Questions tagged [azure-configuration]

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Struggling to move Web Role to a smaller vmsize

I want to move my web role to a smaller VM size for cost saving purposes. I changed the vmsize attribute in WebRole in the ServiceDefinition.csdef accordingly. On publishing I received the following error: Total requested resources are too large…
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how to create windows virtual machine with 16gb ram

I am totally new to cloud services, and using Windows Azure, I need a web server and a database server, each with 16gb of RAM. However, the extra large windows virtual machines only have 14gb of RAM. How would I go about adding 2gb of RAM to each of…
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Windows azure with error Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Caching.FileStore

After I updated Azure SDK to 1.7 version and tried to publish my changes on web role it shows me an error: Windows Azure could not find the resource Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Caching.FileStore in the service package. How can this error be…
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Why is CloudConfigurationManager using my Cloud.cscfg instead of Local.cscfg?

I have configured my application to use the Service configuration Local in the development settings. I have two cscfg files (as per default) Cloud and Local. I have added connection strings for Storage that tell it to use a live account in…
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Azure: Caching tab is not visible

Maybe my question is a bit stupid, but :) I installed Azure SDK 1.7 (June 2012). And there is no caching tab in web role properties. What should I do to enable caching tab? *I'm using VS 2010.
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What is the benefit of using Azure App Configuration over an App Service's "Configuration" (environment variables)?

When you have an app service, it has a "configuration" tab, which allows you to define key-value pairs that are treated as environment variables by your application. Azure also has "Azure App Configuration" which is sort of like a cloud app.config…
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Windows Azure Connection Strings - How to Handle Local vs. Production?

I'm in the process of deploying some windows azure projects and I've noticed that it's a bit of a pain to constantly switch my role configuration settings from using LocalStorage to actually use my Windows Azure Storage connection strings. For…
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Azure App Service Application settings

As far as I know we can store connection strings in azure Applications settings under Connection string section. My question is, can we store below configuration in Application settings. "IdentityConfig": { "Authority":…
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Saving complete azure configuration to file?

Is there any way to save the complete state of my azure configuration? Basically, I just created a demo for a project I'm working on. This demo has a website/webjob, scheduler, storage queue, storage blob, redis cache and documentDB. I have…
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Azure Worker Role / Web Role not reading from ServiceConfig

I have an Azure Worker Role (WR) which is supposed to pick up it's config from the .cscfg files using: var setting = CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("My.Setting.Name"); Running in the emulator this is fine, I get the: Getting "My.Setting.Name"…
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unhealthy instances in Azure

I have a working deployment. I've added to the configuration file of a Cloud Service Role: Task commandLine="EnableCompression.cmd" executionContext="elevated" taskType="simple"> Then in the cmd…
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code to power on and power off an instance in windows azure

Hi I am a beginner in windows azure. I want to create an instance in windows azure and later power it on and power it off programatically with C# code. I have written code to perform these operations in hyper V server using WMI but I do not…
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Azure: How to execute a startup task delayed?

I have two Sites within my WebRole and have defined a Startup task. The first line works fine, it creates a new App pool for me: %WINDIR%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe add apppool /name:"VCPool" /managedRuntimeVersion:"v4.0"…
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Is there a way to know in what environment my webrole runs?

I am working on azure webrole, and in one of my application which is console application, I want to know in which enviroment my webrole running? I.e staging / production environment. Is there any dll available to get this idea? I am looking for the…
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azure service definition localstorage element

Created a web role project on Azure. Looking at the service definition file I see that it adds a LocalResources section - It…
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