How to install composer on app service?

Question

I am new to using Microsoft Azure. My application requires composer to be installed on the server, how can I have it installed on the system of App services service? Application is in PHP.

Solution 1

You can install composer extension in the manage portal of your App Services.

• Login on your Azure Account at https://portal.azure.com
• Click the "tools" button, select "extensions" bar in the list on the right. Click "Add" button, open the extension list allowed to install in App Services. You can choose "Composer" there.

After installing, you also can install Visual Studio Online extension or leverage Kudu console site to handle or run commands of your Apps.

Solution 2

Another way to install composer

• Navigate to your azure portal
• Click on SSH
• Type curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Comments

[Ruchit Rami]

I want to add other extensions also for example, github.com/nrk/predis. How can I develop this extensions? How can I go about installing other php extensions which are not covered in the app service extension list?

[Gary Liu]

You can package your custom libs with your application and deploy to Azure via Git or FTP. refer to azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/…

[Richard Ockerby]

Particularly useful if you're not on a plan that allows extensions.

[esjay]

This is also what I needed to use it with an Azure Sponsorship for non-profits where extensions are not allowed. Although the GitHub deployment runs composer - it would fail because of PHP extension dependencies. The extensions were enabled for the web service, but not the CLI.

[Bern]

Sadly this option is no longer available. "Extensions" has been disabled in the Azure dashboard

[TechFanDan]

IIRC, the extension that can be added through the portal seems to only be for PHP 5.x and requires a Windows OS. @ankit mehta's solution works well today.