# Recommended setup for ShinyProxy in Azure

**URL:** <https://support.openanalytics.eu/t/recommended-setup-for-shinyproxy-in-azure/2951>\
**Category:** ShinyProxy\
**Created:** [July 12, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://support.openanalytics.eu/t/recommended-setup-for-shinyproxy-in-azure/2951 "2024-07-12T11:44:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kangaroo76](https://support.openanalytics.eu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@Kangaroo76](https://support.openanalytics.eu/u/Kangaroo76)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://support.openanalytics.eu/t/recommended-setup-for-shinyproxy-in-azure/2951/1 "2024-07-12T11:44:59Z")

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Hi all,

is there a recommended way to setup ShinyProxy in Azure?  
As there are several options (on a VM, Azure Container Apps, Azure App Services, etc.) I’m keen to know if there are recommendations / experiences available.

The app images are in a Azure Container registry already.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![tdekoninck](https://support.openanalytics.eu/user_avatar/support.openanalytics.eu/tdekoninck/32/1079_2.png) [@tdekoninck](https://support.openanalytics.eu/u/tdekoninck)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://support.openanalytics.eu/t/recommended-setup-for-shinyproxy-in-azure/2951/2 "2024-07-15T07:40:03Z")

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Hi

ShinyProxy needs access to either a Docker (Swarm) host or Kubernetes cluster. Therefore, the current options are to deploy a VM or a Azure Kubernetes service cluster. For small and simple setups we often use just a VM. If the setup needs to support many apps, users or advanced configuration we typically use a Kubernetes cluster, but this is more complex to set up.

We are looking into writing a container backend for Azure Container Instances (just like we did for AWS ECS), this would give some benefits of using a Kubernetes cluster without the complexity of Kubernetes. Feel free to reach out if you are interested in this.

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**Author:** ![Kangaroo76](https://support.openanalytics.eu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@Kangaroo76](https://support.openanalytics.eu/u/Kangaroo76)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://support.openanalytics.eu/t/recommended-setup-for-shinyproxy-in-azure/2951/3 "2024-07-15T09:32:14Z")

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Hi @tdekoninck ,

Thanks, that looks like I want to start with a deployed VM.

Still I’m very interested in the Container Instances solution as the amount of Apps and users is constantly growing and I don’t want to wrangle around with a Kubernetes setup too much.

Thanks again!