Quickly setup a cheap custom SSL website using Azure storage, static websites and CDN
When testing my Verifiable Credentials (MS Entra Verified ID) tenants, I typically need a website to host the did-configuration.json and, when using did:web, a did.json file. Since these files need SSL access I can’t use azure BLOB storage.
What I end up using, and is very cheap (pennies on a dollar), is Azure Static websites, and an Azure CDN with a custom domain. These are the steps to set it up: