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FTP Access to a Single Azure Web App

Tags: azure, azure-web-apps, ftp

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 6:45:23 PM

We want to give FTP access to a single Azure Web App but the standard Azure Web App password works for all of the Web Apps.

The solution is to distinguish deployment credentials from publish profiles.

Deployment credentials

  • Are for all web apps.
  • To change this, go to the Web App in the new portal > settings > deployment credentials.

Publish profiles

  • Are for a specific web app.
  • To view the credentials, go to the Web App in the new portal > Get public profile. In the downloaded file, find the publish profile that has the FTP publish method. You will need the publishUrl, userName, and userPWD.
  • To change this, go to the Web App in the new portal > … > Reset public profile.