Azure Functions:- Creating a PowerShell Function v2 using Azure CLI

Previously I had blogged about creating a PowerShell functions using v1 of Azure Functions but in recent updates; PowerShell Core 6 (Preview) is now supported in v2.

Want to run small snippets of code in the cloud?
Without the need to deploy adequate infrastructure to do so?

Azure Functions allow you to do so, with current supported languages in v2

C# (.NET Core 2.2)
JavaScript (Node 8 & 10)
F# (.NET Core 2.2)
Java (Java 8)
PowerShell (Core 6 Preview)
Python (3.6 Preview)

Functions can be ran numerous ways, a couple of common ways to run an Azure function is via a Timer Trigger or HTTP Trigger

Timer Trigger:- Function runs at a specific time
HTTP Trigger:- Function runs once it has been Trigger by a HTTP request

Lets create the Azure Function App

$FunctionName = "tamopsfunctestv2"
$ResourceGroup = "functv2"
$region = "eastus2"
$StorageAccount = "tamopsfuncsatest"

az storage account create -n $StorageAccount -g $ResourceGroup -l $region --sku Standard_LRS

az functionapp create -n $FunctionName -g $ResourceGroup --consumption-plan-location $region --storage-account "$StorageAccount" --runtime powershell

Time to now upload your first PowerShell function, you can have multiple functions under the one function app, the struction is as follows

For this example, I will be creating a function called Function1 , the app will run a basic Write-Output

A folder has been created: tamopsfunctestv2 with two files:-

function.json – will holder the timerTrigger to run the function at 10am every day
run.ps1 – will contain the basic Write-Output script

function.json

{
  "bindings": [
    {
      "name": "Timer",
      "type": "timerTrigger",
      "direction": "in",
      "schedule": "0 0 10 * * *"
    }
  ],
  "disabled": false
}

run.ps1

param($Timer)
Write-Output "Function1 run PowerShellScript";

Now zip the folder and upload .zip to Azure Function App

#Zip the folder to upload the Azure Function
Compress-Archive -Path * -DestinationPath Function1.zip

$FunctionName = "tamopsfunctestv2"
$ResourceGroup = "functv2"

az functionapp deployment source config-zip -n $FunctionName -g $ResourceGroup --src ./Function1.zip

Once successfully uploaded, Function1 will now be displayed within the Function App tamopsfunctestv2