How do I configure Azure Cache in web roles to use my custom IDataCacheObjectSerializer class? In case you are wondering why I want to use a custom serializer: I want to use the compact text based style JSON(.net) serialization combined with compression. In my .config files I can enable compression:
<dataCacheClient name="default" isCompressionEnabled="true"/>
But how / where do I tell Azure Cache (preview) to use my custom IDataCacheObjectSerializer class that uses JSON serialization?
Jagan Peri has a relevant blog post.
From the post:
<dataCacheClients>
<tracing sinkType="DiagnosticSink" traceLevel="Verbose" />
<!-- This is the default config which is used for all Named Caches
This can be overriden by specifying other dataCacheClient sections with name being the NamedCache name -->
<dataCacheClient name="default" useLegacyProtocol="false">
<autoDiscover isEnabled="true" identifier="WorkerRole1" />
<!--<localCache isEnabled="true" sync="TimeoutBased" objectCount="100000" ttlValue="300" />-->
<serializationProperties serializer="CustomSerializer" customSerializerType="Your.Fully.Qualified.Path.To.IDataCacheObjectSerializer,WorkerRole1" />
</dataCacheClient>
</dataCacheClients>
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Our website uses both dynamic and static compression. I know that compression can be enabled/disabled on a web.config level, but that the mime-types for static and dynamic compression cannot be enabled at a web-config level.
Meaning, this section:
<httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files" staticCompressionIgnoreHitFrequency="true">
<scheme name="gzip" dll="%Windir%\system32\inetsrv\gzip.dll" />
<staticTypes>
Stuff
</staticTypes>
<dynamicTypes>
Stuff
</dynamicTypes>
</httpCompression>
Must go in the applicationHost.config, and is generally edited using appcmd.exe.
I know there is a location element in the applicationHost.config that allows setting many things on a per website basis, but I can't seem to find anywhere if mimetypes for dynamic compression are one of them.
I have tried overriding these settings using a location element, but have not had any success and cannot find documentation stating it's possible for the httpCompression element.
To make matters worse, we install our product as a web application under the default site, so really we want to enable these dynamic compression mime-types only under our application, instead of site (or server) wide. Is this possible?
Generally, we are using IIS 7 and above. Right now our minimum is 7, so assume anything needs to work with that.
My question is:
Can httpCompression settings be set in the applicationHost.config per website and possible per web application under a web site?
Is there a different way to enable dynamicCompression specifics on a website/web application level?
Just an important precision: There is one prerequisite to ensure that you can add MIME Types in the "web.config" file:
It is possible to add MIME Types in the <staticTypes> and <dynamicTypes> sections at the website level (in "web.config") only if this is explicitely allowed at the "applicationHost.config" level, as explained in this solution from Stack Overflow:
The important thing to note is that modifying your
applicationHost.config (in %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config) from the following setting:
<section name="httpCompression" allowDefinition="AppHostOnly" overrideModeDefault="Deny" />
to:
<section name="httpCompression" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
will enable configuration of the httpCompression tag under the
system.webServer tag in your web.config.
Yes you can very well add dynamic and static types in web application's web.config file. ApplicationHost.config will define global compression settings and if you want to override them in your application you can do so. Following is sample from one of my application.
<system.webServer>
<modules>
<remove name="FormsAuthentication" />
<add name="Glimpse" type="Glimpse.AspNet.HttpModule, Glimpse.AspNet" preCondition="integratedMode" />
<remove name="UrlRoutingModule-4.0" />
<add name="UrlRoutingModule-4.0" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule" />
</modules>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<handlers>
<add name="Glimpse" path="glimpse.axd" verb="GET" type="Glimpse.AspNet.HttpHandler, Glimpse.AspNet" preCondition="integratedMode" />
</handlers>
<httpCompression>
<dynamicTypes>
<remove mimeType="text/*" />
<add mimeType="application/json" enabled="true" />
</dynamicTypes>
</httpCompression>
Here remove tag in dynamicTypes removes global entry coming from ApplicationHost.config
add tag is adding additional mimeType on top of global entries from applicationHost.config. This addition will be applicable only for whose web.config is being modified.
Similarly you can modify staticTypes as well.
I am working on Azure Service Fabric Reliable Actor implementation. Any idea/link on where can I store the Configuration value (e.g. DB connection string) and how to access that in code.
A Service Fabric application consists of the code package, a config package, and the data (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/service-fabric-application-model/).
You can use the config package to store and retrieve any kind of key-value pairs you need e.g. a connection string. Have a look at this article https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-fabric-manage-multiple-environment-app-configuration/ for more information.
You can add multiple ApplicationParameters file. Just copy and paste the same from Cloud.Xml and use for multiple environment configurations.
Steps to Make necessary changes
The values given in the Settings.xml need to be overridden in the ApplicationManifest.xml when it imports the ServiceManifest.xml .Below is the code supporting the overriding changes add them in the ApplicationManifest.xml.
a) Add the Parameter Default value first
<Parameters>
<Parameter Name="StatelessService1_InstanceCount" DefaultValue="-1" />
<!-- Default Value is set to Point to Dev Database -->
<Parameter Name="DatabaseString"DefaultValue="Server=someserver.database.windows.net\;Database=DbDev;user id=[userid];password=[Password];Trusted_Connection=false;" />
</Parameters>
b) Then override it in the ServiceManifestImport
<ServiceManifestImport>
<ServiceManifestRef ServiceManifestName="StatelessServicePkg"
ServiceManifestVersion="1.0.0" />
<ConfigOverrides>
<ConfigOverride Name="Config">
<Settings>
<Section Name="DatabaseConnections">
<Parameter Name="DbString" Value="[DatabaseString]" />
</Section>
</Settings>
</ConfigOverride>
</ConfigOverrides>
</ServiceManifestImport>
The above code change will override the following code in settings.xml
<Section Name="DatabaseConnections">
<Parameter Name="DbString" Value="Server=someserver.database.windows.net\;Database=DbDev;user id=[userid];password=[Password];Trusted_Connection=false;" />
</Section>
Overall when the application is deployed the values in the ApplicationParameter DevParam.xml or QaParam.xml or ProdParam.xml will overtake all the setting values.
