Hosting, Securing, and Testing Fortune Cookie in the Cloud

In the previous chapter, the built-in Node.js server in Dialogflow was used to create a Fortune Cookie Webhook that responds to the user inquiries. In this chapter, you will learn how to deploy Node.js webhook code to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Traditionally, to build a server to deploy web application code required extensive knowledge of networking and server hardware. However, Microsoft Azure makes it very easy to build a virtual server with a click of a button, bypassing the need to build a physical server and set up complex networking. This chapter will cover various Microsoft Azure offerings in order to deploy Node.js code and, even as a novice, you will be able to perform complex network administrator tasks as if you were an expert. Learning how to use Microsoft Azure will give you a taste of what it's like...