Create a function app with a named Storage account connection

This Azure Functions sample script creates a function app and connects the function to an Azure Storage account. The created app setting that contains the storage connection string can be used with a storage trigger or binding.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

Sample script

Launch Azure Cloud Shell

The Azure Cloud Shell is a free interactive shell that you can use to run the steps in this article. It has common Azure tools preinstalled and configured to use with your account.

To open the Cloud Shell, just select Try it from the upper right corner of a code block. You can also launch Cloud Shell in a separate browser tab by going to https://shell.azure.com.

When Cloud Shell opens, verify that Bash is selected for your environment. Subsequent sessions will use Azure CLI in a Bash environment, Select Copy to copy the blocks of code, paste it into the Cloud Shell, and press Enter to run it.

Sign in to Azure

Cloud Shell is automatically authenticated under the initial account signed-in with. Use the following script to sign in using a different subscription, replacing <Subscription ID> with your Azure Subscription ID. If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

subscription="<subscriptionId>" # add subscription here

az account set -s $subscription # ...or use 'az login'

For more information, see set active subscription or log in interactively

Run the script

# Function app and storage account names must be unique.

# Variable block
let "randomIdentifier=$RANDOM*$RANDOM"
location="eastus"
resourceGroup="msdocs-azure-functions-rg-$randomIdentifier"
tag="create-function-app-connect-to-storage-account"
storage="msdocsaccount$randomIdentifier"
functionApp="msdocs-serverless-function-$randomIdentifier"
skuStorage="Standard_LRS"
functionsVersion="4"

# Create a resource group
echo "Creating $resourceGroup in "$location"..."
az group create --name $resourceGroup --location "$location" --tags $tag

# Create an Azure storage account in the resource group.
echo "Creating $storage"
az storage account create --name $storage --location "$location" --resource-group $resourceGroup --sku $skuStorage

# Create a serverless function app in the resource group.
echo "Creating $functionApp"
az functionapp create --name $functionApp --resource-group $resourceGroup --storage-account $storage --consumption-plan-location "$location" --functions-version $functionsVersion

# Get the storage account connection string. 
connstr=$(az storage account show-connection-string --name $storage --resource-group $resourceGroup --query connectionString --output tsv)

# Update function app settings to connect to the storage account.
az functionapp config appsettings set --name $functionApp --resource-group $resourceGroup --settings StorageConStr=$connstr

Clean up resources

Use the following command to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it using the az group delete command - unless you have an ongoing need for these resources. Some of these resources may take a while to create, as well as to delete.

az group delete --name $resourceGroup

Sample reference

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command specific documentation.

Command Notes
az group create Create a resource group with location.
az storage account create Create a storage account.
az functionapp create Creates a function app in the serverless Consumption plan.
az storage account show-connection-string Gets the connection string for the account.
az functionapp config appsettings set Sets the connection string as an app setting in the function app.

Next steps

For more information on the Azure CLI, see Azure CLI documentation.

Additional Azure Functions CLI script samples can be found in the Azure Functions documentation.