I created an app service in azure portal and wanted to configure the ci/cd with an external git repository. In the documentation it was mentioned that there is an option to use external git repository but i'm not able to find this in my case. I tried to create the app service exactly as mentioned in the documentation:
This how i see the deployment center in azure portal:
We got it working - posting my answer here incase anybody else faces such a situation. I had to create the service app using the windows OS. It seems that with Linux OS there will be only the FTP options enabled (by default) in the deployment center.
After creating the service app using windows OS it worked fine and i was able to see all options in deployment center wihtout any further configruations.
Here the statement from Microsoft:
Use unsupported repos
For Windows apps, you can manually configure continuous deployment from a cloud Git or Mercurial repository that the portal doesn't directly support, such as GitLab. You do it by choosing the External box in the Deployment Center page. For more information, see Set up continuous deployment using manual steps.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/deploy-continuous-deployment
This is not a reasonable appearance, even if the OS type of the web app is Linux, there will be the External Repository option.
I think you could try to create a new web app, refer to my steps.
Navigate to App service in the portal -> Add -> Web App -> Create After creating the web app, check the Deployment Center and configure it.
Note: The MS official documentation of Continuous deployment has been already changed from Deployment options to Deployment Center, it is worth a try.
If you still have any problem, I recommend you to contact Azure Support for help.
