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Expert knowledge for Azure Container Apps development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when building, debugging, or optimizing Azure Container Apps applications. Not for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) (use azure-kubernetes-service), Azure Container Instances (use azure-container-instances), Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Spring Apps (use azure-spring-apps).

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Azure Container Apps Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Container Apps. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL37-L51Diagnosing and fixing Container Apps issues: image pulls, container create/start, health probes, ports, storage mounts, OCI runtime, Java log levels, MCP servers, and using logs/debug console.
Best PracticesL52-L58Deployment, cold-start, and runtime tuning guidance: blue-green rollouts, reducing scale-out latency, and optimizing Java memory usage in Azure Container Apps.
Decision MakingL59-L74Guidance on choosing Container Apps plans, compute, GPUs, and hosting options, estimating costs, and planning/migrating environments from legacy setups or other platforms like Heroku/Functions
Architecture & Design PatternsL75-L82Architectures and patterns for Java microservices on Azure Container Apps, including Eureka HA clusters, AI-enabled PetClinic, and end-to-end microservice design best practices.
Limits & QuotasL83-L88Quota and limit rules for Container Apps (CPU/memory, environments, revisions, scale) and how to request increases when you hit platform or subscription limits.
SecurityL89-L123Authentication, authorization, TLS, identities, network lockdown, and best practices for securing Container Apps (identity providers, certs, mTLS, NSGs, firewalls, private endpoints, WAF).
ConfigurationL124-L171Configuring Container Apps environments, networking, ingress, scaling, revisions, storage, monitoring/logging, Dapr, Java features, and dynamic session settings via ARM, YAML, CLI, and portal.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL172-L198Patterns for connecting Container Apps to each other, Azure services, Spring apps, Dapr, KEDA, Front Door, and AI/agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, MCP).
DeploymentL199-L208Guides for deploying and automating Container Apps: CI/CD with GitHub Actions/Azure Pipelines, Docker Compose and Functions deployment, Arc-enabled clusters, and self-hosted runners/jobs.

Troubleshooting

TopicURL
Use Container Apps debug console for in-place troubleshootinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/container-debug-console
Use dynamic log levels to troubleshoot Java apps on Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-dynamic-log-level
Troubleshoot MCP server issues on Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/mcp-troubleshooting
Resolve container create failures in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/troubleshoot-container-create-failures
Troubleshoot container start failures in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/troubleshoot-container-start-failures
Troubleshoot health probe failures in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/troubleshoot-health-probe-failures
Diagnose image pull failures in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/troubleshoot-image-pull-failures
Fix OCI runtime errors in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/troubleshoot-open-container-initiative-errors
Fix storage mount failures in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/troubleshoot-storage-mount-failures
Resolve target port misconfiguration in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/troubleshoot-target-port-settings
Diagnose Azure Container Apps using logs and confighttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/troubleshooting

Best Practices

TopicURL
Implement blue-green deployments in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/blue-green-deployment
Apply cold-start reduction best practices in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/cold-start
Optimize Java memory usage in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-memory-fit

Decision Making

TopicURL
Understand billing and cost calculation for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/billing
Choose code-to-cloud deployment options for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/code-to-cloud-options
Select between Azure container hosting optionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/compare-options
Plan and organize Azure Container Apps environmentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/environment
Evaluate legacy Consumption-only Container Apps environmentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/environment-type-consumption-only
Select appropriate GPU type for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/gpu-types
Choose Azure hosting service for MCP servershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/mcp-choosing-azure-service
Migrate from Functions v1 to v2 on Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/migrate-functions
Plan migration from Heroku to Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/migrate-heroku-overview
Compare Azure Container Apps plan typeshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/plans
Choose Container Apps compute and billing structureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/structure
Choose appropriate workload profiles for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/workload-profiles-overview

Architecture & Design Patterns

TopicURL
Design a highly available Eureka cluster on Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-eureka-server-highly-available
Deploy Java microservices with managed components on Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-microservice-get-started
Understand AI-enabled PetClinic architecture on Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-petclinic-ai-overview
Design microservices architecture on Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/microservices

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Request quota increases for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/quota-requests
Review quotas and limits for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/quotas

Security

TopicURL
Use built-in authentication and authorization in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/authentication
Configure Microsoft Entra authentication for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/authentication-entra
Enable Facebook authentication in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/authentication-facebook
Enable GitHub authentication in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/authentication-github
Enable Google authentication in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/authentication-google
Configure custom OpenID Connect providers for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/authentication-openid
Enable X (Twitter) authentication in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/authentication-twitter
Set up client certificate (mTLS) auth for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/client-certificate-authorization
Configure CORS for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/cors
Manage custom domains and TLS certificates in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/custom-domains-certificates
Configure custom domains and managed certificates in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/custom-domains-managed-certificates
Secure Dapr requests with APP_API_TOKEN in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/dapr-authentication-token
Configure custom environment DNS suffix and TLS in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/environment-custom-dns-suffix
Harden Container Apps VNets with NSGs and firewallshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/firewall-integration
Secure Container Apps with private endpointshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/how-to-use-private-endpoint
Configure IP-based ingress restrictions for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/ip-restrictions
Import and manage Container Apps certificates from Key Vaulthttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/key-vault-certificates-manage
Store and use secrets securely in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/manage-secrets
Use managed identities with Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/managed-identity
Configure ACR image pulls via managed identityhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/managed-identity-image-pull
Configure authentication for MCP servers on Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/mcp-authentication
Configure mutual TLS for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/mtls
Use built-in Azure Policy definitions for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/policy-reference
Configure private endpoints and DNS for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/private-endpoints-with-dns
Apply security best practices to Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/secure-deployment
Apply security features and practices in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/security
Configure token store-backed auth for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/token-store
Secure PostgreSQL access with managed identity from Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/tutorial-java-quarkus-connect-managed-identity-postgresql-database
Secure Container Apps egress with Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/use-azure-firewall
Control Container Apps outbound traffic via Azure Firewallhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/user-defined-routes
Protect Container Apps with Application Gateway WAFhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/waf-app-gateway

