How to install aditional components in Azure Web Apps and make it persist

Question

I created an PHP Azure Web App code deploy environment with laravel project and need to install additional components such as npm and nodejs but I run into several problems such as persistency, environment upgrade and permission issues.

Is there a way to install npm and other components and also upgrade it on PHP Azure Web App with Laravel project?

Answer 1

Hello @Nelson Mendaros

I suggest you to create your custom Linux docker image based on PHP and install node as there is no official docker image that has both PHP and node in it.
I would not recommend to use 3rd party unofficial docker images as they may have security vulnerabilities.

Dockerfile example with PHP:

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/appsvc/php:7.4-apache_20201229.1  
      
RUN apt-get update -yq \  
     && apt-get install curl gnupg -yq \  
     && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash \  
     && apt-get install nodejs -yq  

https://heyko.medium.com/customized-container-images-for-azure-appservice-b8e2fc5f80d9

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Answer 2

Update: My issue on installing additional Linux component is now resolved. The reason I need to install those components is to build some parts of the application. I move the installation and build tasks on CI. Thank you for the help!