| title | Create a Container Apps environment in the Azure portal |
|---|---|
| description | Learn to create an environment with specialized hardware profiles in the Azure portal. |
| services | container-apps |
| author | craigshoemaker |
| ms.service | azure-container-apps |
| ms.topic | how-to |
| ms.date | 06/16/2025 |
| ms.author | cshoe |
| ms.custom | references_regions |
Learn to manage workload profiles in your Container Apps environment in the Azure portal.
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Open the Azure portal.
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Search for Container Apps in the search bar, and select Container Apps.
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Select Create.
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Create a new container app and environment.
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Enter the following values to create your new container app.
Property Value Subscription Select your subscription Resource group Select or create a resource group Container app name Enter your container app name Region Select your region. Container Apps Environment Select Create New. -
Configure the new environment.
:::image type="content" source="media/workload-profiles/azure-container-apps-workload-profiles-environment-v2.png" alt-text="Screenshot of create an Azure Container Apps workload profiles environment window.":::
To create your environment, enter the following values:
Property Value Environment name Enter an environment name. Select the new Workload profiles tab at the top of this section.
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Select the Add workload profile button.
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For Workload profile name, enter a name.
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Next to Workload profile size, select Choose size.
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In the Select a workload profile size window, select a profile from the list.
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General purpose profiles offer a balanced mix cores vs memory for most applications.
Memory optimized profiles offer specialized hardware with increased memory capabilities.
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Select the Select button.
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For the Autoscaling instance count range, select the minimum and maximum number of instances you want available to this workload profile.
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Select Add.
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Select Create.
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Select Review + Create and wait as Azure validates your configuration options.
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Select Create to create your container app and environment.
Add a new workload profile to an existing environment.
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Under the Settings section, select Workload profiles.
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Select Add.
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For Workload profile name, enter a name.
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Next to Workload profile size, select Choose size.
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In the Select a workload profile size window, select a profile from the list.
General purpose profiles offer a balanced mix cores vs memory for most applications.
Memory optimized profiles offer specialized hardware with increased memory or compute capabilities.
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Select the Select button.
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For the Autoscaling instance count range, select the minimum and maximum number of instances you want available to this workload profile.
:::image type="content" source="media/workload-profiles/azure-container-apps-workload-profile-slider.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the window to select the minimum and maximum instances for a workload profile.":::
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Select Add.
Under the Settings section, select Workload profiles.
From this window, you can:
- Adjust the minimum and maximum number of instances available to a profile
- Add new profiles
- Delete existing profiles (except for the consumption profile)
Under the Settings section, select Workload profiles. From this window, you select a profile to delete.
Note
The Consumption workload profile can’t be deleted.
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