Azure Functions 2.0: How to start a project from command prompt and allow connection from other machines?

Question

I am developing an Azure Functions 2 Project, when using Visual Studio 2017 and Run, it Works like this:

1) What is the command line and proper parameters to launch the Azure Function Project DLL ?
How can I run this same via command prompt (outside Visual Studio)?

2) How to accept connections from other machines, not only localhost?
I want that it accepts like ASP.Net Core (.UseUrls("http://+:7071")):

Now listening on: http://[::]:7071

but it is only listening on

http://localhost:7071

I am Azure fan, but I am asking this because I want to put a development version on a local server (on premisses), later when application grows I plan to publish to Azure; but now I don't want to install SQL Server on this server to run Azure Functions portal (Azure Functions Runtime)...

I don't want to install the Azure Functions portal. I just want to launch the Project, the same way Visual Studio 2017 does and accept connections from other computers, using the IP address or computer name.

Answer 1

I tested now and with the new version it works as I expected! Now I can easily run the Azure Functions on the Desktop and call the API on another device on my local network, also from my Mobile phone.

I updated to Visual Studio 2019 and the tools got updated to:

Azure Functions Core Tools (2.6.1080 Commit hash: 509d59b7eb6fbfb89f70ce96ad22e00f8f7bafdd)
Function Runtime Version: 2.0.12427.0

Now on the console it appears:

Now listening on: http://0.0.0.0:7071

To run the function from command line, outside Visual Studio, I did:

Install/update the tools:

npm install azure-functions-core-tools -g

Start the Azure Functions Host:

func host start

(I used npm 5.6.0, wich is installed with nodejs)