Azure Function - PowerShell, installing az cmdlet :: The term 'az' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

Question

I am attempting to install the az cmdlet onto Kudu for my Azure Function. I am currently following this guide:

How to install a PowerShell module in an Azure Function

... however - I am still getting the following error within my Azure Function:

az : The term 'az' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. at run.ps1: line 1

Steps I have done till now:

• Created a module folder under D:\home\site\wwwroot\Communication_with_Azure_Container_Registry\>

• Within the module folder I have added the contents of azure-cli/2.0.35/..., (which looks like this):

  ... Azure Function code is very simple to proof out the ability to install the cmdlet:

  if (-not (Get-Module -Name "az"))
  {
    Write-Output "azure-cli not installed";
  }
  else
  {
    Write-Output "azure-cli installed";
  }
  
  $test = 'az --help'
  Invoke-Expression $test
  Write-output `n$test
  

Question:

• Is there something within my configuration that is not allowing for the az cmdlet to install?
• Is there an alternative way to gain access to the azure-cli without implementing the node module?

Answer 1

I solved the following part of your problem

az : The term 'az' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. at run.ps1: line 1

If you execute

Test-Path -Path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\wbin'

You will probably get False. This means that you need to install the Azure CLI eg from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-windows?view=azure-cli-latest