Function App creation in Azure - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Function App creation

📖 Scenario: You are setting up a serverless function in Azure to run code in response to events without managing servers.

🎯 Goal: Create an Azure Function App with the required settings to deploy serverless functions.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a resource group variable

Define a storage account variable

Create the Function App with the correct configuration

Add the runtime stack setting to the Function App

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Azure Function Apps let developers run code without managing servers, useful for event-driven tasks like processing uploads or scheduled jobs.

💼 Career

Knowing how to configure and deploy Function Apps is essential for cloud engineers and developers working with serverless architectures.

1

Create resource group variable

Create a variable called resource_group and set it to the string "myResourceGroup".

Azure

# Create a variable called resource_group and set it to "myResourceGroup"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a simple assignment to create the variable resource_group.

2

Define storage account variable

Create a variable called storage_account and set it to the string "mystorageaccount".

Azure

resource_group = "myResourceGroup"
# Create a variable called storage_account and set it to "mystorageaccount"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Assign the exact string to the variable storage_account.

3

Create the Function App

Create a variable called function_app and set it to a dictionary with keys "name", "resource_group", and "storage_account". Use values "myFunctionApp", resource_group, and storage_account respectively.

Azure

resource_group = "myResourceGroup"
storage_account = "mystorageaccount"
# Create a dictionary called function_app with keys "name", "resource_group", and "storage_account"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a dictionary with the exact keys and values as specified.

4

Add runtime stack configuration

Add a key "runtime_stack" with value "python" to the function_app dictionary.

Azure

resource_group = "myResourceGroup"
storage_account = "mystorageaccount"
function_app = {
    "name": "myFunctionApp",
    "resource_group": resource_group,
    "storage_account": storage_account
}
# Add the key "runtime_stack" with value "python" to function_app
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Add the new key and value inside the existing dictionary.