626c6f622e636f72652e77696e646f77732e6e65742f73697465696d616765732f323032302f30322f4372656174654f6e417a757265362e706e67

Once you save these settings, your App Service will begin transferring the files from GitHub. When complete, you can browse to your web site to start the WordPress install.

If you need additional info, such as how to create a SQL DB in an existing server, please let me know.

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[patrickebates]

Your order of operations looks good, though I usually create my SQL DB first.

You point the website to the SQL DB during the WordPress install. You will be asked for the server DNS, DB name, username, password.

[waseemraza78]

Dear Patrick,

Thank you for all your support. 😊

I have successfully deployed WordPress website “ProjectNami” under an existing Azure APP Service with the help of steps you shared.

Best regards, Waseem

From: Patrick Bates [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 29, 2020 7:44 PM To: ProjectNami/projectnami [email protected] Cc: Waseem Raza [email protected]; Author [email protected] Subject: Re: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

Your order of operations looks good, though I usually create my SQL DB first.

You point the website to the SQL DB during the WordPress install. You will be asked for the server DNS, DB name, username, password.

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[waseemraza78]

Hello Patrick,

Hope you are doing great.

We need to upgrade our WordPress website deployed using ProjectNami with database in Microsoft SQL Server and it is hosted on Azure. We don’t see an automatic upgrade option in the WordPress admin. It takes us to https://projectnami.org/download/. Can you please help us how we can upgrade it safely without nay downtime of issues? Please also suggest what backup we should take before the upgrade.

Best regards, Waseem

From: Patrick Bates [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 29, 2020 7:44 PM To: ProjectNami/projectnami [email protected] Cc: Waseem Raza [email protected]; Author [email protected] Subject: Re: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

Your order of operations looks good, though I usually create my SQL DB first.

You point the website to the SQL DB during the WordPress install. You will be asked for the server DNS, DB name, username, password.

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[waseemraza78]

Hello Patrick,

Did you get time to review my below email? Waiting for an update.

Thx

Best regards, Waseem

From: Waseem Raza Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 3:51 PM To: 'ProjectNami/projectnami' [email protected]; ProjectNami/projectnami [email protected] Cc: Author [email protected] Subject: RE: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

Hello Patrick,

Hope you are doing great.

We need to upgrade our WordPress website deployed using ProjectNami with database in Microsoft SQL Server and it is hosted on Azure. We don’t see an automatic upgrade option in the WordPress admin. It takes us to https://projectnami.org/download/. Can you please help us how we can upgrade it safely without nay downtime of issues? Please also suggest what backup we should take before the upgrade.

Best regards, Waseem

From: Patrick Bates <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 29, 2020 7:44 PM To: ProjectNami/projectnami <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> Cc: Waseem Raza <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]>; Author <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

Your order of operations looks good, though I usually create my SQL DB first.

You point the website to the SQL DB during the WordPress install. You will be asked for the server DNS, DB name, username, password.

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[patrickebates]

If you set up the connection as detailed above, all you need to do is access Deployment Center in the Azure portal and click Sync.

[patrickebates]

Regarding backup, you could take a manual backup of the Azure SQL DB if you like. Though you may already have scheduled backups taking place and/or point-in-time restore enabled.

For the file system, either a backup via FTP or configure Backup in the Azure portal for the Web App.

[waseemraza78]

Hello Patrick, Thank you for the reply. Can you please see below image an confirm if all the settings required to upgrade the WordPress are in place and we just need to click on the “Sync” button. [cid:[email protected]] Regards Waseem

On 09-Oct-2020, at 7:59 PM, Patrick Bates <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

If you set up the connection as detailed above, all you need to do is access Deployment Center in the Azure portal and click Sync.

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[patrickebates]

The image doesn't appear to be available to me here on GitHub.

[waseemraza78]

PFA the image. Regards Waseem

On 12-Oct-2020, at 7:05 PM, Patrick Bates <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

The image doesn't appear to be available to me here on GitHub.

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[waseemraza78]

Hello Patrick,

I did share the image as an attachment in my previous email on 13, Oct 2020. Can you please check and update as soon as possible?

Regards Waseem

On 13-Oct-2020, at 11:31 AM, Waseem Raza <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

PFA the image. Regards Waseem

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The image doesn't appear to be available to me here on GitHub.

