Deploy Bold BI on Azure container Instance

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This section explains how to install the Bold BI application on Azure Container Instance.

Prerequisites

Azure CLI
Azure Resource Group
Azure storage account
Two File Shares are created in the name of boldbi and nginx on the storage account.

Steps to deploy the Bold BI application on Azure Container Instance

Create a configuration file with the name boldbi.yaml for the Bold BI application.

apiVersion: '2019-12-01'
location: <location>
name: BoldBI
properties:
containers:
- name: boldbi
    properties:
    environmentVariables: []
    image: syncfusion/boldbi:latest
    ports:
    - port: 80
    - port: 443
    resources:
        requests:
        cpu: 2.0
        memoryInGB: 4
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /application/app_data
        name: filesharevolume
    - mountPath: /etc/nginx/sites-available
        name: nginxconfigvolume
osType: Linux
restartPolicy: Always
ipAddress:
    type: Public
    ports:
    - port: 80
    - port: 443
    dnsNameLabel: <dns-name-label>
volumes:
- name: filesharevolume
    azureFile:
    sharename: boldbi
    storageAccountName: <storage-account-name>
    storageAccountKey: <storage-account-key>
- name: nginxconfigvolume
    azureFile:
    sharename: nginx
    storageAccountName: <storage-account-name>
    storageAccountKey: <storage-account-key>
tags: {}
type: Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups

location - Choose the location where you plan to deploy your app. Our recommended location is eastus
In the resources section, you can increase the configuration as shown below:
Example:
```
requests:
    cpu: 4.0
    memoryInGB: 8
```
dnsNameLabel - Specify a DNS name label for your container. The name must be unique within the Azure region where you create the container instance. Your container will be publicly reachable at <dns-name-label>.<region>.azurecontainer.io
Enter the storageAccountName and storageAccountKey in configuration file.
Example:
storageAccountName: filestorageboldbi
storageAccountKey: naskjnsadnncalnnks=ajdsnkda

Open the terminal or PowerShell on the local machine and activate the Azure account using AzureCLI.
Run the following command to deploy the Bold BI application on Azure portal.
```
az container create --resource-group <resource group="" name=""> --file <configuration file="" with="" path="">
```
Example : - az container create --resource-group boldbi --file D:\boldbi.yaml
Once the container is created in the Azure instance, you can obtain the output text for the resource creation directly in the terminal.
You can access the application on the public DNS that is generated within the Container instance itself.

SSL Configuration

If you want to configure the SSL and access the application with a custom domain, follow the steps below. Otherwise, you can skip these steps.

Add a CNAME binding for your domain (example.boldbi.com) with the generated endpoint (example.azurecontainer.io).
Navigate to the nginx file share that was created in the storage account.
Upload the certificate file (domain.crt) and private key (domain.key) that were used for the custom domain to the nginx folder.
Open the boldbi-nginx-config file in edit mode.
Follow the document below for SSL changes in the nginx file for the Bold BI application. .
https://github.com/boldbi/boldbi-docker/blob/main/docs/ssl-termination.md
Once the changes are done, navigate to the container instance and restart the service.
After restarting, the site can be accessed through the provided custom domain.