Hi everyone currently I am working on automating installation of certain application in one of our pool node in Azure Batch using application package.
For this example I am just trying to install google chrome in one our node but the node keeps getting stuck in waiting the startup task. The start up task is very simple as
cmd /c %AZ_BATCH_APP_PACKAGE_CHROME#95%\\ChromeSetup.exe -args -here
Please make certain that your installer is able to install in a non-interactive mode. For Google Chrome, this may help.
It turns out the it requires you to elevate the user access level to admin. It was not highlighted in documentation when using application package in batch account.
Just add this in your json config when deploying batch account node.
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I have a Django-based web app deployed from Github, running in Python 3.9. The app deploys and starts successfully.
I need to add post-build actions to complete the deployment; the exceeding common Django task of running "manage.py". Following the general and python-specific docs I have added the an app setting of
POST_BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH=postbuild.sh
There is a shell script, postbuild.sh in the root of my app, which runs fine if I SSH into the running container. The expected behaviour is that after deployment, this should run, and output to the deployment log. Neither of these things happen.
I have tested the app setting POST_BUILD_COMMAND with a very simple echo, and that does nothing either.
Can you tell me either what I need to do to make these app settings work, or suggest an alternative method of running the post-build script?
Please note that this is a Linux app using Oryx, so answers concerning Windows/Kudu like this one aren't related.
I noticed you asked your question over here as well. Your setting needs to be set to a relative path, /postbuild.sh.
I wasn't sure whether to ask this in an Inkscape specific forum or here in Azure. I tagged both.
My goal is to run a windows build of Inkscape in a cloud function preferably or in an App Service to open up different vector files and send them back to the user as a plain SVG.
I've downloaded the binary archive (https://inkscape.org/en/release/0.92.2/windows/32-bit/) and extracted it in Kudu on both a paid App Service and in a Function App.
When I run inkview.com it seems to be working. It outputs info to cmd
But when I run inkscape.com it just stays open for a couple of seconds and quits. (Just outputs a blank line and exits) I've tried -V and -? and many other commands (also using the -Z without GUI command).
Does anybody have an idea of what's going on here? Is Azure perhaps missing some dependencies that Inkscape needs to run? Any ideas on how to troubleshoot?
Thanks in advance.
Azure Functions, like WebApps and Mobile Apps, run in an App Service. The App Service runs in a secure environment called a sandbox which imposes certain limitation. Amongst them, is the use of GDI+.
With Inkspace being a graphics program, I can only imagine that it is making use of GDI+, so it would be blocked.
You can see the list of limitation https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu/wiki/Azure-Web-App-sandbox#unsupported-frameworks
In order to be able to run inkspace in Azure, you need to host in something other than App Service, such as a VM, Cloud Service, Service Fabric, Containers... etc.
I am trying to run my node.js app using forever on windows 64 bit.
I have tried the followed, i installed foreman from npm . App is started with foreman start app.js. I observe that the node is running with my account.
When logged out of the box the process stops. Is there away to start foreman and node to run with a system account so that its always running with out associating node to a specific user.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
You would need to run your app or forman either as a service or a scheduled task triggered to run at startup.
I found this package that will replace forever and install pm2 as a service.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2-windows-service
Using forever:
There is at least this Stackoverflow question covering creating a service and probably others.
Question about creating a service from an exe
Creating a scheduled task tutorial
Open Task scheduler:
Use windows search or control panel/administrative tools/Task Scheduler
You can also open a cmd console and copy %windir%\system32\taskschd.msc /s into it and hit enter.
From there you can create a new task, set a schedule that triggers on startup, point it to forever and set it to run if your logged in or not.
The link above, or other google results, will give you good tutorial info to work through it step by step.
After searching on Google, I've managed to put together a powershell script based on this site to upload my azure project. When I try to add it to TFS build process using the steps on the same site I get the following output:
My build says it's been running for 7 hours and if I login to windows azure there is no mention of the package. I have run it numerous other times since but not for as long, even after 10 minutes it still hasn't changed anything on the Azure dashboard.
If I run the same command from a command prompt on the build server then it runs and uploads the staging environment and it takes about 8-10 minutes to complete. Is there anything special I have to do to get it to run from TFS Build, or is there a way that I can get more meaningful output?
Finally found it. The default.publishsettings didn't have permission for the build service to read it. Added full permissions for the service and it now works.
I have set up a cruisecontrol.net build server. When running it in console mode it works fine, but when trying to run it as a windows service it doesn't work. The log file shows the following message:
ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.Core.CruiseControlException:
Source control operation failed: No VSS database (srcsafe.ini) found.
Use the SSDIR environment variable or run netsetup.
The ssdir is set in ccnet.config, so what am I missing here?
Not sure if it's applicable but when I had problems switching between the Console version and the Service version it was down to access rights for the user I was starting the service as.
Perhaps the Service does not have access rights to the srcsafe.ini file and your account does(assuming that's what your using to run the console).
Apologies if I'm way off the mark, just trying to help!
I ran into similar issues when setting up our CI environment at work. If you can get log-in permissions for the service account you are using, you can log in as that account and run CC.NET via the console and debug your issues.