Spring boot REST webservice returns 404 when deplo

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I just created a spring boot rest webservice using the following tutorial: https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/

The application is supposed to return a JSON response upon visting http://localhost:8080/greeting

It runs fine locally. However, upon deployment to azure it doesn't give me any response, just a blank screen. When i inspect the page, it says under network there is a 404 error.

Am i missing something?

EDIT:

I solved the issue by adding a web.config file in the /wwwroot folder.