What it is A small Node.js/Express web application, deployed and managed on an Azure Virtual Machine — built specifically to demonstrate manual VM-based deployment as a distinct skill from PaaS-style deployments (like App Service).

What I built

A Node.js/Express app (server.js, index.html, package.json) as the deployment target

An azure-pipelines.yml file to set up continuous integration through Azure Pipelines

A deploy.sh script to handle the actual deployment onto the VM

Iterated on the deployment script over time (version updates reflected in commit history) to handle VM-specific deployment steps

Why it matters Most "deploy to Azure" tutorials stop at managed platforms like App Service, where a lot of the infrastructure work is abstracted away. This project instead proves I can stand up and manage infrastructure directly — provisioning, configuring, and deploying onto a VM I control — which is closer to what real infrastructure/ops work looks like, and complements my other project that uses Azure Container Registry + App Service.

Tech stack Node.js · Express · Azure Pipelines · Azure Virtual Machines · Bash · Git