How can I upgrade pip (Local Git, App Service) to a specific version and then make the Oryx use that pip?

[avineshwar]

I am unable to find a clear answer on this.

I thought this would be clear-cut described at least somewhere (no jargon, just plain logic). As a customer, I do not care about your nomenclatures.

I have read a number of articles without no success so far. I scavenged probably 20 different articles all over the place. They either do not apply or there is lack of parity with who is seeing what in their portal.

Things I have read about:

• Using environment variables in the form App Settings [ does not work as it does not appear to apply to the pip that Oryx ultimately ends up using ]
• Using .deployment file with a mention of build.cmd (bash file) to upgrade pip [ does not appear to work due to the same reason ]

All I want is properly bootstrap my application. I believe, in this case, that would mean to make sure the pip is upgraded, and Oryx subsequently uses that pip to install dependencies via requirements.txt; instead, an older pip is used, and installation fails for certain dependencies.

I do not know what is ideal in this case:

• Figure out a Kudu solution
• Figure out a Oryx solution (I assume this)
• Bypass deployment altogether and just copy the entire structure from the local disk
• Figure out some Docker solution

The fact that Oryx tries to build automatically is great and I want to go by that route.

Platform - Linux
Python - 3.6.15
Required version of pip - 21.3.1

[avineshwar]

Looks like it is not possible as per Microsoft.