Publish profile publishUrl needs to be adjusted after downloading it from Azure Function for deployment from Github Actions

Question

I want to deploy my Function app to Azure through GitHub Actions. I set my publish profile as "secret" in my Github repository. And have the following yaml file in .github/workflows:

   yaml  
   name: Deploy Python project to Azure Function App  
     
   on:  
     [push]  
     
   env:  
     AZURE_FUNCTIONAPP_NAME: zypp-covid # set this to your application's name  
     AZURE_FUNCTIONAPP_PACKAGE_PATH: '.'   # set this to the path to your web app project, defaults to the repository root  
     PYTHON_VERSION: '3.8'                 # set this to the python version to use (supports 3.6, 3.7, 3.8)  
     
   jobs:  
     build-and-deploy:  
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest  
       steps:  
       - name: 'Checkout GitHub Action'  
         uses: actions/checkout@master  
     
       - name: Setup Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }} Environment  
         uses: actions/setup-python@v1  
         with:  
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}  
     
       - name: 'Resolve Project Dependencies Using Pip'  
         shell: bash  
         run: |  
           pushd './${{ env.AZURE_FUNCTIONAPP_PACKAGE_PATH }}'  
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip  
           pip install -r requirements.txt --target=".python_packages/lib/site-packages"  
           popd  
       - name: 'Run Azure Functions Action'  
         uses: Azure/functions-action@v1  
         id: fa  
         with:  
           app-name: ${{ env.AZURE_FUNCTIONAPP_NAME }}  
           package: ${{ env.AZURE_FUNCTIONAPP_PACKAGE_PATH }}  
           publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZURE_FUNCTIONAPP_PUBLISH_PROFILE }}  

And I download the Publish Profile:

But deploying it this way results in the following error:

   Run Azure/functions-action@v1  
   ##[Initialize]  
   ##[ValidateParameter]  
   Error: Execution Exception (state: ValidateParameter) (step: Invocation)  
   Error:   At ValidateParameter, publish-profile : should contain scm URL.  
   Error: Deployment Failed!  

To fix this I have to change the "publishUrl" in the download Publish Profile file from:

   publishUrl="waws-prod-am2-311.publish.azurewebsites.windows.net:443"  

To

   publishUrl="[zypp-covid].scm.azurewebsites.windows.net:433"  

This seems like a problem where other users run into as well link.

Answer 1

I was getting a similar error from a failing GitHub Action, needed to enable basic authentication for the Azure Fuction App SCM Access

Function App -> Configuration -> General Settings Tab

Answer 2

DANGER!

This is close but not exactly right.

Changing:

publishUrl="waws-prod-am2-311.publish.azurewebsites.windows.net:443"  

To:

publishUrl="[zypp-covid].scm.azurewebsites.windows.net:433"  

Stops some errors but creates others the url should be:

publishUrl="zypp-covid.scm.azurewebsites.net:433"  

The windows part stops an aspect of authentication which looks like:

Using SCM credential for authentication, GitHub Action will not perform resource validation.  
Error: ECONNREFUSED  
Error: Execution Exception (state: ValidateAzureResource) (step: Invocation)  
Error:   When request Azure resource at ValidateAzureResource, Get Function App Settings : Failed to acquire app settings (SCM)  
Error:     Failed to fetch Kudu App Settings.  
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:443  
Error:       Error: Failed to fetch Kudu App Settings.  
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:443  
    at Kudu.<anonymous> (/home/runner/work/_actions/Azure/functions-action/v1/node_modules/azure-actions-appservice-rest/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.js:62:23)  
    at Generator.throw (<anonymous>)  
    at rejected (/home/runner/work/_actions/Azure/functions-action/v1/node_modules/azure-actions-appservice-rest/Kudu/azure-app-kudu-service.js:6:65)  
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)  
Error: Deployment Failed!  

Thank you @Erfan Nariman for your article it really helped in solving this one.

Answer 3

Hi @Erfan Nariman

Apology for the delay. I have got an update from my team that they are working on fixing this issue and I will update my answer once the issue is fixed.

For now, you should be able to work around this by adding the below app setting
WEBSITE_WEBDEPLOY_USE_SCM = true

Once you have added the above setting and download the profile, it should be reset back to the SCM site.

Update:
The fix is targetting Build 91 and you can verify the build version by navigating to the Kudo console (https://yourfunctionapp.scm.azurewebsites.net/)
The current build version is 90.*

MSTechie-7364 ·