Read Azure WebApp ApplicationSetting from PowerShell WebJob

Question

I know it is possible to read Application Settings from a c# WebJob in a Azure WebApp as explained in this post.

Basically you can use the ConfigurationManager or CloudConfigurationManager because the WebJob runs in the same WebApp context, like this:

var appSetting = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MyKey"];
var appCloudSetting = CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("MyKey");

In my scenario I'm not using a c# application but a PowerShell script and I'm looking for a similar solution. Is it possible to read those Application Settings in a PowerShell WebJob?

Answer 1

When you set Azure App Settings, they become environment variables at runtime. So from your PowerShell WebJob, you can simply use:

$Env:YourAppSetting

Answer 2

For App Settings, try something like this:

$resource = Invoke-AzureRmResourceAction -ResourceGroupName YourResourceGroup -ResourceType Microsoft.Web/sites/config -ResourceName YourSite/appsettings -Action list -ApiVersion 2015-08-01 -Force
$resource.Properties

And for connection strings:

$resource = Invoke-AzureRmResourceAction -ResourceGroupName YourResourceGroup -ResourceType Microsoft.Web/sites/config -ResourceName YourSite/connectionstrings -Action list -ApiVersion 2015-08-01 -Force
$resource.Properties

The output of webjob applicationsettings is as below: