Launch Azurite in a Teams Toolkit action

[Benjiiim]

Discussed in #12484

Creating an issue from the discussion as discussed with @therealjohn

^{Originally posted by Benjiiim October 2, 2024}
Would it make sense to launch (and install?) Azurite in a Teams Toolkit action the same way the Test Tool is launched?
The goal would be to be able to emulate a Storage Account (to use the BlobsStorage storage middleware).

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Launching Azurite in a Teams Toolkit Action

To launch Azurite in a Teams Toolkit action, similar to how the Test Tool is launched, you can follow these steps:

1. Install Azurite: Ensure that Azurite is installed locally. You can install Azurite using npm:

   npm install -g azurite

2. Configure Azurite: Update your Teams Toolkit project to include Azurite in the development setup. You can do this by modifying the tasks.json and launch.json files in your .vscode folder.

3. Update tasks.json: Add a task to start Azurite.

   {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "tasks": [
           {
               "label": "Start Azurite",
               "type": "shell",
               "command": "azurite",
               "isBackground": true,
               "problemMatcher": [
                   {
                       "pattern": [
                           {
                               "regexp": ".",
                               "file": 1,
                               "location": 2,
                               "message": 3
                           }
                       ],
                       "background": {
                           "activeOnStart": true,
                           "beginsPattern": ".",
                           "endsPattern": "."
                       }
                   }
               ],
               "presentation": {
                   "reveal": "always",
                   "panel": "shared"
               }
           }
       ]
   }

4. Update launch.json: Ensure the Azurite task is executed before launching your application.

   {
       "version": "0.2.0",
       "configurations": [
           {
               "name": "Launch Teams App",
               "type": "pwa-chrome",
               "request": "launch",
               "url": "https://localhost:3000",
               "preLaunchTask": "Start Azurite",
               "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}"
           }
       ]
   }

Additional Steps

• Ensure Correct Configuration: Make sure your application is configured to use the local Azurite instance for storage operations. Typically, this involves setting the AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable to point to the Azurite endpoint.

• Handling Dependencies: If you encounter any missing dependencies or issues related to the Teams Toolkit version, consider downgrading or manually installing the necessary packages. Refer to the GitHub discussion for further details.

Resources and Links

• Azurite on GitHub
• Teams Toolkit GitHub Discussions
• Azure Storage Emulator Documentation

By following these steps, you should be able to integrate Azurite into your Teams Toolkit project, allowing you to emulate a Storage Account for development and testing purposes.

Note: This message was generated automatically by an AI-powered system.

[jayzhang]

@Benjiiim Thanks for reporting. Could you provide more information about the scenario of this feature: 1. When Azurite is needed to launch? User launch F5 to local debug? 2. What types of App need Azurite to emulate locally？(Tab, Bot, Declarative Agent or any app that depends on Azure Storage service?

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been marked as requiring author feedback but has not had any activity for 7 days. As it is labeled with feature-request, it will be manually handled