Azure Functions Not Working VS2017 - azure

Question

I've downloaded VS2017 Community Edition to try out Azure functions and I can't get it to work. I've searched many post on Stackoverflow and Azure functions Github pages but nowhere there seems to be a complete documentation about anything.
Here's what I have:
Azure function:
namespace FunctionApp1
{
public static class Function1
{
[FunctionName("Function1")]
public static void Run([ServiceBusTrigger("ngctestqueue", AccessRights.Manage, Connection = "Endpoint=sb://ngcservicebus.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey;SharedAccessKey=SERVICE_BUS_KEY")]string myQueueItem, TraceWriter log)
{
log.Info($"C# ServiceBus queue trigger function processed message: {myQueueItem}");
}
}
}
host.json
{
"disabled": false,
"bindings": [
{
"name": "myQueueItem",
"type": "serviceBusTrigger",
"direction": "in",
"queueName": "ngctestqueue",
"connection": "connection",
"accessRights": "manage"
}
]
}
local.settings.json
{
"IsEncrypted": false,
"Values": {
"AzureWebJobsStorage": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=ngctest2;AccountKey=STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KEY;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net",
"AzureWebJobsDashboard": "DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=ngctest2;AccountKey=STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KEY;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net",
"AzureWebJobsServiceBus": "Endpoint=sb://ngcservicebus.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey;SharedAccessKey=SERVICE_BUS_KEY",
"connection": "Endpoint=sb://ngcservicebus.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey;SharedAccessKey=SERVICE_BUS_KEY"
}
}
When I run the function via F5 locally, I get the following error:
Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host: Error indexing method 'Func
tion1.Run'. Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.ServiceBus: Microsoft Azure WebJobs SDK Serv
iceBus connection string 'AzureWebJobsEndpoint=sb://ngcservicebus.servicebus.win
dows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey;SharedAccessKey=SERVICE_BUS_KEY' is missing or empty.
My dev environment is as follows:
1) Windows 8.1 Pro
2) VS2017 Community 15.3.5
3) Azure Functions CLI 1.0.4
Any help would really be appreciated.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Connection property should be set to connection string name, not the value itself. The value will then be read from the config.
[ServiceBusTrigger("ngctestqueue", AccessRights.Manage, Connection = "AzureWebJobsServiceBus")]
You don't need to create host.json in local environment (it will be auto-generated by SDK).