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[patrickebates]

The image didn't come through either on GitHub or in my email.

[waseemraza78]

Hello Patrick, I have uploaded the image at my OneDrive. please check and confirm if all the settings required to upgrade the WordPress are in place and we just need to click on the “Sync” button. https://knowledgeplatform-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/p/wraza/EZbGTT0D_lFBvuKe6hVdjKIB00lbZY34pdvs-99y4FU_jg?e=DadEmZ

Regards Waseem

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The image didn't come through either on GitHub or in my email.

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[patrickebates]

Yes. Click Sync.

[waseemraza78]

1. This will only update wordpress specific file and all of our customizations and plug-ins etc. will remain intact, right?
2. Will we face any downtime?

Best regards, Waseem

From: Patrick Bates [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 6:04 PM To: ProjectNami/projectnami [email protected] Cc: Waseem Raza [email protected]; Author [email protected] Subject: Re: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

Yes. Click Sync.

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[patrickebates]

Yes, it will only update WordPress itself and any plugins and themes which are included in our distribution. Provided you haven't modified any of those files, you're good.

The process should retrieve all files from GitHub and then push them into the site only after the download is complete. There may be a period of many seconds where you might experience errors while the files are being written, but I've not specifically tested for that.

More than likely the update will require a database update to be completed as well. Once you log into wp-admin after the update, and are prompted to perform that update, I believe the site will be put into maintenance mode for that update. That should also last for several seconds.

[waseemraza78]

Thx.

In case we face an issue after the update how we can revert back to the previous state (the one before the update)?

Best regards, Waseem

From: Patrick Bates [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 6:11 PM To: ProjectNami/projectnami [email protected] Cc: Waseem Raza [email protected]; Author [email protected] Subject: Re: [ProjectNami/projectnami] Unable to find Project Nami in Azure Market Place - Azure Portal (#393)

Yes, it will only update WordPress itself and any plugins and themes which are included in our distribution. Provided you haven't modified any of those files, you're good.

The process should retrieve all files from GitHub and then push them into the site only after the download is complete. There may be a period of many seconds where you might experience errors while the files are being written, but I've not specifically tested for that.

More than likely the update will require a database update to be completed as well. Once you log into wp-admin after the update, and are prompted to perform that update, I believe the site will be put into maintenance mode for that update. That should also last for several seconds.

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[patrickebates]

Aside from the DB update, which should not be an issue, you will have the option in that same screen to roll back to the prior sync.

[waseemraza78]

Your prompt replies and valuable help us highly appreciated.

So the follow would be. Right?

We will sync from the Azure Portal. Once this is completed we will login to Wordpress site WP-Admin and we will be automatically prompted to update the database and we will simply click to update and this will be completed. That’s it.

Regards Waseem

On 27-Oct-2020, at 7:25 PM, Patrick Bates <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

Aside from the DB update, which should not be an issue, you will have the option in that same screen to roll back to the prior sync.

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[patrickebates]

That's it. You may need to upgrade some plugins afterwards, but that's normal of any and all WordPress upgrades.

[waseemraza78]

Hello Patrick,

Sorry for constant questions actullay this is our corporate site and we don’t want to face any trouble with this upgrade as this is the first time we are upgrading Project Nami upgrade.

1. As you said that we will first click on Sync in the Azure portal and it will update the wordperss site and later when I will login into wp-admin after the update, and are prompted to perform the database update, can you please share where in the wp-admin I will be prompted for the database update? Below is the image I taken from the wp-admin for your reference. https://knowledgeplatform-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/p/wraza/EZelFDlzsqJImMSB1XbXRUUBSMoP8ueKn18tVwaKYrUfYQ?e=JeZi3F

2. Then second question is after the site upgrade and before the database update the site will remain accessible. However while updating the database the site may be put on maintenance. Am I right?

3. In case we need to revert the new changes we will roll back to the prior sync and also we will have to restore the database manually to the state it was before the update. Am I right?

Best regards, Waseem

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That's it. You may need to upgrade some plugins afterwards, but that's normal of any and all WordPress upgrades.

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[patrickebates]

You will be greeted with an upgrade prompt the moment you log into wp-admin. Site will be running prior to that upgrade, and should only be in maintenance mode during the update which normally would be several seconds. There should not be any need to roll back the database if you need to roll back the update, but it wouldn't hurt to be prepared.