Windows Azure Web Hosting service: Deploying your Php/nodejs site with git

The previous article describes how to use Windows http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13357.html ">azure web hosting services to quickly set up a Web site, for developers, You can also use a service like this to deploy your PHP or Nodejs site, and you don't have to use Microsoft's development tools, and this article will deploy your Web site with git in the operating environment under MAC OS X.

Unlock the GIT deployment feature

In the previous article, we described how to use Windows Azure's management interface to build a Web site, and after building a good site, you can unlock the GIT deployment feature in the dashboard of the admin Web site:

Start GIT deployment functionality

After you press "set up git publishing", Windows Azure starts to build git repository for this Web service, and seeing the bottom shows that it's a success and ready to start deploying:

Complete the build Git repository, ready to start deployment

This screen will also display the URL of git repository, if you have not installed Git, you can also refer to the instructions below.

Deploying a Web site with git
After you open git deployment, you can create an environment on your development machine, starting with a index.php file that reads:

<?php
echo "Hello, World (from PHP on Windows Azure)"; Then, build a local git repository on your development machine and complete the first commit:

Build git repository on the local side

The next step is to deploy this commit to Windows Azure's Web service, remember the URL of your Web service, and then use the instructions below to join the remote repository and push the local commit push:

Deploy to Windows Azure