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After installing Visual Studio 2022 and working with Azure Functions I noticed that a new storage emulator is being used called Azurite.
Azurite is an open source Azure Storage API compatible server (emulator). Based on Node.js, Azurite provides cross platform experiences for customers wanting to try Azure Storage easily in a local environment. Azurite simulates most of the commands supported by Azure Storage with minimal dependencies.
This seemed to replace the old Azure Storage Emulator you would run previously when doing local development. I quickly came across an issue where the Azurite emulator cannot be started because port 10000 is already in use. This is also applied to ports 10001 and 10002 which it uses. Here are the contents of the Service Dependencies from the Visual Studio 2022 Output pane:
Ensuring Azure Functions Core Tools are up to date. This may take a few minutes...
Azure Functions Core Tools are up to date.
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite emulator cannot be started because port 10000 is already in use. Another instance of the Azurite emulator or Azure Storage emulator might be already running on your machine.
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: We detected that Azure Storage emulator is running on your machine. The Azure Storage emulator is now deprecated. Microsoft recommends that you use the Azurite emulator for local development with Azure Storage. Follow the directions in the link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2167087' to install and run Azurite emulator.
Unable to start dependency 'functions.storage1'.
Ensuring Azure Functions Core Tools are up to date. This may take a few minutes...
Azure Functions Core Tools are up to date.
Ensuring Azure Functions Core Tools are up to date. This may take a few minutes...
Azure Functions Core Tools are up to date.
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite emulator cannot be started because port 10000 is already in use. Another instance of the Azurite emulator or Azure Storage emulator might be already running on your machine.
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: We detected that Azure Storage emulator is running on your machine. The Azure Storage emulator is now deprecated. Microsoft recommends that you use the Azurite emulator for local development with Azure Storage. Follow the directions in the link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2167087' to install and run Azurite emulator.
Unable to start dependency 'storage1'.
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite emulator cannot be started because port 10000 is already in use. Another instance of the Azurite emulator or Azure Storage emulator might be already running on your machine.
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: We detected that Azure Storage emulator is running on your machine. The Azure Storage emulator is now deprecated. Microsoft recommends that you use the Azurite emulator for local development with Azure Storage. Follow the directions in the link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2167087' to install and run Azurite emulator.
Unable to start dependency 'storage1'.
Let’s drop into Windows Terminal and take a look at what process is using that port:
After stopping the Node process and re-running Azurite (I restarted Visual Studio) we can see everything starts up as expected:
Ensuring Azure Functions Core Tools are up to date. This may take a few minutes...
Azure Functions Core Tools are up to date.
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: azurite.cmd --location "C:\Users\ccampbell\AppData\Local\Temp\Azurite" --debug "C:\Users\ccampbell\AppData\Local\Temp\Azurite\debug.log"
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite Blob service is starting at http://127.0.0.1:10000
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite Blob service is successfully listening at http://127.0.0.1:10000
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite Queue service is starting at http://127.0.0.1:10001
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite Queue service is successfully listening at http://127.0.0.1:10001
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite Table service is starting at http://127.0.0.1:10002
DotNetCore31-FunctionApp: Azurite Table service is successfully listening at http://127.0.0.1:10002
This was not a great experience on the first day I started to use Visual Studio 2022 with Azure Functions as I had to go off and figure out why the Azure emulator could not be started instead of just working on my application. You can go and change the default ports ft you like which is mentioned in the documentation. For more information on Azurite check out the docs on their GitHub repository.
I hope this helps with anyone new to the Azurite emulator in Visual Studio 2022.
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