Azure-docs: Having issues creating webapp with python runtime

[usharam73]

Hello I tried the steps outlined in this document and when I try create az webapp create command iam seeing the following error runtime python|3.4 was throwing error

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• Version Independent ID: cec78ca0-f4c0-970e-dde0-44db72d3819f
• Content: Create a Python web app in Azure
• Content Source: articles/app-service/app-service-web-get-started-python.md
• Service: app-service-web
• GitHub Login: @cephalin
• Microsoft Alias: cephalin;cfowler

[MohitGargMSFT]

Thanks for your feedback! We will investigate and update as appropriate.

[BryanTrach-MSFT]

@usharam73 we have gone ahead and assigned this to the doc author to provide feedback as necessary.

@cephalin Can you please investigate this? I'm unable to repro this due to not having the necessary hardware for this doc.

[usharam73]

I ran the command without the runtime option and I later created an extension for python and was able to successfully deploy the hello world to the azure web app service.

[cephalin]

Tracking this internally at https://mseng.visualstudio.com/TechnicalContent/_workitems/edit/1215703

[SyntaxC4]

@usharam73 Thanks for your feedback! By chance, are you using the Azure CLI from a PowerShell window?

[SyntaxC4]

Possibly related to #5957

[foucdeg]

Experiencing this too from my local Bash terminal (azure CLI tools installed with homebrew).
@usharam73 how did you create the web app without a runtime?
I get usage error: must specify --runtime | --deployment-container-image-name

[foucdeg]

Also, both Python options are unavailable to me in the web interface:

[SyntaxC4]

@ahmedelnably Can you assist here?

[ahmedelnably]

Python is only available on Windows App Service, @foucdeg The runtime list that you are showing is the Linux runtime list, you need to make sure that your app is a Windows app, for the command to work.

[SyntaxC4]

@usharam73 Can you confirm that you were attempting to create an App Service on Linux? Thanks!

[foucdeg]

@ahmedelnably worked with Windows, thanks. But I still have @usharam73 's issue with the CLI.

[cephalin]

@usharam73 I believe the original error was related to running the CLI command in the PowerShell cloud shell. The tutorial is now updated with PowerShell specific syntax. #please-close

[prasdeva]

@cephalin @BryanTrach-MSFT @MohitGargMSFT I still have the same issue. Here is what I have been trying

• OS : Mac
• Cloud Shell : Bash
• Runtime : Python 2.7
• Command : az webapp create -g <resource> -n <name> -p <plan> --runtime "python|2.7" --deploy-local-git
• Error : Linux Runtime 'python|2.7' is not supported.Please invoke 'list-runtimes' to cross check
• az webapp list-runtimes | grep python : "python|2.7"

I have also tried to use PowerShell escape character(with in PowerShell) as per #5957 but no luck. I get the same error.

To me it doesn't look like issue with type of cloud shell. Can you please assist ?

[cephalin]

@prasdeva by the way --deploy-local-git should be --deployment-local-git. Also, I cannot reproduce the error with a Windows App Service plan. If you use it in a Linux App Service plan then you'd get an error. To see what runtime support Linux, use

az webapp list-runtimes --Linux

[prasdeva]

@cephalin Thanks for pointing this out. I didn't realise that, there could be differences in Windows and Linux runtime.

does that mean Linux python web apps will not be supported on Azure ?

[cephalin]

App Service on Linux uses container technology, so you can run python web apps in a custom image/container. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/containers/tutorial-docker-python-postgresql-app. the list-runtimes command shows you all available built-in images, which doesn't contain a python image at the moment.