I want to publish an app but it is asking for https ? Do I neeed to purchase the certificate

Hi ,

Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

If you are publishing your app in Azure app service, you do not need to purchase an SSL certificate. Azure automatically provides a free HTTPS certificate for the default domain (*.azurewebsites.net).

If you are using a custom domain (like myapp.com), you can either:

1. Use the free Azure App Service Managed Certificate (recommended), (or) Upload your own purchased certificate from a provider (only if you need advanced options).

If your app is hosted in Azure App Configuration, HTTPS is mandatory but already managed by Azure, you do not need to configure or buy any certificate.

If you are hosting on a VM, container, or onpremises, you must configure HTTPS yourself. In that case, you can get a free certificate from Let’s Encrypt or use Azure Front Door / Application Gateway to manage HTTPS for you.

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