Azure-functions-core-tools: [packapp] Support conda install

[asavaritayal]

If environment.yaml is present, conda install the dependencies instead of pip install-ing them.

[asavaritayal]

@elprans correct me if I'm wrong but the Conda repository only offers pre-built wheels, so there is no requirement for --build-native-deps path on this one right?

[daguito81]

Any news on this issue?

[yubozhao]

Would love to see any update/news on this feature.

[anthonychu]

@anirudhgarg @vrdmr Do you have the latest guidance on this?

[georghildebrand]

I would also be very much interested in this!

[martikevin]

Hey @anirudhgarg @vrdmr we are also waiting for conda support because some dependencies like geopandas cannot be installed over pip install command.

Please an update!?

[yputter]

Also waiting for this, as turbodbc fails with pip (cannot find wheel, so tries to build, but then fails on dependence pybind11, https://github.com/blue-yonder/turbodbc/issues/59)

[martinjoshua]

Would also love to see an update on this feature request.

[Servot]

Also waiting for this, as scikit-garden is failing with pip

[yubozhao]

We end up using custom Dockerfile. You can find what we did here: https://github.com/bentoml/BentoML/blob/master/docker/azure-functions/Dockerfile

Basically, build on top this and add miniconda

[owenlamont]

I'm also holding out for this - would love Azure functions to have the same support for conda environments as Azure ML.

[stefanushinardi]

Hi @owenlamont, we are planning to publish an image with conda dependencies that you could use in custom container on a premium plan. Would that work for you? or you're planning to use consumption plan?

[owenlamont]

Hi @stefanushinardi - I'm ignorant of what plan my workplace has. I'll have to enquire with the with our data engineering team.

I was aware conda environments could be used by specifying a custom container Docker image but I had hoped I could let Azure Functions abstract Docker away and it would work as written on the description of this ticket - that I could just replace the requirements.txt with an environment.yml and everything else would auto-magically work.

[stefanushinardi]

I see, got it. I dont have a timeline for that yet, but appreciate the nudge. Will discuss internally about the support. cc: @vrdmr @Hazhzeng @AnatoliB