Azure Functions - use queue trigger with managed identity

Question

I am trying to use Managed Identity with Azure Functions V3 and a QueueTrigger. the function code is defined like this:

 [Function("ProcessUserData")]
 public async Task ProcessUserData([QueueTrigger("%QueueSettings:UserDataQueue%", Connection = "QueueSettings:StorageAccount")] string queueItem, FunctionContext context)
 {
      var logger = context.GetLogger<QueueListener>();
      ... 
 }

According to Microsoft documentation this should be possible by defining some additional configuration properties

<CONNECTION_NAME_PREFIX>__credential
<CONNECTION_NAME_PREFIX>__queueServiceUri

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-reference?tabs=blob#local-development-with-identity-based-connections

My local.settings.json looks like this:

// "QueueSettings:StorageAccount": "",
"QueueSettings:StorageAccount__queueServiceUri": "https://mytestfa.queue.core.windows.net/",
"QueueSettings:StorageAccount__credential": "managedidentity",

When trying to run the project locally I get the following error:

[2021-12-06T18:07:53.181Z] The 'ProcessUserData' function is in error: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host: Error indexing method 'Functions.ProcessUserData'. Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage: Storage account connection string 'AzureWebJobsQueueSettings:StorageAccount' does not exist. Make sure that it is a defined App Setting.

When I use and empty connection string I get another error:

"QueueSettings:StorageAccount": "",
"QueueSettings:StorageAccount__queueServiceUri": "https://mytestfa.queue.core.windows.net/",
"QueueSettings:StorageAccount__credential": "managedidentity",

Error:

[2021-12-06T18:25:20.262Z] The 'ProcessUserData' function is in error: Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host: Error indexing method 'Functions.ProcessUserData'. Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Storage: Storage account connection string for 'AzureWebJobsQueueSettings:StorageAccount' is invalid.

This works fine when using the full connection string with Account Key, but we have to be using managed identities. I have upgraded to the latest version of Azure Functions Core Tole (3.0.3904) and am using Visual Studio 2022.

Additional documentation that this should work: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/introducing-the-new-azure-function-extension-libraries-beta/

Thanks for any insights.

You can refer to similar issues: Microsoft Azure WebJobs SDK 'Storage' connection string is missing or empty and Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host: Error indexing method — Ecstasy
– Ecstasy, Commented Dec 8, 2021 at 4:58
@DeepDave-MT yes, as noted below you need the latest beta version of the "Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Storage" package, then the error will go away. — Mike WP
– Mike WP, Commented Dec 9, 2021 at 15:17

Mike WP · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-09 15:07:06Z

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I was able to resolve this by installing the 5.0.0-beta.4 version of the NuGet package "Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.Storage".

Now Managed Identify functionality is working as expected. Hopefully this will go to GA soon.

answered Dec 9, 2021 at 15:07

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XWIKO Over a year ago

My functions tools put this package on 4.0.4. Updating this to 5.0.0 resolved my issue.

MikeF · Accepted Answer · 2024-02-05 21:23:50Z

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I had to delete:

"OPLRouting__credential": "managedIdentity",

to work with system generated identity on Event Hub

answered Feb 5, 2024 at 21:23

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