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How to use Gradle plugin for Azure Functions

Prerequisites

• Gradle 4.10+
• Latest Function Core Tools
• Azure CLI. This plugin use Azure CLI for authentication, please make sure you have Azure CLI installed and logged in.

az login
az account set -s <your subscription id>

Step 1: prepare you azure function project

git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-functions-samples-java

Step 2: Package your jar

azure-functions-samples-java
gradle jar

Step 3: run gradle azureFunctionsPackage

This step is to prepare your staging folder (equals to mvn package).

Step 4: run gradle azureFunctionsRun

Test local run behavior like maven functions plugin(equals to mvn azure-functions:run)

Step 5: run gradle azureFunctionsDeploy

Test local deploy behavior like maven functions plugin(equals to mvn azure-functions:deploy)