Azure Web App Site Extension not extracting

Question

Using a template and AZ CLI I install a SiteExtension for a WebApp on Windows. The SiteExtension is consumed from a feed and I can verify the nupkg in KUDU. From the menu Site Extensions I can also see the site extension.

The issue is the extraction, it's not happening. I also tried to drop/replace the nupkg, nothing happens....

Looking for some input to solve this issue...

Answer 1

Actually it's not necessary to extract the extension files.

You could install the extension by name or path through az command.

az extension add --name <extension-name>
az extension add --source <URL-or-path>

Once an extension is installed, it's found under the value of the $AZURE_EXTENSION_DIR shell variable. If this variable is unset, by default the value is $HOME/.azure/cliextensions on Linux and macOS, and %USERPROFILE%\.azure\cliextensions on Windows.

You could also install the custom extension manually. From the Debug Console, run " mkdir SiteExtensions\FileCounterMVC ". Then navigate to the FileCounterMVC directory. If you're using Chrome or Firefox then you can drag-drop the content of your “artifacts” folder (shown below). If you're using IE, then you need to zip up the contents of the artifacts folder first, and then drag-drop the zip file on the right of the screen to have Debug Console unzip it.

Reference:

1. Writing a Site Extension for Azure Websites
2. Use extensions with Azure CLI