<Parameters>
<Parameter Name="StatelessService1_InstanceCount" Value="-1" />
<Parameter Name="DatabaseString" Value="Server=someserverqa.database.windows.net\;Database=DbQA;user id=[userid];password=[Password];Trusted_Connection=false;" />
</Parameters>
In addition to the above info, it is important to know the order in which ASF overrides application setting:
Service Fabric will always choose from the application parameter file
first (if specified), then the application manifest, and finally the
configuration package (source)
For more info:
http://www.binaryradix.com/2016/10/reading-from-configuration-within-azure.html
Accordingly to this MSDN article (on AppFabric Caching, which is what Azure is run on), I should be able to find a DistributedCacheService.exe.config file located at \Windows\System32\AppFabric, but it doesn't exist on any of the instances.
When remoting into one of the instances and searching for configs, I find several cache-related config files in E:\plugins\Caching.
The CacheService.config.exe file looks very promising (similar to DistributedCacheService .exe.config), except that the dataCacheConfig is not initialized:
<dataCacheConfig cacheHostName="">
<!-- Comment/uncomment below line to disable/enable file sink logging.
Also location attribute is not honored. It is just specified since its mandatory. -->
<!--<log logLevel="3" location="" />-->
<clusterConfig connectionString="" />
</dataCacheConfig>
I need to confirm that certain data cache settings are being configured properly on the server side in order to solve a previous post of mine.
My client-side web.config looks something like this:
<dataCacheClients>
<dataCacheClient name="DataCache1">
<autoDiscover isEnabled="true" identifier="MyRoleName" />
<transportProperties maxBufferPoolSize="6400000" maxBufferSize="256" />
</dataCacheClient>
<dataCacheClient name="DataCache2">
<autoDiscover isEnabled="true" identifier="MyRoleName" />
<transportProperties maxBufferPoolSize="0" maxBufferSize="10485760" />
</dataCacheClient>
<dataCacheClient name="DataCache3">
<autoDiscover isEnabled="true" identifier="MyRoleName" />
<transportProperties maxBufferPoolSize="3276800" maxBufferSize="32768" />
</dataCacheClient>
</dataCacheClients>
Where do I find the cache host configuration file in Azure In-Role caching (colocated)?
The host property that you configure in on premise AppFabric cache is dynamically initialized in InRole Cache. You can check Caching.csplugin at Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Azure.NET SDK\v2.2\bin\plugins\Caching to see the endpoints for the cache server.
<add name="ASP.NET v4.0" autoStart="true" managedRuntimeVersion="v4.0" managedPipelineMode="Integrated">
<processModel identityType="ApplicationPoolIdentity" loadUserProfile="true" setProfileEnvironment="true" />
</add>
I'm adding that in appliationHost config of IIS to solve localDb problem in IIS what I see in this article
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlexpress/archive/2011/12/09/using-localdb-with-full-iis-part-1-user-profile.aspx
Can you guys help me to avoid this error?
Unrecognized attribute 'setProfileEnvironment'
It looks like you are attempting to place the value inside of an actual application pool. That attribute lives outside of a defined application pool, and lives in appicationpooldefaults.
<applicationPoolDefaults>
<processModel identityType="ApplicationPoolIdentity" loadUserProfile="true" setProfileEnvironment="true" />
<applicationPoolDefaults>
Quick search for the error you provided points to outdated or broken IIS (the assembly that implements setProfileEnvironment attribute, or one of its dependencies, is either missing or broken). At least that's best guess based on the data provided.
I need to persist all IIS logs automatically in Azure storage, how to enable it?
I see that there are different properties in DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration class, e.g. DiagnosticInfrastructureLogs, Logs, Directories, etc. Which of the above is responsible for the IIS logs? What blob/table are the logs stored to?
Thanks!
Under Directory Buffers, you have two options.. IIS Logs and Failed RequestLogs.
Here's a snippet from the diagnostic schema definition that outlines these options:
<Directories bufferQuotaInMB="1024"
scheduledTransferPeriod="PT1M">
<!-- These three elements specify the special directories
that are set up for the log types -->
<CrashDumps container="wad-crash-dumps" directoryQuotaInMB="256" />
<FailedRequestLogs container="wad-frq" directoryQuotaInMB="256" />
<IISLogs container="wad-iis" directoryQuotaInMB="256" />
<!-- For regular directories the DataSources element is used -->
<DataSources>
<DirectoryConfiguration container="wad-panther" directoryQuotaInMB="128">
<!-- Absolute specifies an absolute path with optional environment expansion -->
<Absolute expandEnvironment="true" path="%SystemRoot%\system32\sysprep\Panther" />
</DirectoryConfiguration>
<DirectoryConfiguration container="wad-custom" directoryQuotaInMB="128">
<!-- LocalResource specifies a path relative to a local
resource defined in the service definition -->
<LocalResource name="MyLoggingLocalResource" relativePath="logs" />
</DirectoryConfiguration>
</DataSources>