Azurite: Azurite Durable Functions Connection Refused

Which service(blob, file, queue, table) does this issue concern?

Queue

Which version of the Azurite was used?

3.x.x

Where do you get Azurite? (npm, DockerHub, NuGet, Visual Studio Code Extension)

VS Code Extension

What’s the Node.js version?

v8.11.2

What problem was encountered?

I have tried in vain over the last couple of days to get various flavours of azurite working with durable functions. Whether using v2.x.x installed via npm, or v3 manually built (or installed via VS code. I seem to be running it to the following types of error.

Executed 'Functions.DurableFunctionsHttpStart' (Failed, Id=62b2f95e-ba13-44f1-b08b-731de1acdb77) [28/10/2019 14:47:09] System.Private.CoreLib: Exception while executing function: Functions.DurableFunctionsHttpStart. System.Private.CoreLib: Result: Failure

The listener for function 'Functions.Hello' was unable to start. Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage: Connection refused. System.Net.Http: Connection refused. System.Private.CoreLib: Connection refused.

I finally decided to abort my attempts at local storage and try to use a connection string from my azure portal. This worked and the initial Durable Template worked as expected.

This could be a bug, or hole in the documentation, failing that it could simply be me missing something.

Steps to reproduce the issue?

User the Durable Functions Hello starter and try to run with Azurite via VS Code on Mac with "AzureWebJobsStorage": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true;", in local.settings.json.

Have you found a mitigation/solution?

Use a storage account in Azure portal circumvents any issues but that only proves the Durable Functions template is fine and there is a deeper issue in the setup of Azurite and Durable Functions (or Knowledge gap)