Azure Worker Role deployment using FTP

Question

Hi,

I am fairly new to Azure. My requirement is to deploy a worker role to Azure using FTP and I have no clue where to begin.  Currently I am doing Powershell to the deployment but would like to move away from that and use the FTP way of doing it.

How to get started with it ?

Also, As part of the deployment I am doing some customizations to the worker role source which mandates me to package the worker role using cspack to preserve the state of the changes I am making. Now, if I am using the FTP way of doing things how can i be able to run cspack and deploy the package ?

Thoughts?

Answer 1

Hello akay tad,

Greetings!

We are researching on the query and would get back to you soon on this.I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your time and patience in this matter.

Best Regards,
Prasandhi Kumar

Answer 2

Thank you. I'll be waiting for your update.

Answer 3

Hi,

 Thank you for posting.
 
 I dont think Deploying to Cloud Services via FTP is a recommended approach, mainly due to the fact that PAAS roles are not Persistent, and changes are not saved when the Role is Redeplyed by the Azure Fabric due to Hardware failures etc.
 I was not able to find any documentation on how to deploy via FTP as well, Cloud Service Roles are Individual VMs that you can treat like any normal VM, but its at your discretion to try FTP way.
 
 Other ways to publish are mentioned below.
 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/documentation/articles/cloud-services-how-to-create-deploy/
 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ee460772.aspx
 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ff683672.aspx
 
Regards,
Nithin Rathnakar