Cloud Based Programming Contests Hosting Platform using Java Backend and Azure

Getting Started Steps

• Create Maven Project without using Archetype and add maven dependencies and plugins in pom.xml
  References: https://dzone.com/articles/how-to-create-a-web-project-using-maven-in-eclipse-1
• Install Azure CLI and login, verify subsciption and add azure plugin after creating azure app service(jre8 and tomcat 8.5)
  Reference: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-maven-plugins/blob/feature-spring/azure-webapp-maven-plugin/README.md
• mvn clean install
• mvn azure-webapp:deploy

Setting up azure sql database

• Create a sql database
• Get connection strings and use it to access the database

Custom Domain Pointing Steps:

• Find custom domain settings for your app service
• Add cname and a type record
  References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVyesPHthoQ
• Click on add custom domain and type in your domain and select cname from dropdown and click on add custom domain
• Get SSL using cloudflare