I m a little new to Azure.
Issue is I m developing Azure Functions and some times I have to work locally (code/ test etc) and other times on Azure. Every time I switch I have to compare and change app settings manually.
Is there a way I can avoid it ? Something where if I run locally I may get latest from server without manual and when I go to server Azure may be aware of my changes ?
Thanks
Yes, use the Azure Functions Core Tools —
Usage: func azure functionapp <action> [-/--options]
fetch-app-settings Retrieve App Settings from your Azure-hosted
Function App and store locally Aliases:
fetch-app-settings, fetch
and
Usage: func azure functionapp <action> [-/--options]
publish Publish the current directory contents to an
Azure Function App. Locally deleted files
are not removed from destination.
<FunctionAppName> Function App name
--publish-local-settings [-i] Updates App Settings for the
function app in Azure during deployment.
--publish-settings-only [-o] Only publish settings and skip the
content. Default is prompt.
--overwrite-settings [-y] Only to be used in conjunction with -i or -o.
Overwrites AppSettings in Azure with local
value if different. Default is prompt.
There's also encryption for the local file if you feel a little adventurous —
run func settings to get usage.
Related
We had a Azure Function with Timer Trigger which was develop using function version 3.0 and .NET 3.1. This function is running on Windows App Service Plan on Azure. So, I have upgraded it to function version 4.0 and .NET 6.0 using below steps:
Upgrade your local project
The following changes are required in the .csproj XML project file:
Change the value of PropertyGroup.TargetFramework to net6.0.
Change the value of PropertyGroup.AzureFunctionsVersion to v4.
Replace the existing ItemGroup.PackageReference list with the following ItemGroup:
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After you make these changes, your updated project should look like the following example:
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Upgrade the local.settings.json file
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Run the function app locally and verify the functionality.
Upgrade your function app in Azure
Run below command to set the FUNCTIONS_EXTENSION_VERSION application setting to ~4 on your function app in Azure.
az functionapp config appsettings set --settings FUNCTIONS_EXTENSION_VERSION=~4 -g <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME> -n <APP_NAME>
Change the .NET version of the function app. If you're function app is hosted on Windows, run below command.
az functionapp config set --net-framework-version v6.0 -g <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME> -n <APP_NAME>
However, I cannot test or see the function.json file from Azure Portal.
I have taken the .NET 3.1 Azure Function Project with Timer Trigger in the VS 2022 IDE:
Published the .NET Core 3.1 Azure Functions Project to Azure Function App in the Azure Portal and then changed the FUNCTIONS_EXTENSION_VERSION to 4 using Azure CLI Command by following this MS Doc:
Running locally after migration to V4-.NET 6:
Then, deployed the migrated project to the Azure Function App and tested as shown below:
I was able to find the reason for the issue by running "Diagnose and solve problems" from Azure portal.
The issue was related to the function name. My function name length was more than 32 characters long. By default, the Host ID is auto-generated from the Function App name, by taking the first 32 characters. If you have multiple Function Apps sharing a single storage account and they're each using the same Host ID (generated or explicit), that can result in a Host ID collision. For example, if you have multiple apps with names longer than 32 characters their computed IDs may be the same. Consider two Function Apps with names myfunctionappwithareallylongname-eastus-production and
myfunctionappwithareallylongname-westus-production
that are sharing the same storage account. The first 32 characters of these names are the same, resulting in the same Host ID myfunctionappwithareallylongname being generated for each(Please refer https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-host/wiki/Host-IDs#host-id-collisions for more information).
So, to solve the issue, I just rename the function name on Azure.
Recently I am trying to use:
func azure functionapp publish WebAppName --publish-local-settings -i
to publish local.settings.json to a web app (actually an Azure function) but I get this error message:
Unable to find project root. Expecting to find one of host.json in project root.
I have logged in to Azure with az login but it looks like I need to get into the folder where I have deployed the Azure function where all those json files are.
A little background, we are using Octopus Deploy to deploy to an Azure function. After the deployment, we want to add a step so that the local.setting.json will be used to populate app settings.
So how do we change the current folder to be in the Azure function root where all those json files are?
Thanks a lot in advance!
You need to go to your local function project folder to run the command, for example, my function project is under MyFunctionProj folder.
Execute the command
func azure functionapp publish tonyfunc --publish-local-settings -i --publish-settings-only
By the way, if you just want to update the settings, you need add --publish-settings-only parameter.
