Deploy Bold BI Azure Web App Using the ARM Template with Existing App Service Plan in Azure App Service

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The following steps help you deploy a Bold BI application using the existing App Service Plan in Azure App Service.

log in to Azure Portal.
Click New in the left menu.
Search Template deployment in the marketplace and select the same.
Then click create.
Now, select Build your own template in the editor in the Custom deployment window.
Click here to download the ARM template file.
Copy all the contents in the template file and replace them in the Edit template window.
Modify the template file to refer existing App Service Plan Name. Refer to the following image and remove the first two lines in Variables for app service plan requirement.
Then replace an existing app service plan name in the “WebAppSvcPlanName.”
From the resources, remove the following line, which is used to create a new app service plan, and remove the dependOn block referred to in the following images.
Then click save.
Fill in the form as per the following instructions to complete the deployment steps.

Subscription: Choose the subscription that you have with Azure. Learn more about subscriptions from here.

Resource group: This is a logical group in Azure to group your resources like a web app, storage account, network, and more. Learn more about resource groups here.

Location: Choose the location where your app is planned to be deployed. “East US” is our recommended location.

Storage Type: Bold BI Web App stores the resources either in the File storage or in Blob storage. Choose a storage type for storing the files which Report Server generates. A complete list of files generated by the Report Server can be viewed here. (For upgrade Select File storage).

Web App name: This is the name of the Bold BI App that you want to have in the URL. As this is going to be the URL, it should be unique globally. The deployment process will fail if this is present already, and you will need to start once again with another name.

Storage account name: This is optional if you have chosen File storage in the Storage type and mandatory for Blob storage. This also must be unique as that of the Web App name. Learn more about storage accounts here.

Storage account type: This is optional if you have chosen File storage in the Storage type and mandatory for Blob storage. Learn more about storage account types here.

Click the agreement checkbox and click purchase to deploy the Bold BI web app.
Bold BI Azure App Service(web app) deployment starts with the existing App Service Plan.