Microsoft releases Azure template for WordPress/MySQL

Microsoft’s Azure cloud service can host any number of Web services, from back-end business applications to video hosting services. Until recently, though, running a WordPress blog on Azure was a bit of a convoluted process. Today, however, Microsoft announced that they’re changing all of that, making WordPress on Azure a much more straightforward process. In the past, using WordPress on Azure meant signing up for a ClearDB account for running the blogging platform against a MySQL database, or using a virtual machine set up to run MySQL. Now, Microsoft has created an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template that automates the process of running WordPress via Azure App Service Web Apps–all backed by a MySQL server cluster running on Azure virtual machines. While it’s all a bit esoteric, likely of interest only to the kinds of people who need to run WordPress on Azure as opposed to the typical hosting service, the template’s release bodes extremely well for the select few who will benefit from it. Here are the template’s properties: – CentOS 6.6 are used for Azure virtual machines to host MySQL 5.6 server – GTID-based replication is configured and tested – Provisions a two-node MySQL master #wordpress #smallbusiness #entrepreneur

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