Azure Serverless Computing Cookbook - Second Edition

Deploying Azure Functions in a container

By now, you might have understood the major use case of why we might use Azure Functions. Yes—it's for when developing a piece of code and deploying it in a serverless environment, where a developer or administrator doesn't need to worry about the provisioning and scaling of instances for hosting your server-side applications.

Making all of the features of serverless could only be achieved when you create your Function App by choosing the Consumption plan in the Hosting Plan drop-down menu.

By looking at the title of this recipe, you might already be wondering why and how deploying an Azure Function to a Docker container would help. Yes, the combination of Azure Functions and Docker Container might ...