Java, Azure Container Apps, GA, Generally Available

Azure Container Apps is a fully managed serverless container platform that lets you build, deploy, and run containerized applications. Azure Container Apps lets you scale elastically to zero and scale up and down as needed. Design resilient microservices with integrated networking and leverage GPU-enabled workload profiles to run AI-powered apps anywhere, anytime. All of this means your developers can spend more time writing code for your business and less time distracted by work that doesn’t directly contribute to your success. To take it a step further, we’ve created a comprehensive productivity experience to help you configure, monitor, and troubleshoot your Java apps, which is now generally available.

Applications, especially microservices, require some type of middleware to facilitate communication between services. With Azure Container Apps, you can: Spring Cloud Service Registry For service discovery Spring Cloud Config Server Externalize app configuration, monitor metrics, and download dump files. Spring Boot Manager.

These components are fully managed and exist in the Azure Container Apps environment. They are ready to be used out of the box to serve Java apps, so you can simply use them and let Azure handle the operational details. Developers or DevOps engineers no longer have to worry about routine tasks like installation, version upgrades, or HA when running Java components managed in Azure Container Apps.

Monitoring various aspects of application metrics is crucial to ensure that your application is performing at its best and meeting the desired levels of throughput and availability. Azure Container Apps are natively integrated with Azure Monitor, providing built-in JVM and Tomcat metrics along with container metrics. This already covers most of the diagnostic scenarios for running containerized apps in the cloud. However, for more complex issues such as identifying memory leaks and deadlocks, Spring Boot Admin now provides a Java-specific visualized monitoring experience that gives you an intuitive view into the health of your Spring apps, beans, and environment variables. You can also easily capture logs, dump files, and adjust log levels with a single click, without having to restart your application.

Deploying and running Java applications on Azure Container Apps is now simpler and more efficient. Visit https://aka.ms/ACAJava Learn more and deploy your first Java app today!