In previous chapters, you learned how to create, implement, and deploy Azure Functions based on Windows. Since the release of Azure Functions 2.0, Linux-based Azure Functions is now supported, using containers.
Containers are one of the best ways to ship code using immutable images, and are central in most IT organizations' strategies. Apart from Azure Functions, there are other ways to host containers on Azure, including Azure Container Instances (ACI) (a serverless way to host them) and Kubernetes (the leading container orchestrator, which can run on premises or on any cloud including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure).
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- Differences between hosting code and hosting a custom container on Azure Functions based on Linux
- Creating and hosting a custom container using Azure Functions
- Configuring and...