What is Microsoft Azure?

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure created by Microsoft for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.

For example, Azure can be used to host websites, create virtual machines, store and process data, and build mobile and web apps. It also provides services such as analytics, storage, networking, and identity management. Additionally, Azure offers a range of tools and services to help developers build, test, deploy, and manage applications.

What is a Dockerfile?

A Dockerfile is a text document that contains all the commands an administrator could call on the command line to assemble an image. It is used to create a Docker image, which can then be used to create Docker containers.

Example:

FROM ubuntu:18.04

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y
python3-pip
python3-dev

COPY . /app

WORKDIR /app

RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt

ENTRYPOINT [“python3”]

CMD [“app.py”]