Azure Container Apps

Deploy GoRules BRMS on Azure Container Apps for a serverless container experience. This guide covers a scalable, cost-effective, and easily maintainable infrastructure.

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Architecture overview

Components:

• GoRules BRMS — Containerized application
• Azure Container Apps — Serverless compute engine for containers
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible servers — Managed PostgreSQL relational database

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Database — Setting up Azure Database for PostgreSQL

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1. Initiate database creation

1. Log in to the Azure Portal with your Microsoft account credentials
2. Click Create a resource
3. Search for “Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server”
4. Click Create

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2. Project details

1. Select your Azure subscription
2. Choose or create a new resource group

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3. Server details

1. Enter a unique name for your server in Server name
2. Select the Azure region where you will host BRMS
3. Select PostgreSQL version 16
4. Select workload type (e.g., Production Small/Medium)
5. Customize to 2 vCores and 8GB RAM if needed
6. Enable high availability for production setups

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4. Authentication

1. Select PostgreSQL authentication only
2. Set an admin username and password
3. Important: Remember the USERNAME and PASSWORD

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5. Networking tab

1. Choose your connectivity method
2. Set up firewall rules if needed

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6. Security tab

1. Select Service-managed key

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7. Review and create

1. Review your settings
2. Click Create to deploy your PostgreSQL server

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8. Create database and get configuration

1. After deployment, go to your resource list
2. Open the newly created server
3. Go to Overview and copy the Server Name on the right side
4. Important: Remember the SERVER NAME / HOST
5. From the side menu, select Databases and click Add
6. Enter a name (e.g., gorules-dev) and click Save
7. Important: Remember the DATABASE name
8. From the side menu, select Networking and download the SSL Certificate
9. Use the GoRules Base64 Certificate tool to convert the certificate to base64

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Container runner — Setting up Container Apps

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1. Create Container Apps

1. Click Create a resource
2. Search for “Container Apps”
3. Select and click Create

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2. Basics tab

1. Choose your subscription
2. Choose or create a resource group
3. Enter a container app name
4. Set deployment source to Container image

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3. Container Apps environment

1. Select region (same as database)
2. For a simple setup, leave the managed environment
3. For complex setups, configure your environment manually

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4. Container tab and finalization

1. Select Use quickstart image (we will configure the proper image later)
2. Skip bindings and tags
3. Go to Review and Create
4. Review your settings and click Create to deploy your container app

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5. Configuring Container Apps

Once deployed, open the newly created Container App:

1. From the left menu, go to Overview and copy the URL
2. Important: Remember the URL
3. Open the Containers menu and click Edit and Deploy
4. In the Container tab, Container Images section, select the image and click Edit

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Properties tab

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Environment variables tab

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Health probes tab

Enable all 3 probes (Liveness, Readiness, Startup) with these values:

1. Click Save and close the side drawer

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Scale tab

1. Set min replicas: 1 (or 2 for production)
2. Set max replicas: 2 (or higher for production)
3. Click Create

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6. Finalize

1. Monitor status in the Revisions and Replicas menu
2. Upon successful deployment, open the Application URL link in the Overview menu