Deployment

Deploying the Contoso Sales Assistant is a simple process using azd.

Open the project in Visual Studio Code

1. Open the project in a VS Code dev container as outlined in Development.
2. Open a terminal in VS Code by selecting Terminal > New Terminal from the top menu.

3. Create a Chainlit Auth Secret. This secret is used to authenticate with the Chainlit API. Run the following command:

   chainlit create-secret
   

   Copy the secret to the clipboard as you'll need it in the next step.

4. Authenticate with your Azure account with az login --use-device-code.

5. Run the following command to deploy the Contoso Sales Assistant to Azure:

   azd up
   

   You'll be prompted for the following information:

   1. Name the environment (e.g. contoso sales assistant).
   2. Select your subscription.
   3. Select the desired location. As at November 2024, the list of locations is limited to those location that support gpt-4o version 2024-08-06.
   4. Enter the chainlitAuthSecret you created above.
   5. Enter the literalApiKey. For information on how to create a Literal AI API key the Developer notes.

   The deployment will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

Access the Contoso Sales Assistant

Once the deployment is complete, you'll need the app url and password to access the Contoso Sales Assistant.

1. From VS Code, navigate to the .azure folder in the project.
2. Expand the contoso-sales-assistant resource group and open the .env file.
3. Copy the SERVICE_ACA_URI and assistantPassword values to access the Contoso Sales Assistant.
4. Open a browser and navigate to the SERVICE_ACA_URI and append /sales to the URL.
5. You'll be prompted for email address and password. Enter the email address sales@contoso.com and the assistantPassword value you copied above.
6. You'll be redirected to the Contoso Sales Assistant. Now you can interact with the assistant to get sales information. Follow the Conversation guide for sample questions you can ask.