So, I have an app service hosted on azure and I want that app service to upload the files to my local server's shared folder. Local server has some software configured which processes those uploaded files.
In development environment everything works fine using UNC path for e.g. 10.197.1.65/Public/MyFolder/ and my application can copy the files over the network but I am not sure about how can I do that from app service.
I have encountered few solutions during my research like creating an ASE and VNET , Mapping of Azure Storage with my local drive etc., but I am not sure that which would be the feasible and proper approach.Thanks a lot.
You can't use UNC path from your app service due to that applications cannot connect to anywhere using ports 445, 137, 138, and 139 in the Restricted Outgoing Ports of Azure Web App sandbox.
As far as I know, the App service with VNet Integration is good to access or talk to the resource from a Virtual network or your on-premise network but you may need to deploy a site to site VPN gateway for your local environment. In this way, It does not support mounting a drive, but you can directly access the local data from your application.
For a Windows Container on App Service, It is a preview feature that you can mount an Azure Files share to a directory in your App Service app, then transfer data into Azure Files from your local machine. There are many methods you can interact with Azure file shares.