# Create a remote container

In this exercise, you'll create a container in which to run the Lamp API in an Azure Functions project locally. Azure Functions requires a specific setup in order to work, including .NET Core, Azure Functions Core Tools and the Azure Functions extension. All of these things will be isolated in the container.

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* Add the Remote Development configuration files to the "start" project
* Include all of the dependencies to run an Azure Functions project
* Open the project in the container
* Run the API as a Serverless Function
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* Open the Command Palette(**Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P**)
* Select "Remote-Containers: Add Development Container Configuration Files"

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Select the "start" project from the prompt

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* Select the "Azure Functions & Node.js (latest LTS)

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* VS Code will add a ".devcontainer" folder to the "start" project. Inside this folder are two files..
  * Dockerfile
  * devcontainer.json
* Open the Command Palette (**Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P**)
* Select "Remote-Containers: Open Folder in Container"

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* Find the "start" folder inside the "exercise-6-remote-containers" folder and select it

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* VS Code will immediately begin to build a container. You will see that in the bottom panel. 

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* Once the container is built, VS Code will be connected to the project which is now running inside of a container

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* Press **F5** to start the Serverless Function project

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* Browse to "localhost:7071/api/setColor" on your machine
  * Pass a query string variable "localhost:7071/api/setColor?color=blue"
* You will receive a response from the Serverless Function

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