How deeply does Microsoft Azure in Action cover $web folder?

Defines the required folder and document files, but stops short of explaining web-server rendering or dynamic content.

$web folder

As explained in Microsoft Azure in Action

The $web folder is the special Azure Blob Storage container whose contents are served when static website hosting is enabled for a storage account.

The $web folder is the special Azure Blob Storage container used by static website hosting. Put the site’s HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files there; otherwise Azure has nothing to serve. Static hosting serves static content only, not pages rendered by a web server. section 9.2.3 section 9.6

A minimal static website setup needs:

A $web folder containing the website files; Azure creates the folder if it does not already exist. section 9.2.3
An index document, such as index.html, for the home page. section 9.2.3
An error document, such as error.html, for missing pages or other errors. section 9.2.3

Enable hosting after uploading files

For a storage account named banningstorage, configure static website hosting with index.html as the home page and error.html as the error page: az storage blob service-properties update --account-name banningstorage --static-website --404-document error.html --index-document index.html section 9.2.3

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Related concepts

static siteused by · A static site is a website primarily devoted to presenting content through fixed or prebuilt pages rather than pages dynamically generated for each request.
storage accountpart of · A storage account is a top-level Azure resource that provides a namespace, access boundary, and configuration for storage services and their data.

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