Get an overview of parameters of Websites.xml

You can find Websites.xml in a deployment container.

[blob_storage]/[deployment_container]/Configuration/Websites.xml

Use this file to add websites to, and remove them from, a web role. The website to add must be uploaded to a dedicated website container in a blob storage.

When you add the information about the website uploaded to the blob storage (its name and its website container name), it gets down-synced to the web role of the deployment.

The following are parameters available for configuration in this file:

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Websites>
  <Website name="contoso" storename="contoso-website"/>
  <Website name="fabrikam" storename="fabrikam-website"/>
</Websites>