Using the FunctionsStartup with Azure Functions

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Summary

How to use the App startup on Azure Functions?

Azure Functions provide the FunctionsStartup as App startup. The FunctionsStartup is made up assembly attribute and class in Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions.DependencyInjection namespace.

Let’s try to use it.

Prerequisites

.NET Core v3.1
Azure Functions v3
Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Functions v3.0.3
Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions v1.1.0
Visual Studio for Mac v8.10
- Azure Functions Core Tools v3.0.3873
C# v8
macOS v11.6

Steps

Install Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions package via NuGet.

Add Startup.cs , then you write the following code:

using Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

[assembly: FunctionsStartup(typeof(YourNameSpace.Startup))]

namespace YourNameSpace
{
    public class Startup : FunctionsStartup
    {
        public override void Configure(IFunctionsHostBuilder builder)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("hoge1");
        }

        public override void ConfigureAppConfiguration(IFunctionsConfigurationBuilder builder)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("hoge2");
            base.ConfigureAppConfiguration(builder);
        }
    }
}

Run your Azure Functions project, you will get the below log:

Azure Functions Core Tools
Core Tools Version:       3.0.3873 Commit hash: c546cd456f0e58058cf6c37365eb5ccc5bb0840b  (64-bit)
Function Runtime Version: 3.3.1.0

[2021-10-21T05:34:42.388Z] Found /Path/to/your/azure-function-project.csproj. Using for user secrets file configuration.
[2021-10-21T05:34:43.475Z] Cannot create directory for shared memory usage: /dev/shm/AzureFunctions
[2021-10-21T05:34:43.475Z] System.IO.FileSystem: Access to the path '/dev/shm/AzureFunctions' is denied. Operation not permitted.
hoge2
hoge1

Workaround

An error occurs if you use Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions v1.1.0 and Azure Function Core Tools v3.0.2358. The log is below:

[10/21/2021 2:00:01 AM] A host error has occurred during startup operation 'a14dd57a-7186-436a-a012-1fbaec51c59f'.
[10/21/2021 2:00:01 AM] System.Private.CoreLib: Could not load type 'Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Hosting.IWebJobsStartup2' from assembly 'Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host, Version=3.0.17.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'.

Workaround are following:

Workaround 1: Upgrade Azure Functions Core Tools to latest version
- It just refresh the template for the Azure Functions when you click a refresh button in the “Configure your Azure Functions project” window which is displayed to create new Azure Functions with Visual Studio for Mac.
Workaround 2: Downgrade Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions to v1.0.0