🚀 My Hands-On Experience Deploying Applications on Azure cloud

Tufail Mohammed — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:51:09 +0000

Recently I completed two practical Azure projects that helped me understand how real-world cloud infrastructure and application deployments work.

Instead of only learning theory, I built the architecture step by step using Microsoft Azure, Linux, and web technologies.

🧱 Project 1: Three-Tier Architecture with Load Balancer

In this project, I designed a simple three-tier network architecture.

Network Design

VNet: 10.0.0.0/16
Web Subnet: 10.0.1.0/24
App Subnet: 10.0.2.0/25
DB Subnet: 10.0.3.0/26

This separation helps improve security, scalability, and network organization.

I deployed a web server VM running NGINX and placed it behind an Azure Load Balancer.

The load balancer handled:

Frontend public IP
Backend pool with the VM
Health probe on port 80
Load balancing rule for HTTP traffic

When I accessed the Load Balancer IP, it correctly routed traffic to the NGINX server.

⚛️ Project 2: Deploying a React App on an Azure VM

The second project focused on deploying a frontend application in a production-style setup.

I provisioned an Ubuntu VM and installed the required tools:

Node.js
npm
Git
NGINX

Then I cloned the React repository and built the application:

git clone https://github.com/pravinmishraaws/my-react-app.git
npm install
npm run build

The production build was served using NGINX with proper SPA routing configuration.

After deployment, the application was accessible directly through the VM’s public IP.

💡 Key Things I Learned

Through these projects I gained hands-on experience with:

Azure Virtual Networks and subnet design
Network Security Groups
Load balancing concepts
Deploying React apps on Linux servers
Using NGINX to serve production builds

🏁 Final Thoughts

These projects helped me understand how cloud networking and application deployment work together in real environments.

Next, I’m planning to explore:

Docker containerization
CI/CD pipelines
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

If you're also learning Cloud or DevOps, hands-on projects like these are one of the best ways to build real skills. 🚀

P.S. This post is part of the DevOps Micro Internship (DMI) Cohort 2 by Pravin Mishra. You can start your DevOps journey by joining this Discord community (https://lnkd.in/gmpZfEZC)

🚀 Deploying a Static Website on Nginx (Beginner DevOps Project)

Tufail Mohammed — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:26:42 +0000

As part of my DevOps learning journey, I successfully deployed a static website on an Ubuntu VM using Nginx. This project helped me understand real-world web hosting fundamentals.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Ubuntu Linux 🐧

Nginx 🌐

HTML, CSS, Images 🎨

🔧 What I Did

Installed and enabled Nginx

Deployed website files to /var/www/html

Set correct permissions and ownership

Validated configuration and service health

sudo nginx -t
curl -I http://

A 200 OK response ✅ confirmed the site was live.

🔍 DevOps Checks

Verified access and error logs 📄

Ensured Nginx starts on boot 🔁

Confirmed availability after restarts

📌 Key Takeaways

Nginx is fast and reliable for static content ⚡

Linux permissions directly impact deployments 🔐

Logs and HTTP codes are essential for troubleshooting 🧠