Has anybody been able to get Azure cloud drive working with VM role adapter?

Question

I've been following this walkthrough:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg466226.aspx

I have version 1.6 of the Windows Azure Integration Components installed on Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise VM.

First, I have not been able to get the role adapter to even start-up using the LocalService account as prescribed in the walkthrough. It seems that even accessing RoleEnvironment.IsAvailable will case this error:

Service cannot be started. System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation.

   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.RoleEnvironment.Initialize(TimeSpan timeout)

   at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.RoleEnvironment.get_IsAvailable()

   at VMRoleAdapter.RoleAdapter.OnStart(String[] args)

   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMainCallback(Object state)

I can get the service to at least start up by running under LocalSystem.

However, when it gets to the call CloudDrive.InitializeCache(), the adapter crashes.

Answer 1

Hi,

I am trying to involve someone familiar with this topic to further look at this issue. There might be some time delay.
 
Appreciate your patience.

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Answer 2

Hi,

It seems you're not using 1.6 SDK? If you use Reflector to open the 1.6 SDK's Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.dll you'll see the callstack is impossible to be what you've seen. Please check that and try the latest SDK to see whether it works.

Also this is a similar thread FYI:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/hr/windowsazuredevelopment/thread/efd8226d-ba2e-475c-9819-4e7fc10ac163

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Answer 3

I was using the 1.6 SDK--same version as the WAIC that I installed on the VM. The ISO that I mounted to install the WAIC on the VM role came from the v1.6 SDK folder on my development machine.

I will try the workaround suggested in the last message of that thread though.

Answer 4

>I will try the workaround suggested in the last message of that thread though

Have you resolved this problem?

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Answer 5

The workaround didn't work The only way to resolve the issue is to not use v1.6 at all. v1.4 is the last version of WAIC that actually works. I hope you guys fix the problem in v1.7.

Answer 6

Hi Atilekt,

We have reproduced this issue, and it will be fixed in SDK v1.7.  There is another workaround, available here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh708321.aspx

Thanks
Andrew Edwards
Windows Azure Storage

Answer 7

I wouldn't use this as a production solution because MS don't support Azure VMs because it's still a "Preview".