filesystems - Can I write to file system on azure web site?

Question

Can I write to file system on azure Web Site? for example updating or installing plugins/themes in Wordpress from dashboard. AFAIK, it is not possible on Heroku so what about Azure Web Sites?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12964129/can-i-write-to-file-system-on-azure-web-site

Answer 1

Surely it is possible to write on the file system of Azure Websites. However your write permissions are limited to the root folder of your app. So, if you use ASP.NET, you shall be able to write anywhere within the Server.MapPath("~/from_here_on"). Meaning you shall be able to perform read/write/delete operations on files which are located in the root folder of your app and below. If you use PHP, the root folder can be get from $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] environment variable.

And a web application shall not need more privileges. For sure will not be able to write on the operating system folders.