How to set up Python environment on Azure App Service in Linux OS

Question

Hi,

I am quite new in azure web app services. I am having issue with deploying python web app on azure (linux os).

let's say I have written an application in python flask. And i have imported some packages in python.For example, I have imported Flask-mail and I have run pip freeze to create requirement.txt file in my IDE where all the packages that I have imported are mentioned.

Now, I created an empty web app on azure on azure (by default, the OS will be chosen as Linux If I mention running stack is Python). After this, I deployed my python application to that azure web app using azure cli command from my local machine to azure server.

How azure will determine which packages I have used and after that will azure download those packages while deployment?? Or do i need to run the requirement file on azure server explicitly?
Can anyone please let me help in this step by step deployment on linux azure web app.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi @MITRA, Debartha (GE CoreTech & Cyber) ,

The requirements.txt file is automatically ran when the Azure App service discovers this file among the list of deployed files. Have a look at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-how-to-azure-devops?tabs=python for setting up a CI/CD pipeline on https://dev.azure.com. Let me know if that helps. If you found any of the answers to the questions helpful, please be sure to mark them answer in order to help the great community.