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Azure WebJobs - tips for setting up background jobs

Azure WebJobs works great for setting up "event-driven" background jobs that run on the Azure platform, and with WebJobs SDK version 3.x there's a bunch of new features.

There's an excellent tutorial online that explains how to get started with Azure WebJobs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/webjobs-sdk-get-started.

After I had followed the instructions in this post, I went to get it set up on Azure - and ended up having to Google and dig around to get it to actually work. Not that is was that complicated to get it working on Azure, but there were some pretty important steps that weren't mentioned in the article.

Here a few tips you may find useful when setting up Azure WebJobs:

If you are using .NET Core, use v2.1 and not v3.0. I had problems with version v3.0 of .NET Core as a WebJob after uploading to Azure.
If you use SendGrid to send out e-mails, add the following "Application Settings" values in the Azure portal under "Settings -> Configuration"
- Name-field must contain the text "SendGridApiKey"
- Value-field must contain the key you received from SendGrid
Enter the value for "Storage Account" as "Application Settings" value in the Azure portal under "Settings -> Configuration.
- Name-field må inneholde teksten "AzureWebJobsDashboard"
- Value-field must contain "Connection string" to "Storage Account". You'll find this in the "storage account" resource in the Azure portal, and then select menu "Access keys".

Another helpful hint if you plan on using html files as template files when sending e-mails: In order to read such files, and subsequently insert dynamic content, you'll need a full value "path". For Azure WebJobs, use the following:

@"D:\home\site\wwwroot\app_data\Jobs\Triggered\NameOfYourWebJob"

If you want to use "Continous" WebJobs instead of "Triggered", then you must change the "path" accordingly.

If you followed the article instructions step by step, and also followed my tips, everything should work fine. Remember to re-start WebJob-Resource each time you upload a new version of Visual Studio.

Have a great programming day!

André Vold

30.09.2019

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