Enable SSH in Azure Webapp Container
This article will help you enable ssh in Azure Webapp container.
- Create a file called "init.sh" at the same location where your Dockerfile is and add below content to it.
#!/bin/bash
set -e
echo "Starting SSH ..."
service ssh start
exec "$@"
- Create a file called "sshd_config", this file will have basic SSH configuration and port for SSH
and add below content.
Port 2222
ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
LoginGraceTime 180
X11Forwarding yes
Ciphers aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,aes256-cbc,aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
MACs hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96
StrictModes yes
SyslogFacility DAEMON
PasswordAuthentication yes
PermitEmptyPasswords no
PermitRootLogin yes
Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
- Install OpenSSH service, add below lines in Dockerfile.
# Install and Run SSH
ENV SSH_PASSWD "root:Docker!"
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y dialog \
&& apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y openssh-server \
&& echo "$SSH_PASSWD" | chpasswd
COPY ./sshd_config /etc/ssh/
COPY ./init.sh /usr/local/bin/
RUN chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/init.sh
ENTRYPOINT ["init.sh"]
- Build Docker image and deploy it on Azure webapp, to validate SSH navigate to Azure Portal.
Login into your Azure Portal–> Navigate to App services–> Enter into your deployed App service–>
Click on SSH(from the side pane)–> Click on Go
It will open another tab in browser and login to container.
