While struggling to get a plugin working on a DEV copy of the blog site, and responding to suggestions from the plugin developer on changes that could be implemented based on the log file error results – we did some fine tuning of the DEV website’s Azure App Service Application Settings. Since the DEV site worked well with the changes (but not the plugin yet – that’s another story to follow!) the changes were done on the PROD website too.
Application General Settings Before the fine tuning:
- PHP version = 5.6
- Platform = 64-bit
- Always On = Off
- ARR Affinity = Off
Update Process:
On the mirrored DEV site where all testing is done first, before any changes are made to the PROD site:
- First – make a new Back up copy of the website in Azure
- Do each change and Save individually
- > restart the website
- > navigate to the website front-end and test UI functionality
- > test connection to the WP back-end and test functionality
- Do next settings change and repeat the process
- When all changes have been successfully done and tested, then repeat the process for the PROD site
Changes Made:
- Upgrade PHP version from 5.6 to 7.2
- Set the Platform as 64 bit
- Set the site to ‘Always on‘
- Turn off the Affinity Cookie
On the DEV site, it was necessary to use Azure Resource Explorer ( Portal > Web App > Development > Resource Explorer) to turn off the ARR Affinity. For some unknown reason (to me!) the portal UI wouldn’t accept the change:
Resource Explorer > Data > Edit > scroll to /Microsoft.Web > sites > website > change “clientAffinityEnabled” attribute from true to false > PUT:
