This blog post is a quick walk-through and will show how to use let’s encrypt certificates with Azure WebApps. As prerequisites I assume that the following things are done:

• App Service and WebApp is already up and running
• App Service is at least B1 (pricing tier Basic 1)
• A custom domain is already configured

There are 3 main steps that I will describe in this post:

1. Add service account and application to Active Directory
2. Add the let’s encrypt site extension
3. Force https (optional)

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