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Tag: ARM Template
Use VSTS to deploy Functions as Infrastructure as Code
Create a VSTS release pipeline for Azure Functions
Azure Functions enable you to easily run small pieces of code in the cloud. To do this right, you need to setup continuous delivery of the infrastructure and the code involved. Otherwise you will end with an uncontrolled environment where nobody knows what code is actually running. In this blog post I’ll describe how to setup a deployment pipeline for Functions with VSTS. This will enable you to deploy Functions as Infrastructure as Code.
From an deployment perspective an Azure Function contains of two parts:
- Azure infrastructure
- Function code
Both the ARM template and the code can be deployed from VSTS. By doing this, you can manage functions like any other Azure resource.
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