title: Azure Error 403 this site is stopped
body: <p>I have a asp.net mvc5 site running off a azure website, its running off a D1 shared infrastructure. </p>
  
  <p>In the last couple of days I've had a few issues when deploying to it. Its at times been unable to deploy. (i've hashed out my site name)</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error 26  Web deployment task failed. (Could not connect to the remote
    computer ("#####.scm.azurewebsites.net") using the specified process
    ("Web Management Service") because the server did not respond. Make
    sure that the process ("Web Management Service") is started on the
    remote computer.  Learn more at:
    <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_COULD_NOT_CONNECT_TO_REMOTESVC">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_COULD_NOT_CONNECT_TO_REMOTESVC</a>.)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>And now when I deploy I'm getting </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error 403 - This web app is stopped.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>. When I look in the azure portal it says the site is running and I cannot see anything in the ftp logfiles\http\rawlogs\ which would indicate this issue. i.e. I can just see 200 responses from then the site was last responding.</p>
  
  <p>Restarting the site via the portal doesnt seem to make a difference. </p>
  
  <p>How can i diagnose the cause of this problem? and is it possible that it could be related to any changes i have made to my application rather than a server infrastructure issue?</p>