This document discusses setting up a DevOps pipeline for Azure Functions using Visual Studio 2017 and VSTS. It describes developing Azure Functions locally in Visual Studio 2017, provisioning infrastructure using ARM templates, running integration tests with Postman via a VSTS pipeline, and monitoring functions with Application Insights. Links are provided to blog posts with more details on continuous delivery, infrastructure provisioning, integration testing, the DevOps pipeline, and monitoring.

1. Azure Function DevOps
pipeline
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2. Mikael Krief
DevOps Technical Manager
At Cellenza
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mikael.krief@cellenza.com

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4. 1 Azure Function development with VS 2017
4
Azures Function Integration Tests
2 Infrastructure provisioning
3
DevOps pipeline in VSTS
5 Azure Function Monitoring

5. Development Tools for Azure Function
 Directly in Azure portal
 In Visual Studio Code
 With Visual Studio 2017

6. Azure Function development with VS 2017 15.3
 Integrated since VS 2017 15.3
 Precompiled Azure Function
 Local debuging
 Classical Units tests project
integration

7. Infrastructure provisioning
 Export ARM Templates from Azure
portal
 Easy and native integration in VSTS
pipeline

8. Integration tests with Potman
 Postman, powerfull tool for API
testing
 Export the collection and the
environnements
 Use variables
 Command line tool with Newman
npm package

9. VSTS DevOps pipeline : Build definition
 Build the Azure Function project
 Execute unit tests and publish the result
in build execution summary
 Zip the result of the compilation of the
Azure Function project
 Publish in artefacts: the zip of the Azure
Function, the ARM templates json files
and the Postman json files

10. VSTS DevOps pipeline : Release definition
 Provision and configure the Azure
Function infrastructure with ARM
templates
 Deploy the Azure Function inside slot for
integration tests
 Run Integration tests with Newman tool
and publish the result in release summary
 Deploy the Azure Function in production
slot

11. Monitore our Azure Function
 Native integration with Azure
Application Insights with only 1
app settings
 Use Application Insights SDK for
send and monitor custom
telemetry

12. For more details…
Our blog posts serie about this Azure Function:
Azure Functions – Prepare for continuous delivery :
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalmrangers/2017/09/06/azure-functions-prepare-for-continuous-delivery/
Azure Function – Provisioning and configuring our Azure Function infrastructure
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalmrangers/2017/09/12/azure-function-provisioning-and-configuring-our-
azure-function-infrastructure/
Azure Function – Integration tests automation
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalmrangers/2017/09/24/azure-function-integration-tests-automation/
Azure Functions – CI / CD DevOps Pipeline
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalmrangers/2017/10/04/azure-function-ci-cd-devops-pipeline/
Azure Functions – Integrating monitoring with Application Insights
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudioalmrangers/2017/10/10/azure-function-integrating-monitoring-with-
application-insights/