Configure Local Development Environment

1. Update Azure Function Core Tools to the latest version (64-bit recommended); func should be on your path. The following version is known to work:

   Azure Functions Core Tools
   Core Tools Version:       4.0.5530 Commit hash: N/A +c8883e7f3c06e2b424fbac033806c19d8d91418c (64-bit)
   Function Runtime Version: 4.28.5.21962

2. Create a Python 3.10 virtual environment: python3.10 -m venv .venv

   pyenv is recommended for managing the available Python versions on your system

3. Activate the virtual environment: .\.venv\Scripts\activate.

4. Install the requirements: pip install -r .\requirements.txt

5. Create a local.settings.json

   this is a git-ignored Azure Functions artifact

   Note

   Because local development uses the test Pexip management environment, the queues on samaxconftest must be used instead of Azurite/Storage Emulator. This will ensure that the room-creation-queue and room-deletion-queue will always correctly reflect the rooms in the pexip test environment

   {
       "IsEncrypted": false,
       "Values": {
       "AzureWebJobsStorage__accountName": "samaxconftest",
       "QUEUE_URL": "https://samaxconftest.queue.core.windows.net",
       "FUNCTIONS_WORKER_RUNTIME": "python",
       "AzureWebJobsFeatureFlags": "EnableWorkerIndexing",
       "KEYVAULT_URL": "https://kvlt-maxconf-test.vault.azure.net/",
       "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR SERVICE PRINCIPAL CLIENT ID",
       "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR SERVICE PRINCIPAL CLIENT SECRET",
       "AZURE_TENANT_ID":"953fc14a-00c7-4452-a2fb-0a73070de7f3",
       "PEXIP_URI": "https://management.test.vc.maxconf.ca",
       "APIM_URL": "http://localhost:7071",
       "MAX_VMR": "0"
       }
   }

6. Host the app using Azure Functions Core Tools: func host start

   Saving changes to files in the function app restarts the worker process, so there is no need to stop and restart the function host.