how do I mount an azure webb app folder on VM, I've a webb App and a Virtual Machine and I need to mount the web app files and folders to my VM.
If it’s a local VM, you cannot mount the drive. However, you have ways to copy files/folders to and from Azure App Service.
You could use an FTP app or Kudu service.
Based on the WebApp App Service Plan the volume of the storage varies. You could use Kudu console (https://yoursite.scm.azurewebsites.net) to manage the files- it gives you both command line and file browser access to your sites, all from the comfort of a web browser.
Every Azure WebApp has a home directory stored/backed by Azure Storage. It is owned by Azure WebApp Service and cannot be chosen currently; however, you could select storage account for Azure WebApp Diagnostic logs.
Additionally, one of the unique aspects of App Service that makes app deployment and maintenance straightforward is that all user content is stored on a set of UNC shares. This model maps well to the common pattern of content storage used by on-premises web hosting environments that have multiple load-balanced servers.
Within App Service, there is a number of UNC shares created in each datacenter. A percentage of the user content for all customers in each data center is allocated to each UNC share. Furthermore, all of the file content for a single customer's subscription is always placed on the same UNC share.
Also, mapping Azure File Share isn't supported on Azure App Service:
https://feedback.azure.com/forums/169385-web-apps-formerly-websites/suggestions/6084609-allow-map-azure-file-share-microsoft-azure-file-s
it's impossibe,
you must use one of the five Azure auto deploy option, (Github, Bitbuket etc ..)
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We have created an ASP.Net Web API project and deployed it into the Azure App service. We have an Azure storage account and File Shares.
Can we mount this File share to App Service?
In the Web App left menu, click on Configuration and then, on the Path Mappings tab. Click on New Storage Mount. You can mount Blob and Files storage.
In Azure I have 2 load balanced VMs with an IIS shared config. These are linked to a premium storage account. All up and running. I have persisted the premium fileshare to both VMs as a drive (S).
The wwwroot is on the storage account, along with the IIS config files.
The app pool is set up as the storage account password so I have access the the share.
All good up to this point.
My issue is that the app also needs to see data on another fileshare. (general fileshare, not premium). This will be used for storage and Archive.
The problem is that the IIS app pool is configured with the creds for the premium storage and fails when trying to also use the general storage.
Can this be done?
Is there a way to link to both fileshares in IIS or should I be looking somewhere else?
Thanks
Colin
Is this even possible? I have a couple web apps and a couple of Azure Functions running under the same App Service Plan. I'd like to (ideally) have them use a specific Storage plan, so I can keep everything in one place. I envision them in different containers under the same plan.
If that's not possible...then where are the files? Are they on the storage that's built into the App Service Plan itself? If so, can I connect to this somehow, so I can manage the files through something like Storage Explorer?
Today when playing with the Azure Az Powershell tool I found I was able to provision a Function App without a Azure Storage back-end. This cannot be done via the UI. An easy way to provision a Function App with a storage account backend is by leveraging the Azure UI for provisioning.
When a Function App is provisioned via command line, the bits seem to be stored within the function app itself. There is an FTP URL given if you download the publish profile. The files can be read and written to using an FTP tool like WinSCP (as alternative to Kudu)
I'd like to (ideally) have them use a specific Storage plan, so I can keep everything in one place. I envision them in different containers under the same plan. If that's not possible...then where are the files?
Every Azure Web App has a home directory stored/backed by Azure Storage. More detail info please refer to Azure WebApp sandbox. It is owned by Azure WebApp Service, we are not able to choose Azure Storage to setup WebApp by ourselves currently. But we could config storage account for Azure WebApp Diagnostic logs.
Are they on the storage that's built into the App Service Plan itself? If so, can I connect to this somehow, so I can manage the files through something like Storage Explorer?
Different WebApp Service Plan has different volume of the storage. We could use Kudu tool (https://yoursite.scm.azurewebsites.net) to manage the files. More detail info about Kudu please refer to the document.
Update:
We could access the home directory with the Kudu tool. More details please refer to the snapshoot
Where can I find the file share associated with the App Service?
I can view the files from Kudo console, but I don't see the share on my Storage Account using either the portal or Storage Explorer.
While the files are backed by a storage account, it is in a platform account and not one of your own accounts. That's why you cannot see the files in storage explorer. It's also why you can create a Web App without specifying a storage account.
One exception is for Azure Functions on Consumption plan, where the user storage account is used, and you'd see the Azure Files in storage explorer.
My Azure API app uses the new Windows File storage API.
In the startup on my Azure API app I need to map to a UNC path. The 3rd party application we integrate with needs to reference a local/UNC path for files.
In doing so I am getting a Error: ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
Is it possible to map a UNC path to Azure File Store in a Web/API app?
If so - is it possible to run the app pool under an elevated account?
Or can I map this drive before using a different account somehow?
Its possible to add a UNC path to an Azure File.
You may getting an access denied due to different user contexts between file share creation and access. Please check out the Persist your storage account credentials for the virtual machine section in this article: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-dotnet-how-to-use-files/
Additionally, you could use canned user (storage account name, key) credentials to run the app pool.