Azure App service not able to find root folder path "Could not find a part of the path 'D:\home\site\wwwroot\lfc_artifacts\lfc_artifact.pdf'"

Question

Hi,

I am facing one weird issue.
I have created one web application that read the pdf file available in root location of web application "lfc_artifacts" and this is working fine locally.
but when i publish on Azure App service and run, use to get error
Could not find a part of the path 'D:\home\site\wwwroot\lfc_artifacts\lfc_artifact.pdf'

I searched and found various options but nothing is working for me
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/6b185de7-dcdd-4046-bec1-e617da7b5d21/azure-web-app-could-not-find-existent-path-or-file?forum=windowsazurewebsitespreview
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45600943/azure-web-deploy-could-not-find-a-part-of-the-path-d-home-site-wwwroot-bin-ro

Here is the code, i am using in Azure App Service
var lfcPath = Server.MapPath("~/lfc_artifacts/");
string[] lfcPaths = Directory.GetFiles(lfcPath, ".");

            var mcpPath = Server.MapPath("~/mcp_artifacts/");  
            string[] mcpPaths = Directory.GetFiles(mcpPath, "*.*");![12050-capture.png][1]  

///Attached is my folder structure...

Please suggest if you know any solution around...

Answer 1

Hi @HemantSudehely-0557,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A and thanks for your query.

Could you please share the screenshot of the folder contents you are trying to read using Kudu?

You can follow below steps to operate Kudu -

• Open your App Service on Azure portal -
• Navigate to "Advanced Tools" and then click on "Go" -
• Now, you will be redirected to Kudu Console Page -
• Click on "Debug console" in the top menu bar and then on "CMD" in the dropdown.
• Open folder "site" -
• Now, in "wwwroot" folder, you are good to navigate to the folder contents you are trying to read.

Edited: Adjusted screenshots to remove whitespace.

Answer 2

Hello Team,

Facing the same issue which HemantSudehely-0557 reported in this thread.

Using Web API , unable to create a folder (with two approaches with two folders - test1 and test2) within existing folder(ExLogger) which is in application root folder. Unable to attach files for reference. Below is the code as well as application folder structure.

Code :

var appPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.RelativeSearchPath;
var tempappPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(appPath, @"..\"));
DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(Path.Combine(tempappPath, "ExLogger\test1\"));
if (!dir.Exists)
{
dir.Create();
}
//app 1
dir = new DirectoryInfo(System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath("~/ExLogger/" + "test2"));
if (!dir.Exists)
{
dir.Create();
}

App Folder Structure :

MyWebAPI
-- Areas
--bin
--Content
-- ExLogger

Please help us on this.

Thanks & Regards,
MaruthiPrasad

Answer 3

Sure, did create as suggested here.