Functions: Can deploy on windows and it runs just fine, but deploying on linux, it doesn't run

Question

I'm currently going through this tutorial on deploying azure functions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/develop-test-deploy-azure-functions-with-visual-studio/5-exercise-publish-azure-functions

It appears that I can deploy and run the code on Windows machine, but not on Linux? I thought .net core was supposed to be able to run on both Linux and windows?

Answer 1

@kn , thank you for reaching out to us. Azure Function Apps can run on Linux, check out Create a function app on Linux in an Azure App Service plan for more information. Further, I deployed WatchPortalFunction on Linux Azure Function App:

and it runs successfully:

I suspect that you might have tried to Web Deploy your solution using VS, I would recommend you to make sure that you deploy using Zip Deploy:

I am also getting error if I Web Deploy:

And, this behavior is because Linux does not support Web Deploy method:

Let me know if you have any follow-up query, will be happy to address.

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