Where to find the IP address for a Windows Azure preview web site

Question

For a web site published using the Quick Create feature of the new Windows Azure preview portal, how do I get the IP address to create the A records for the DNS entry for the site? The help says, "You can discover this IP address from within the Windows Azure Management Portal." But I can't find said address anywhere. Can I just ping the mysite.azurewebsites.net address?

Answer 1

When you create a Windows Azure Website (shared) in Windows Azure Preview Portal, the website is created as a shared website which is part of hundred other websites on a Windows Server Farm. With Windows Azure Website (shared), you can not set custom domain name for your website. That's why you don't see a IP address listed to this website at preview portal.

Once you change the Windows Azure website to "reserved" mode then website will run on its own Virtual machine (it will not be free and you will be charged 1/3 during preview mode) then you can set CNAME settings for your website.

Finally the help link you suggested above is related with web/worker role as well as for reserved websites.