Attach to debugger for Azure Functions from Rider on Mac

Question

Just wondering if anyone has managed to attach and debug an Azure Functions app using JetBrains Rider?

There only seems to be 2 debug options for Azure Functions

--debug VS 
--debug VsCode

Not sure if Rider can attach to these, I can't find much on this. So if anyone else has succeeded please let me know how/if it can be done.

Thanks.

Jedjedd

Answer 1

No, this is not possible to date (4. Oct. 2018): According to the Rider online bug report (This is not implemented yet, please feel free to vote for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/RIDER-1256) this is not solved, yet.

Malady

Answer 2

The above issue has now been resolved, however it still does not support Azure Functions.

However I did find this, please note this appears to be windows only, not Mac.

https://github.com/JetBrains/azure-tools-for-intellij/issues/78#issuecomment-439313762

Install the Azure functions command line tools using NPM (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-run-local)

Add a file Properties/launchSettings.json, with the following contents (tailored to your project):

{
  "profiles": {
    "functions": {
      "commandName": "Executable",
      "executablePath": "dotnet",
      "commandLineArgs": "%APPDATA%\\npm\\node_modules\\azure-functions-core-tools\\bin\\func.dll host start --port 7071 --pause-on-error",
      "environmentVariables": {
        "AZURE_FUNCTIONS_ENVIRONMENT": "Development",
        "AzureWebJobsStorage": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run the launch profile, and wait for the functions host to say it is running In Rider, attach to the process using Run | Attach to Process.... Find the process that is running dotnet ... func.dll:

Jedjedd

thanks Lenny, this works perfectly on mac as well (just make sure the path to the dll is correct) – Perse