What it is A small Node.js/Express web application, deployed and managed on an Azure Virtual Mach...What it is A small Node.js/Express web application, deployed and managed on an Azure Virtual Mach...
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Dakarapu Adhitya
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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
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