Files in a Azure App Service local share are not accessible when using a public URL

Question

I have a Azure App service (Linux) with a mounted local share from an Azure storage blob container. I followed the guide on this page. When I try to access a file in the local share via http, I get a HTTP ERROR 404. The url is https://cid-linux-storage.azurewebsites.net/media/naa.jpg.

The storage mount has the following properties;

In the SSH terminal, the storage mount is accessible.

The mount are also visible when browsing the site in Kudu.

Edited: App Service config

The blob container is set to an anonymous access level.

I applied a similar method using a Windows app service and a file share, and it was successful. For this site, I would prefer to adopt a Linux/Blob container approach.

My Linux skills are quite limited, and there might be a simple solution to my problem. I would appreciate any help.

Answer 1

Even I am unable to access the Images directly from the folder. I have even tried by uploading the images manually.

Check the below workaround to access Images ( or any static files) from the Subfolder which is in the wwwroot directory.

• Create a sample .NET Core 8 Web Application.
• In Program.cs, by default the app serves the Staticfiles, you can see UseStaticFiles.

I have taken references from MSDoc,

To access the files from the subfolder(media in your case), modify the code as below.

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(
           Path.Combine(builder.Environment.ContentRootPath, "media")),
    RequestPath = "/media"
});

• Deploy the Web App to the same Azure Linux App Service where you have uploaded files.

• Now you can access the files directly.

https://testapp29july.azurewebsites.net/media/foster-lake.jpg

Output: