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aleffe — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:21:20 GMT

Great tutorial! I have just one problem. I'm using Azure SDK version 1.6.21103.1459 and I every time I deploy from TFS, the deployment go to Staging slot. In the TFS build definition I have the slot set as Production. Is this because I use DeployToAzure version 1.1.0 and it is said to support only Support for Azure SDK 1.4 and 1.5? Otherwise it seems to work fine.

Updated Wiki: How-To: Deploy to Windows Azure from TFS Build using DeployToAzure

vkoltovich — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:19:32 GMT

This how-to provides step-by-step instructions on setting up DeployToAzure and creating build definition which deploy application to Azure.

Step 1 - Install Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure SDK on TFS 2010 Build server.

There is probably "smarter" way to make your build server able to build cloud projects, but the easiest one is to install Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure SDK on it.

Step 2 - Create certificate for Azure API, upload it to your Azure account and install it on your build server.

One of the simplest way to create and install management API certificate is to generate it build server using makecert.exe utility. To do so, execute the command like the below on your build server:

makecert -r -pe -a sha1 -n "CN=Windows Azure Authentication Certificate" -sr LocalMachine -ss Root 
-len 2048 -sp "Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider" -sy 24 buildcert.cer

It will generate self-signed certificate, install it to LocalMachine\Trusted Root storage, and create buildcert.cer file in the current folder. The next step is to upload buildcert.cer file to the developer portal. The portal has Management Certificates section where you can do that.

Step 3 - Upload DeployToAzure to TFS Source Control and modify TFS Build Controller properties.

Choose a location in source control for custom assemblies. Add EastBancTech.DeployToAzure.Activities.dll and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll. Check-in added files.

Modify build controller’s properties to load custom activities from that location using the Build Controller Properties dialog. In Visual Studio select Build –> Manage Build Controllers… –>s elect your build controller-> Properties

Restart Visual Studio to ensure it picks up new assemblies.

Last step here is uploading build definition template to source control. Select location in source control where you will keep reusable build definitions, add and check-in DefaultTemplateWithDeploymentToAzure.xaml from DeployToAzure Release Package there.

Step 4 - Create build definition

Open New Build Definition dialog. Select Process tab. Click New button in Build process template section. Choose Select an existing XAML file option and specify path to DefaultTemplateWithDeploymentToAzure.xaml in your source control.

Deployment to Azure section will appear in Build process parameters. Click Refresh button if you don’t see it.

Now define build properties. First ,open 1. Required / Items to build dialog and select your solution and specify configuration to build.

Open Deployment to Azure section and provide following parameters:

API Certificate store location – store location of your management certificate. Select LocalMachine if certificate was created by command above.
API Certificate Thumbprint – thumbprint of management certificate.
API Certificate store – store where management certificate is located. Select Root if certificate was created by command above.
Cloud Project – cloud project to be packaged and deployed. It will be built with the same configuration as the one specified for solution building.
Deployment label – label of deployment. Label can contain same set of macros as Build Label.
Hosted Service Name – DNS Prefix of Hosted service. You can find it on Windows Azure portal.
Service configuration – service configuration to be used for deployment, for example Cloud. Keep this field empty to use default configuration.
Slot – select Staging or Production.
Storage Service Name – DNS Prefix of storage service which will be used to upload deployment package.
Subscription Id – Azure subscription ID.
Wait for roles to start – set to true if build should wait for all instances to start.
Initialization Timeout – if above is true, specify timeout for build to wait before generate timeout exception.

And… that’s it! Save it and you are ready to run your deployment to Azure.

Updated Wiki: How-To: Upgrade builds using DeployToAzure 1.0 to 1.1

vkoltovich — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:17:52 GMT

This how-to provides step-by-step instructions on upgrading build definitions implemented with DeployToAzure 1.0 to version 1.1

Step 1 – Replace DeployToAzure assemblies and build template in TFS Source Control.

Download DeployToAzure 1.1 from CodePlex
Check-out EastBancTech.DeployToAzure.Activities.dll and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll resided in custom assemblies' folder. You can find path to your custom assemblies on Build Controller Properties window in Visual Studio (Build->Manage Build Controlles –>Select your controller –> Properties)
Replace assemblies with those from downloaded archive and check-in.
RESTART Visual Studio to pick up types from new assembly.
Check-out DefaultTemplateWithDeploymentToAzure.xaml, replace it with the one from downloaded archive and check-in back into source control.

Step 2- Update build definition

- Open build definition
- Open the Process section and refresh your build process template

In 1. Required/ Items to build select complete solution instead of cloud project. New version on DeployToAzure separates compilation and packaging processes, so full solution can be compiled and tested before package and deploy to Azure.
Go to 3. Advanced / MSBuild Arguments and remove /t:Build;Publish /p:OutDir=" " parameters which were required with previous version of Azure.
In Deployment To Azure section:
- Reset API Certification store, API Certification store location and Slot fields. Those fields has been changed from plain string to choice fields, so now you can select store, store location and deployment slot from the list.
- Update Deployment label if required. With new version of DeployToAzure, deployment label can contain same set of macros as Build Label.
- Select a Cloud project to be packaged and deployed. It will be built with the same configuration as the one specified for solution building.
- Specify Service Configuration to be used for deployment. Keep this field empty to use default configuration.
- If you want you build wait for roles to start, set Wait for roles to start to true and specify Initialization Timeout
Save build definition.

Updated Wiki: Home

vkoltovich — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:23:40 GMT

Deploy Windows Azure project from TFS 2010 Build Server

DeployToAzure allows automating deployment of Windows Azure project and making it a part of TFS 2010 build process without using PowerShell and Azure Management CmdLets.
Solution includes:

a set of custom workflow actions wrapping Azure Management API operations such as GetDeployment, GetOperationStatus, NewDeployment, RemoveDeployment and SetDeploymentStatus;
helper actions such as FindPackageAndConfigurationFiles, LoadCertificate and WaitForOperationToComplete;
designer activity DeployToAzure implementing deployment logic ;
reusable build definition template.

Step-by-step instruction can be found here.

Updated Wiki: How-To: Deploy to Windows Azure from TFS Build using DeployToAzure

vkoltovich — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:22:31 GMT

This how-to provides step-by-step instructions on setting up DeployToAzure and creating build definition which deploy application to Azure.

Step 1 - Install Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure SDK on TFS 2010 Build server.

There is probably "smarter" way to make your build server able to build cloud projects, but the easiest one is to install Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure SDK on it.

Step 2 - Create certificate for Azure API, upload it to your Azure account and install it on your build server.

One of the simplest way to create and install management API certificate is to generate it build server using makecert.exe utility. To do so, execute the command like the below on your build server:

makecert -r -pe -a sha1 -n "CN=Windows Azure Authentication Certificate" -sr LocalMachine -ss Root 
-len 2048 -sp "Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider" -sy 24 buildcert.cer

Step 3 - Upload DeployToAzure to TFS Source Control and modify TFS Build Controller properties.

Choose a location in source control for custom assemblies. Add EastBancTech.DeployToAzure.Activities.dll and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll. Check-in added files.

Step 4 - Create build definition

Deployment to Azure section will appear in Build process parameters. Click Refresh button if you don’t see it.

Now define build properties. First ,open 1. Required / Items to build dialog and select your solution and specify configuration to build.

Open Deployment to Azure section and provide following parameters:

API Certificate store location – store location of your management certificate. Select LocalMachine if certificate was created by command above.
API Certificate Thumbprint – thumbprint of management certificate.
API Certificate store – store where management certificate is located. Select Root if certificate was created by command above.
Cloud Project – cloud project to be packaged and deployed. It will be built with the same configuration as the one specified for solution building.
Deployment label – label of deployment. Label can contain same set of macros as Build Label.
Hosted Service Name – DNS Prefix of Hosted service. You can find it on Windows Azure portal.
Service configuration – service configuration to be used for deployment, for example Cloud. Keep this field empty to use default configuration.
Slot – select Staging or Production.
Storage Service Name – DNS Prefix of storage service which will be used to upload deployment package.
Subscription Id – Azure subscription ID.
Wait for roles to start – set to true if build should wait for all instances to start.
Initialization Timeout – if above is true, specify timeout for build to wait before generate timeout exception.

And… that’s it! Save it and you are ready to run your deployment to Azure.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

vkoltovich — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:22:17 GMT

How-To: Deploy to Windows Azure from TFS Build using DeployToAzure

How-To: Upgrade build definitions from DeployToAzure 1.0 to 1.1

Updated Wiki: How-To: Deploy to Windows Azure from TFS Build using DeployToAzure

vkoltovich — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:20:06 GMT

This how-to provides step-by-step instructions on setting up DeployToAzure and creating build definition which deploy application to Azure.

Step 1 - Install Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure SDK on TFS 2010 Build server.

There is probably "smarter" way to make your build server able to build cloud projects, but the easiest one is to install Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Azure SDK on it.

Step 2 - Create certificate for Azure API, upload it to your Azure account and install it on your build server.

One of the simplest way to create and install management API certificate is to generate it build server using makecert.exe utility. To do so, execute the command like the below on your build server:

makecert -r -pe -a sha1 -n "CN=Windows Azure Authentication Certificate" -sr LocalMachine -ss Root 
-len 2048 -sp "Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider" -sy 24 buildcert.cer

Step 3 - Upload DeployToAzure to TFS Source Control and modify TFS Build Controller properties.

Choose a location in source control for custom assemblies. Add EastBancTech.DeployToAzure.Activities.dll and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll. Check-in added files.

Step 4 - Create build definition

Deployment to Azure section will appear in Build process parameters. Click Refresh button if you don’t see it.

Now define build properties. First ,open 1. Required / Items to build dialog and select your solution and specify configuration to build.

Open Deployment to Azure section and provide following parameters:

API Certificate store location – store location of your management certificate. Select LocalMachine if certificate was created by command above.
API Certificate Thumbprint – thumbprint of management certificate.
API Certificate store – store where management certificate is located. Select Root if certificate was created by command above.
Cloud Project – cloud project to be packaged and deployed. It will be built with the same configuration as the one specified for solution building.
Deployment label – label of deployment. Label can contain same set of macros as Build Label.
Hosted Service Name – DNS Prefix of Hosted service. You can find it on Windows Azure portal.
Service configuration – service configuration to be used for deployment, for example Cloud. Keep this field empty to use default configuration.
Slot – select Staging or Production.
Storage Service Name – DNS Prefix of storage service which will be used to upload deployment package.
Subscription Id – Azure subscription ID.
Wait for roles to start – set to true if build should wait for all instances to start.
Initialization Timeout – if above is true, specify timeout for build to wait before generate timeout exception.

And… that’s it! Save it and you are ready to run your deployment to Azure.

Updated Wiki: How-To: Upgrade builds using DeployToAzure 1.0 to 1.1

vkoltovich — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:34:22 GMT

This how-to provides step-by-step instructions on upgrading build definitions implemented with DeployToAzure 1.0 to version 1.1

Step 1 – Replace DeployToAzure assemblies and build template in TFS Source Control.

Download DeployToAzure 1.1 from CodePlex
Check-out EastBancTech.DeployToAzure.Activities.dll and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll resided in custom assemblies' folder. You can find path to your custom assemblies on Build Controller Properties window in Visual Studio (Build->Manage Build Controlles –>Select your controller –> Properties)
Replace assemblies with those from downloaded archive and check-in.
Check-out DefaultTemplateWithDeploymentToAzure.xaml, replace it with the one from downloaded archive and check-in back into source control.

Step 2- Update build definition

- Open build definition
- Open the Process section and refresh your build process template

In 1. Required/ Items to build select complete solution instead of cloud project. New version on DeployToAzure separates compilation and packaging processes, so full solution can be compiled and tested before package and deploy to Azure.
Go to 3. Advanced / MSBuild Arguments and remove /t:Build;Publish /p:OutDir=" " parameters which were required with previous version of Azure.
In Deployment To Azure section:
- Reset API Certification store, API Certification store location and Slot fields. Those fields has been changed from plain string to choice fields, so now you can select store, store location and deployment slot from the list.
- Update Deployment label if required. With new version of DeployToAzure, deployment label can contain same set of macros as Build Label.
- Select a Cloud project to be packaged and deployed. It will be built with the same configuration as the one specified for solution building.
- Specify Service Configuration to be used for deployment. Keep this field empty to use default configuration.
- If you want you build wait for roles to start, set Wait for roles to start to true and specify Initialization Timeout
Save build definition.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

vkoltovich — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:33:59 GMT

Step-by-step instruction

How-To: Upgrade build definitions from DeployToAzure 1.0 to 1.1

Updated Wiki: Documentation

vkoltovich — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:27:31 GMT

Step-by-step instruction

How-To: Upgrade builds using DeployToAzure 1.0 to 1.1

Updated Wiki: How-To: Upgrade builds using DeployToAzure 1.0 to 1.1

vkoltovich — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:25:59 GMT

This how-to provides step-by-step instructions on upgrading build definitions implemented with DeployToAzure 1.0 to version 1.1

Step 1 – Replace DeployToAzure assemblies and build template in TFS Source Control.

Download DeployToAzure 1.1 from CodePlex
Check-out EastBancTech.DeployToAzure.Activities.dll and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll resided in custom assemblies' folder. You can find path to your custom assemblies on Build Controller Properties window in Visual Studio (Build->Manage Build Controlles –>Select your controller –> Properties)
Replace assemblies with those from downloaded archive and check-in.
Check-out DefaultTemplateWithDeploymentToAzure.xaml, replace it with the one from downloaded archive and check-in back into source control.

Step 2- Update build definition

- Open build definition
- Open the Process section and refresh your build process template

In 1. Required/ Items to build select complete solution instead of cloud project. New version on DeployToAzure separates compilation and packaging processes, so full solution can be compiled and tested before package and deploy to Azure.
Go to 3. Advanced / MSBuild Arguments and remove /t:Build;Publish /p:OutDir=" " parameters which were required with previous version of Azure.
In Deployment To Azure section:
- Reset API Certification store, API Certification store location and Slot fields. Those fields has been changed from plain string to choice fields, so now you can select store, store location and deployment slot from the list.
- Update Deployment label if required. With new version of DeployToAzure, deployment label can contain same set of macros as Build Label.
- Select a Cloud project to be packaged and deployed. It will be built with the same configuration as the one specified for solution building.
- Specify Service Configuration to be used for deployment. Keep this field empty to use default configuration.
- If you want you build wait for roles to start, set Wait for roles to start to true and specify Initialization Timeout
Save build definition.

Updated Wiki: How-To: Upgrade builds using DeployToAzure 1.0 to 1.1

vkoltovich — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:15:03 GMT

This how-to provides step-by-step instructions on upgrading build definitions implemented with DeployToAzure 1.0 to version 1.1

Step 1 – Replace DeployToAzure assemblies and build template in TFS Source Control.

Download DeployToAzure 1.1 from CodePlex
Check-out EastBancTech.DeployToAzure.Activities.dll and Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.dll resided in custom assemblies' folder. You can find path to your custom assemblies on Build Controller Properties window in Visual Studio (Build->Manage Build Controlles –>Select your controller –> Properties)
Replace assemblies with those from downloaded archive and check-in.
Check-out DefaultTemplateWithDeploymentToAzure.xaml, replace it with the one from downloaded archive and check-in back into source control.

Step 2- Update build definition

- Open build definition
- Open the Process section and refresh your build process template

In 1. Required/ Items to build select complete solution instead of cloud project. New version on DeployToAzure separates compilation and packaging processes, so full solution can be compiled and tested before package and deploy to Azure.
Go to 3. Advanced / MSBuild Arguments and remove /t:Build;Publish /p:OutDir=" " parameters which were required with previous version of Azure.
In Deployment To Azure section:
- Reset API Certification store, API Certification store location and Slot fields. Those fields has been changed from plain string to choice fields, so now you can select store, store location and deployment slot from the list.
- Update Deployment label if required. With new version of DeployToAzure, deployment label can contain same set of macros as Build Label.
- Select a Cloud project to be packaged and deployed. It will be built with the same configuration as the one specified for solution building.
- Specify Service Configuration to be used for deployment. Keep this field empty to use default configuration.
- If you want you build wait for roles to start, set Wait for roles to start to true and specify Initialization Timeout
Save build definition.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

vkoltovich — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:24:06 GMT

Step-by-step instruction

Updated Wiki: Documentation

vkoltovich — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:23:46 GMT

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Updated Wiki: Documentation

vkoltovich — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:37:45 GMT

Step-by-step instruction

Updated Wiki: Documentation

vkoltovich — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:37:27 GMT

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Updated Wiki: Documentation

vkoltovich — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:36:39 GMT

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