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--- title: Deploy the Dapr Extension for Azure Functions titleSuffix: "Azure Container Apps" description: Learn how to use and deploy the Azure Functions with Dapr extension in your Dapr-enabled container apps. author: greenie-msft ms.author: nigreenf ms.reviewer: hannahhunter ms.service: azure-container-apps ms.subservice: dapr ms.topic: how-to ms.date: 02/02/2026 ms.custom: references_regions # Customer Intent: I'm a developer who wants to use the Dapr extension for Azure Functions in my Dapr-enabled container app --- # Deploy the Dapr extension for Azure Functions in Azure Container Apps The [Dapr extension for Azure Functions](../azure-functions/functions-bindings-dapr.md) allows you to easily interact with the Dapr APIs from an Azure Function by using triggers and bindings. In this guide, you learn how to: - Create an Azure Cache for Redis to use as a Dapr state store. - Deploy an Azure Container Apps environment to host container apps. - Deploy a Dapr-enabled function on Azure Container Apps: - One function that invokes the other service. - One function that creates an order and saves it to storage via Dapr state store. - Verify the interaction between the two apps. ## Prerequisites - [An Azure account with an active subscription](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account?cid=msft_learn) - [Install Azure CLI](/cli/azure/install-azure-cli) ## Set up the environment 1. In the terminal, sign in to your Azure account. ```azurecli az login ``` 1. Set the active subscription you'd like to use. ```azurecli az account set --subscription <subscription-id-or-name> ``` 1. Register the `Microsoft.App` and `Microsoft.OperationalInsights` namespaces. ```azurecli az provider register --namespace Microsoft.App ``` ```azurecli az provider register --namespace Microsoft.OperationalInsights ``` 1. Clone the [Dapr extension for Azure Functions repo](https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-dapr-extension). ```azurecli git clone https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-dapr-extension.git ``` ## Create resource group Specifying one of the available regions, create a resource group for your container app. ```azurecli az group create --name <resource-group-name> --location <region> ``` ## Deploy the Azure Function templates 1. Change into the folder holding the template. ```azurecli cd azure-functions-dapr-extension/quickstarts/dotnet-isolated/deploy/aca ``` 1. Create a deployment group and specify the template you'd like to deploy. ```azurecli az deployment group create --resource-group <resource-group-name> --template-file deploy-quickstart.bicep ``` 1. When prompted by the CLI, enter a resource name prefix. The name you choose must be a combination of numbers and lowercase letters, between 3 and 24 characters in length. ``` Please provide string value for 'resourceNamePrefix' (? for help): <your-resource-name-prefix> ``` The template deploys the following resources and might take a while: - A Container App Environment - A Function App - An Azure Blob Storage Account and a default storage container - Application Insights - Log Analytics workSpace - Dapr Component (Azure Redis Cache) for state management - The following .NET Dapr-enabled functions: - `OrderService` - `CreateNewOrder` - `RetrieveOrder` 1. In the Azure portal, navigate to your resource group and select **Deployments** to track the deployment status. :::image type="content" source="media/dapr-binding-functions/deployment-status.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the deployment group deployment status in the Azure portal." lightbox="media/dapr-binding-functions/deployment-status.png"::: ## Verify the result After the template deploys successfully, run the following command to initiate an `OrderService` function that triggers the `CreateNewOrder` process. A new order is created and stored in the Redis state store. In the command: - Replace `<quickstart-functionapp-url>` with your actual function app URL. For example: `https://daprext-funcapp.wittyglacier-20884174.eastus.azurecontainerapps.io`. - Replace `<quickstart-functionapp-name>` with your function app name. To find your function app URL, navigate to **Container Apps** in the Azure portal, then select your new container app. # [PowerShell](#tab/powershell) ```powershell Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://<quickstart-functionapp-url.io>/api/invoke/<quickstart-functionapp-name>/CreateNewOrder' -Method POST -Headers @{"Content-Type" = "application/json"} -Body '{ "data": { "value": { "orderId": "Order22" } } }' ``` # [Curl](#tab/curl) ```sh curl --location 'https://<quickstart-functionapp-url.io>/api/invoke/<quickstart-functionapp-name>/CreateNewOrder' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "data": { "value": { "orderId": "Order22" } } }' ``` --- ## View logs Data logged via a function app is stored in the `ContainerAppConsoleLogs_CL` custom table in the Log Analytics workspace. Wait a few minutes for the analytics to arrive for the first time before you query the logged data. You can view logs through the Azure portal or from the command line. ### Using the Azure portal 1. Navigate to your container app environment. 1. In the sidebar menu, under **Monitoring**, select **Logs**. 1. Run a query like the following to verify your function app is receiving the invoked message from Dapr. ``` ContainerAppsConsoleLogs_CL | where RevisionName_s == $revision_name | where Log_s contains "Order22" | project Log_s ``` :::image type="content" source="media/dapr-binding-functions/check-console-logs.png" alt-text="Screenshot demonstrating how to run a Console Log query to view the logs." lightbox="media/dapr-binding-functions/check-console-logs.png"::: ### Using the Azure CLI Run the following command to view the saved state. # [PowerShell](#tab/powershell) ```powershell Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://<quickstart-functionapp-url.io>/api/retrieveorder' -Method GET ``` # [Curl](#tab/curl) ```sh curl --location 'https://<quickstart-functionapp-url.io>/api/retrieveorder' ``` --- ## Clean up resources After you finish with this tutorial, run the following command to delete your resource group, along with all the resources you created. ```azurecli az group delete --resource-group <resource-group-name> ``` ## Related links - [Dapr Extension for Azure Functions](../azure-functions/functions-bindings-dapr.md) - [Connect to Azure services via Dapr components in the Azure portal](./dapr-component-connection.md)