Reference:
Core Tools development
I have several Azure Functions Apps (c#, javascript and python) and after some time they were all randomly set to Read Only mode. The strange thing is that only one of these 3 function apps were updated before this happened. I know that this is not necessarily a problem, but I want to be able to make edits from the portal.
I can't open App Service Editor
I can't set the app to Read/Write from Function App Settings -> Function app edit mode
I also tried using "func azure functionapp publish myAzFuncAppName --nozip", but with the same result
Of course. Please notice that if the function is 'deployed' to Azure, what will be deployed is the compiled file.
For example, if you deploy C# function app, what will be deployed is the dll file. So this is why it is readonly.
Changes to the code should be done before compiling them into corresponding 'cannot be edited' files, which requires special attention.
But for the modification of the declarative part and the configuration part of the function, this is possible, the specific steps are as follows:
Declarative part:
Then click Debug Console > cmd:
Go to site\wwwroot[yourfunctionname], and there will be a function.json.
Click the 'pen' to edit and don't forget to save.
Configuration part:
You can change the settings from Azure Portal or by editing the application settings. FUNCTION_APP_EDIT_MODE allows values readwrite and readonly, a
Just deleted the Azure Function App, created a new one, transferred the code in the new one and deployed -> still read only, but now I was able to open "App Service Editor" and remove "generated by..." from function.json and then set "Read/Write" from Function App Settings -> Function app edit mode.
Still... I can't see/edit the code of the function, only of function.json and if I redeploy using Azure extensions of Visual Code or powershell with --nozip attribute, the "generated bla bla" appears again :(
When the application runs from package, the files are loaded from that package. Hence those files are not editable.
You need to set WEBSITE_RUN_FROM_PACKAGE : 0 in app settings and redeploy the application again to make the function app editable.
refer https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/972d843c-8bdc-4cfc-9c6d-263df196d37c/azure-function-app-readonly-mode?forum=AzureFunctions
UPDATED:
You can deploy functionapp through command line from visual studio code. Try below command.
func azure functionapp publish --nozip
The nozip flag would set Run-From-Package mode off .
you can access other information regarding that command with func azure functionapp publish --help
So just started playing with Azure Functions, I have a new project with some appsettings in the local.settings.json file.
So this works on my local, but obviously when I deploy to Azure Functions, local.settings.json file isn't used.
Where are we supposed to specify our settings for an Azure Function?
Is there a azure.settings.json file? Or some sort of way to deploy an settings file during the deployment?
If you want to add settings, you could use the way provided by Matt, and if you want to deploy the Function to Azure with the settings in the local.settings.json, there is another way to implement it.
Install the Azure Functions Core Tools on the local, publish the Function with -publish-local-settings -i and if you are using the version 2 the --publish-settings-only -o could only publish settings and skip the content.
The below pic is a sample, you could find it will prompt to overwrite value in azure if setting is different between azure and local.settings.json.
Further more information, you could refer to this tutorial: Publish to Azure.
Just like an Azure App Service, and Azure Function has an Application Settings tab where you can configure these through the Azure Portal. To access these you go to: Your function app > Overview > Configured Features> Configuration, you can then add the settings that you need under the Application Settings tab.
Alternatively, if you would prefer configuring these through a CLI then that option is also available. The main documentation is here.
Edit
For a solution as part of your CI/CD you have two options (examples will use Azure DevOps and perform the action in the CD step):
PowerShell Task. You could add a Powershell (or any type of script that will talk to the Azure CLI for functions) script as part of your CD step. This post goes through the process step by step, the bit you are probably interested in is under "Deploying with Azure DevOps Release Pipeline". Essentially it is building up a collection of your appsetting keys and their values, then a call to Set-AzureRmWebApp the and pass in the collection to the -AppSettings flag as per these docs
Azure CLI task. Same as above but you could use the Azure CLI task along with the Inline script option to call the az functionapp config appsettings set command docs here. The --settings flag takes:
Space-separated app settings in a format of =.
So
az functionapp config appsettings set --name MyFunctionApp --resource-group MyResourceGroup --settings "settings1Key=settings1Value settings2Key=settings2value"
The Azure Functions for .NET template for CI (Build) and Deploy a function app to Azure Functions template for CD (Release) inside Azure DevOps will come in handy.
I m developing azure function from VS. I deploy time to time to Azure and test. My app has many settings in local.settings.json
Every time I change on one place have to do manually on every place. Is there a way to automate it or an easy way ?
thanks
You can sync settings between local and Azure with Func CLI:
func azure functionapp fetch-app-settings <name> to copy from Azure to local
func azure functionapp publish <name> --publish-settings-only to copy from local to Azure