Bot Framework Composer includes scripts and instructions on how to publish bots created in Composer to Azure Bot Service. To publish a bot, you will need to use Az CLI tool and Bot Framework LuBuild tools.
- A subscription to Microsoft Azure
- To install Az CLI, follow Install the Azure CLI instructions
- To install PowerShell 6.0, follow Install PowerShell 6.0 instructions
- To install LuBuild, run the following command
npm install -g https://botbuilder.myget.org/F/botbuilder-declarative/npm/lubuild/-/1.0.3-preview.tgz
Click on the Setting icon (it is the wheel icon at the bottom of the navigation pane), and select Publish.
The Deploy your bot to Azure page provides guidance on which scripts to execute to:
- Create Azure Resources provides scripts to create all the Azure resources requried for your bot;
- Deploy Bot to Azure provides scripts to publish your bot to Azure.
- If you have not created Azure resources yet, you should click Create Azure Resources, fill in the requried field (all of them) and click on Next.
- Composer provides you with the specific instructions requried to run in Command Line Interface. Click on Copy to Clipboard for the scripts to create the resources.
- Open a CLI window, paste the scripts copied from step #2 and execute it. Note that it will take more than 5 minutes for the provisioning process to complete. When the process completes with success, you should be able to see the following in the terminal. Click Next in the wizard.
- Now you have created required resources, you should proceed to publish your bot to Azure. Copy the scripts in the new pop-up window, paste and execute it in the terminal. When the process completes with success, you should be able to see the following in the terminal. Click Done in the wizard.
- Open the Azure portal, find your newly published bot and test it in Web Chat. You can also connect the emulator to your bot for testing and debugging.
