Create awesome Azure Functions with PowerShell
- 1. Create Awesome Azure Functions with PowerShell Jaap Brasser @jaap_brasser
- 2. • Technical Marketing Engineer at Rubrik • PowerShell Conference EU/Asia • Dutch PowerShell User Group • Speaker / Blogger / Tech Enthusiast • PowerShell Gallery • TechNet / MSTechCommunity @jaap_brasser jaapbrasser.com/about
- 3. Agenda What are Azure Functions How do they work? What can we do with PowerShell Demos Questions
- 8. Advantages of Azure Functions Pay for what you use No Infrastructure to manage No maintenance of servers Can be placed in existing subscriptions Simplify code writing
- 9. What are we solving? Using our scripting skills in the cloud Re-using existing code / scripts Faster deployment Less maintenance
- 11. Demo Summary •Triggers available •Scenarios available •Experimental flag •How to create Azure Function •Delete Azure Function
- 12. PowerShell language support is still experimental
- 14. Demo Summary •Create PowerShell function •Used cron notation
- 16. Demo Summary • Which PowerShell version • What variables are defined • Saw the variables & files • Reconfigured function.json • Used Invoke-RestMethod to run
- 17. Error handling
- 19. Demo Summary •Had our function fail •Looked at different error logs •Fixed the code based on output
- 20. Which tools?
- 21. PowerShell best practices Develop code in proper tools Use source control Run script analyzer for coding practices Keep your code simple Write tests
- 23. Durable Functions Open source on GitHub Task orchestration Extension of Azure Functions github.com/Azure/durabletask No experimental languages
- 24. Summary Use existing PowerShell skills Develop serverless code Interact with other services Free tier functions.azure.com
- 25. Questions?