ChakraCore.dll Exception when deployed to Azure Web App

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I have an app which uses the Babel to transpile some dynamic JS into es5 compatible JS for use in IE browsers.

This setup works perfectly locally however once deployed to Azure I keep getting the following exception when trying to call

var babel = ReactEnvironment.Current.Babel;

Exception triggered:

React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCResolutionException: Unable to resolve type: React.ReactEnvironment (Error getting vue module script) ---> React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCResolutionException: Unable to resolve type: React.JavaScriptEngineFactory ---> JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.Core.JsEngineLoadException: Failed to create instance of the ChakraCoreJsEngine. Most likely it happened, because the 'ChakraCore.dll' assembly or one of its dependencies was not found. Try to install the JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.Native.win-x86 package via NuGet. In addition, you still need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 (https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#microsoft-visual-c-redistributable-for-visual-studio-2017). ---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'ChakraCore' or one of its dependencies: The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.ConstructType(System.Type, System.Type, System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo, React.TinyIoC.NamedParameterOverloads, React.TinyIoC.ResolveOptions)
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer+CustomObjectLifetimeFactory.GetObject(System.Type, React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer, React.TinyIoC.NamedParameterOverloads, React.TinyIoC.ResolveOptions)
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.ResolveInternal(React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer+TypeRegistration, React.TinyIoC.NamedParameterOverloads, React.TinyIoC.ResolveOptions)
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.Resolve(System.Type)
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.Resolve()
at App.Controllers.ComponentController+<ModuleRegistrationIE11>d__4.MoveNext()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.ConstructType(System.Type, System.Type, System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo, React.TinyIoC.NamedParameterOverloads, React.TinyIoC.ResolveOptions)
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer+SingletonFactory.GetObject(System.Type, React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer, React.TinyIoC.NamedParameterOverloads, React.TinyIoC.ResolveOptions)
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.ResolveInternal(React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer+TypeRegistration, React.TinyIoC.NamedParameterOverloads, React.TinyIoC.ResolveOptions)
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.ConstructType(System.Type, System.Type, System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo, React.TinyIoC.NamedParameterOverloads, React.TinyIoC.ResolveOptions)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ChakraCoreJsEngine..ctor(JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ChakraCoreSettings)
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ChakraCoreJsEngineFactory.CreateEngine()
at JSPool.JsPool`2.CreateEngine()
at JSPool.JsPool`2.PopulateEngines()
at JSPool.JsPool`2..ctor()
at React.JavaScriptEngineFactory.CreatePool()
at React.JavaScriptEngineFactory..ctor(JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.Core.IJsEngineSwitcher, React.IReactSiteConfiguration, React.ICache, React.IFileSystem)
at lambda_method(System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Closure, System.Object[])
at React.TinyIoC.TinyIoCContainer.ConstructType(System.Type, System.Type, System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo, React.TinyIoC.NamedParameterOverloads, React.TinyIoC.ResolveOptions)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.JsRt.NativeMethods.JsCreateRuntime(JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.JsRt.JsRuntimeAttributes, JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.JsRt.JsThreadServiceCallback, JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.JsRt.JsRuntime&)
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ChakraCoreJsEngine+<>c__DisplayClass10_1.<.ctor>b__0()
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ScriptDispatcher+<>c__DisplayClass11_0.<Invoke>b__0()
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ScriptDispatcher.StartThread()
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ScriptDispatcher.InnnerInvoke(System.Func`1[[System.Object, System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e]])
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ScriptDispatcher.Invoke(System.Action)
at JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ChakraCoreJsEngine..ctor(JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.ChakraCoreSettings)

The exception suggests that the ChakraCore.dll is most likely missing or the C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 is. I assume the redistributable is present in Azure becasue of this https://feedback.azure.com/forums/355860-azure-functions/suggestions/31130971-install-visual-c-2015-or-2017-redistributale?

The ChakraCore.dll appears to be present when inspecting the files in Azure enter image description here

I've also tried the suggestions here uninstalling and reinsatalling all of the relevant packages https://github.com/reactjs/React.NET/issues/400

c#
azure
babeljs
chakracore
asked on Stack Overflow May 23, 2019 by James

1 Answer

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Ok so thanks to some desperate trial and error it was simply a case of adding support for other platforms regarding the JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.Native package, I originally had just the win-x64 but installing the win-x86 as well sorted it and got it working in Azure.

This was the end result for the packages I had installed to get my app successfully working in Azure:

<PackageReference Include="JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore" Version="3.1.1" />
<PackageReference Include="JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.Native.win-x64" Version="3.1.1" />
<PackageReference Include="JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.ChakraCore.Native.win-x86" Version="3.1.1" />
<PackageReference Include="JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.Core" Version="3.1.0" />
<PackageReference Include="JavaScriptEngineSwitcher.Extensions.MsDependencyInjection" Version="3.1.0" />
<PackageReference Include="JSPool" Version="4.0.0" />
answered on Stack Overflow May 24, 2019 by James

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