Configuration

TopicURL
Set up Azure Monitor alerts for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/alerts
Reference ARM and YAML schema for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/azure-resource-manager-api-spec
Configure custom virtual networks for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/custom-virtual-networks
Configure Dapr component resiliency in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/dapr-component-resiliency
Configure Dapr components in Container Apps environmentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/dapr-components
Scale Dapr apps with KEDA scalers using Bicephttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/dapr-keda-scaling
Use deployment labels to manage Container Apps revisionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/deployment-labels
Configure Dapr settings on existing Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/enable-dapr
Configure environment variables in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/environment-variables
Manage Azure Functions instances in Container Apps via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/functions-manage
Configure startup, liveness, and readiness probes in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/health-probes
Configure environment-level ingress for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/ingress-environment-configuration
Enable and tune app-level ingress in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/ingress-how-to
Configure ingress options for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/ingress-overview
Configure Java APM agent with init containers in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-application-performance-management-config
Configure Java build environment variables in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-build-environment-variables
Access logs for managed Java components in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-component-logs
Enable Java-optimized features in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-feature-switch
Enable and use Java metrics in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-metrics
Scale Container Apps using custom Java metrics with KEDAhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-metrics-scale-with-keda
Monitor Container Apps logs with Log Analytics querieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/log-monitoring
Configure log storage and monitoring options for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/log-options
Configure application logging categories in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/logging
Access and interpret Azure Container Apps metricshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/metrics
Understand networking model for Container Apps environmentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/networking
Configure OpenTelemetry data agents for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/opentelemetry-agents
Configure planned maintenance windows for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/planned-maintenance
Configure premium ingress for Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/premium-ingress
Configure and manage Container Apps revisionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/revisions-manage
Configure rule-based HTTP routing in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/rule-based-routing
Configure custom domains with rule-based routinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/rule-based-routing-custom-domain
Configure autoscaling rules in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/scale-app
Configure service discovery resiliency policieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/service-discovery-resiliency
Configure session pools for dynamic sessions in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/session-pool
Run secure code interpreter sessions on Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-code-interpreter
Configure custom container-based dynamic sessions in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-custom-container
Configure and manage dynamic sessions in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-usage
Enable session affinity (sticky sessions) in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sticky-sessions
Configure temporary and permanent storage mounts in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/storage-mounts
Create Azure Files volume mounts in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/storage-mounts-azure-files
Configure traffic splitting across Container Apps revisionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/traffic-splitting
Create Container Apps environment in existing VNethttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/vnet-custom
Manage workload profiles via Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/workload-profiles-manage-cli
Manage workload profiles in portal for Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/workload-profiles-manage-portal

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Implement direct microservice calls in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/communicate-between-microservices
Configure inter-app communication in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/connect-apps
Securely connect Dapr components to Azure serviceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/dapr-component-connect-services
Create Dapr components for Azure services in portalhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/dapr-component-connection
Use Azure Functions Dapr extension in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/dapr-functions-extension
Map Azure Functions triggers to KEDA scaling in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/functions-keda-mappings
Integrate Azure Front Door with Container Apps via Private Linkhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/how-to-integrate-with-azure-front-door
Connect Container Apps to managed Admin for Springhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-admin
Integrate Admin for Spring with Eureka Server on Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-admin-eureka-integration
Connect Container Apps to managed Config Server for Springhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-config-server
Integrate managed Eureka Server with Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-eureka-server
Use managed Gateway for Spring with Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-gateway-for-spring
Visualize Java metrics with Azure Managed Grafanahttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/java-metrics-with-grafana
Connect Container Apps to Azure services with Service Connectorhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/service-connector
Integrate AutoGen agents with Azure Container Apps code interpreter sessionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-autogen
Use Azure Container Apps code interpreter sessions with LangChainhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-langchain
Connect LlamaIndex agents to Azure Container Apps code interpreter sessionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-llamaindex
Execute JavaScript via Azure Container Apps dynamic sessionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-nodejs
Use MCP dynamic sessions with Python in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-python-mcp
Integrate Semantic Kernel with Azure Container Apps code interpreter sessionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-semantic-kernel
Run shell commands using Azure Container Apps session poolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-shell
Use platform-managed MCP with dynamic shell sessions in Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/sessions-tutorial-shell-mcp
Run event-driven jobs from Storage queues in Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/tutorial-event-driven-jobs

Deployment

TopicURL
Enable Azure Container Apps on Arc-enabled Kubernetes clustershttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/azure-arc-enable-cluster
Automate Container Apps revisions with Azure Pipelineshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/azure-pipelines
Deploy Docker Compose agent workloads to Azure Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/compose-agent
Deploy custom containerized Functions to Container Appshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/functions-container-apps
Automate Container Apps revisions with GitHub Actionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/github-actions
Generate Container Apps GitHub Actions via Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/github-actions-cli
Run self-hosted CI/CD runners with Container Apps jobshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/tutorial-ci-cd-runners-jobs
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