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You develop and deploy an Azure App Service API app to a Windows-hosted deployment slot named Development.
You create additional deployment slots named Testing and Production.
You enable auto swap on the Production deployment slot.
You need to ensure that scripts run and resources are available before a swap operation occurs.
Solution: Update the web.config file to include the applicationInitialization configuration element.
Specify custom initialization actions to run the scripts.
Does the solution meet the goal?
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A. B.A.
Specify custom warm-up.
Some apps might require custom warm-up actions before the swap.
The applicationInitialization configuration element in web.config lets you specify custom initialization actions.
The swap operation waits for this custom warm-up to finish before swapping with the target slot.
Here's a sample web.config fragment.
<system.webServer> <applicationInitialization> <add initializationPage="/" hostName="[app hostname]" /> <add initializationPage="/Home/About" hostName="[app hostname]" /> </applicationInitialization> </system.webServer> Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/deploy-staging-slots#troubleshoot-swaps.
The provided solution appears to meet the stated goal of ensuring that scripts run and resources are available before a swap operation occurs.
The applicationInitialization configuration element is used to specify which pages or URLs to pre-load when an application starts. This can improve application performance by ensuring that resources are loaded into memory before the application receives requests.
By adding the applicationInitialization element to the web.config file and specifying the necessary pages or URLs, the application can ensure that all required resources are loaded into memory before a swap occurs. Additionally, custom initialization actions can be specified to run any necessary scripts or commands to ensure that resources are properly configured and available.
Therefore, the provided solution appears to meet the goal of ensuring that scripts run and resources are available before a swap operation occurs, and the correct answer is B. Yes.