diff --git a/app/azure/models/container_group.js b/app/azure/models/container_group.js
index bab1de3b9..af2871c92 100644
--- a/app/azure/models/container_group.js
+++ b/app/azure/models/container_group.js
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ export function CreateContainerGroupRequest(model) {
   var addressPorts = [];
   for (var i = 0; i < model.Ports.length; i++) {
     var binding = model.Ports[i];
+    if (!binding.container || !binding.host) {
+      continue;
+    }
 
     containerPorts.push({
       port: binding.container,
diff --git a/app/azure/views/containerinstances/create/createContainerInstanceController.js b/app/azure/views/containerinstances/create/createContainerInstanceController.js
index 7c2774946..cc42380d5 100644
--- a/app/azure/views/containerinstances/create/createContainerInstanceController.js
+++ b/app/azure/views/containerinstances/create/createContainerInstanceController.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ angular.module('portainer.azure').controller('AzureCreateContainerInstanceContro
       actionInProgress: false,
       selectedSubscription: null,
       selectedResourceGroup: null,
+      formValidationError: '',
     };
 
     $scope.changeSubscription = function () {
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ angular.module('portainer.azure').controller('AzureCreateContainerInstanceContro
       var subscriptionId = $scope.state.selectedSubscription.Id;
       var resourceGroupName = $scope.state.selectedResourceGroup.Name;
 
+      $scope.state.formValidationError = validateForm(model);
+      if ($scope.state.formValidationError) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
       $scope.state.actionInProgress = true;
       AzureService.createContainerGroup(model, subscriptionId, resourceGroupName)
         .then(function success() {
@@ -41,6 +47,7 @@ angular.module('portainer.azure').controller('AzureCreateContainerInstanceContro
           $state.go('azure.containerinstances');
         })
         .catch(function error(err) {
+          err = err.data ? err.data.error : err;
           Notifications.error('Failure', err, 'Unable to create container');
         })
         .finally(function final() {
@@ -48,6 +55,14 @@ angular.module('portainer.azure').controller('AzureCreateContainerInstanceContro
         });
     };
 
+    function validateForm(model) {
+      if (!model.Ports || !model.Ports.length || model.Ports.every((port) => !port.host || !port.container)) {
+        return 'At least one port binding is required';
+      }
+
+      return null;
+    }
+
     function updateResourceGroupsAndLocations(subscription, resourceGroups, providers) {
       $scope.state.selectedResourceGroup = resourceGroups[subscription.Id][0];
       $scope.resourceGroups = resourceGroups[subscription.Id];
diff --git a/app/azure/views/containerinstances/create/createcontainerinstance.html b/app/azure/views/containerinstances/create/createcontainerinstance.html
index 2e73b0638..477fb845a 100644
--- a/app/azure/views/containerinstances/create/createcontainerinstance.html
+++ b/app/azure/views/containerinstances/create/createcontainerinstance.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <div class="col-sm-12">
     <rd-widget>
       <rd-widget-body>
-        <form class="form-horizontal" autocomplete="off">
+        <form class="form-horizontal" autocomplete="off" name="aciForm">
           <div class="col-sm-12 form-section-title">
             Azure settings
           </div>
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@
           <div class="form-group">
             <label for="container_name" class="col-sm-1 control-label text-left">Name</label>
             <div class="col-sm-11">
-              <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="model.Name" name="container_name" placeholder="e.g. myContainer" />
+              <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="model.Name" name="container_name" placeholder="e.g. myContainer" required />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="form-group" ng-show="aciForm.container_name.$invalid">
+            <div class="col-sm-12 small text-warning">
+              <div ng-messages="aciForm.container_name.$error">
+                <p ng-message="required"> <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i> Name is required. </p>
+              </div>
             </div>
           </div>
           <!-- !name-input -->
@@ -61,7 +68,14 @@
           <div class="form-group">
             <label for="image_name" class="col-sm-1 control-label text-left">Image</label>
             <div class="col-sm-11">
-              <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="model.Image" name="image_name" placeholder="e.g. nginx:alpine" />
+              <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="model.Image" name="image_name" placeholder="e.g. nginx:alpine" required />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="form-group" ng-show="aciForm.image_name.$invalid">
+            <div class="col-sm-12 small text-warning">
+              <div ng-messages="aciForm.image_name.$error">
+                <p ng-message="required"> <i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle" aria-hidden="true"></i> Image is required. </p>
+              </div>
             </div>
           </div>
           <!-- !image-input -->
@@ -153,6 +167,7 @@
                 <span ng-hide="state.actionInProgress">Deploy the container</span>
                 <span ng-show="state.actionInProgress">Deployment in progress...</span>
               </button>
+              <span class="text-danger" ng-if="state.formValidationError" style="margin-left: 5px;">{{ state.formValidationError }}</span>
             </div>
           </div>
           <!-- !actions -->