Play Framework on Azure App Service

web.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <handlers>
      <add name="httpPlatformHandler" path="*" verb="*" modules="httpPlatformHandler" resourceType="Unspecified" />
    </handlers>
    <httpPlatform processPath="%HOME%\site\wwwroot\bin\play.bat"
      arguments="-Dhttp.port=%HTTP_PLATFORM_PORT% -Dconfig.file=%HOME%\site\wwwroot\conf\application.conf -Dlogger.resource=logback.xml -Dpidfile.path=/dev/null"
      startupRetryCount="1"
      stdoutLogEnabled="true"
      startupTimeLimit="60">
      <environmentVariables>
          <environmentVariable name="JAVA_OPTS" value="-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -server" />
      </environmentVariables>
    </httpPlatform>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Play Framework on Azure App Service

This is a typcial web.config file for running a Play Framework application on Azure App Service. Play can run natively, without the use of a application server such as Tomcat.