MSDeploy gives ThreadAbortException while running via Azure Resource Manager extensions

Question

Here's the log:

<entries>
<entry time="2015-08-25T14:33:29.4536928+00:00" type="Message">
<message>
Downloading metadata for package path 'simioportal-test-stageartifacts/SimioServerWebsiteAzure.zip' from blob 'https://simiodeploysupport.blob.core.windows.net'
</message>
</entry>
<entry time="2015-08-25T14:33:29.6568238+00:00" type="Message">
<message>
The blob has flag IsPremiumApp:. IsPremiumApp returns False
</message>
</entry>
<entry time="2015-08-25T14:33:29.7378611Z" type="Message">
<message>
Downloading package path 'simioportal-test-stageartifacts/SimioServerWebsiteAzure.zip' from blob 'https://simiodeploysupport.blob.core.windows.net'
</message>
</entry>
<entry time="2015-08-25T14:33:31.4304478Z" type="Error">
<message>Failed to download package.</message>
</entry>
<entry time="2015-08-25T14:33:31.4619889Z" type="Error">
<message>
AppGallery Deploy Failed: 'System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Thread was being aborted. 
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.Tasks.Task`1.get_Result() 
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.Tasks.TaskAsyncResult`1.EndInvoke() 
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.TaskImplHelper.EndImpl(IAsyncResult asyncResult) 
at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.CloudBlob.EndDownloadToStream(IAsyncResult asyncResult) 
at System.Threading.Tasks.TaskFactory`1.FromAsyncCoreLogic(IAsyncResult iar, Func`2 endFunction, Action`1 endAction, Task`1 promise, Boolean requiresSynchronization) 
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- 
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) 
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) 
at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.WebApi.AppGalleryPackage.<Download>d__4.MoveNext() 
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- 
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) 
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) 
at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.WebApi.AppGalleryPackage.<Download>d__0.MoveNext() 
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- 
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) 
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) 
at Microsoft.Web.Deployment.WebApi.DeploymentController.<DownloadAndDeployPackage>d__b.MoveNext()'
</message>
</entry>
</entries>

Answer 1

Hello,

Please try Azure PowerShell with Azure Resource Manager to deploy and check.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/documentation/articles/powershell-azure-resource-manager/

Regards DoD..

Answer 2

Right, exactly. I did use exactly that. A powershell deploy script relying on New-AzureResourceGroup with a passed in template file. Running that indicated that MSDeploy returned Failure, then hopping onto the scm companion website and looking at the LogFiles/SiteExtensions/MSDeploy/appManagerLog.xml is what I posted above.

Answer 3

Is this thread discussing the same issue as this one? If so, let's only keep one active to limit redundant investigation.

thanks,
David

Answer 4

Nope, two different issues. This one fails fast with an exception in the appManagerLog.xml file. 

The other one never gets past logging that it downloaded the package metadata. The deployment then stalls until it hits its (hard-coded?) timeout of 2 hours or so, which when running from some continuous deployment scripts is ... disconcerting

Answer 5

For this issue, does it happen consistently? Can you share the ARM template that you are using?

Answer 6

Nope, it only happens some of the time.

Here's the template:

{
  "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "deployType": {
      "type": "string",
      "allowedValues": [
        "singleMachine",
        "multipleMachines"
      ]
    },
    "hostPlanSKU": {
      "type": "string",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Free",
        "Shared",
        "Basic",
        "Standard",
        "Premium"
      ],
      "defaultValue": "Standard"
    },
    "hostPlanWorkerSize": {
      "type": "string",
      "allowedValues": [
        "0",
        "1",
        "2"
      ],
      "defaultValue": "1"
    },
    "sqlAdministratorLogin": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sqlAdministratorLoginPassword": {
      "type": "securestring"
    },
    "databaseName": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "simioportaldb"
    },
    "collation": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"
    },
    "edition": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Standard"
    },
    "maxSizeBytes": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "1073741824"
    },
    "requestedServiceObjectiveId": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "f1173c43-91bd-4aaa-973c-54e79e15235b" // See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/Dn505723.aspx
    },
    "storageAccountNameUnder23Chars": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "storageAccountType": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Standard_LRS",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Standard_LRS",
        "Standard_GRS",
        "Standard_ZRS"
      ]
    },
    "_artifactsLocation": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "_artifactsLocationSasToken": {
      "type": "securestring"
    },
    "WebsiteDeployPackage": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ExperimentRunnerDeployPackage": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ReplicationRunnerDeployPackage": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "websiteSubDomain": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": ""
    },
    "openIdClientId": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sendGridPassword": {
      "type": "securestring"
    },
    "allowHTTPAccess": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "false"
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "environmentSettings": {
      "singleMachine": {
        "machineCount": 1,
        "machineNames": [ "web", "web", "web" ] // All web, so that if we later deploy with 3 different machines, we keep the existing web one... I think...
      },
      "multipleMachines": {
        "machineCount": 3,
        "machineNames": [ "web", "exper", "repl" ]
      }
    },

    "currentEnvironmentSettings": "[variables('environmentSettings')[parameters('deployType')]]",

    "machineCount": "[variables('currentEnvironmentSettings').machineCount]",
    "machineNames": "[variables('currentEnvironmentSettings').machineNames]",

    "namePrefix": "[resourceGroup().name]",

    // These must match the HostingPlan naming below
    "webHostingPlanName": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-',variables('machineNames')[0])]",
    "experimentHostingPlanName": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-',variables('machineNames')[1])]",
    "replicationHostingPlanName": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-',variables('machineNames')[2])]",

    "webSiteName": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-site-web')]",
    "experimentSiteName": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-site-exper')]",
    "replicationSiteName": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-site-repl')]",

    "sqlServerName": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-sqlserver')]",
    "sqlServerNameStaging": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-sqlserver-staging')]",

    "storageAccountName": "[parameters('storageAccountNameUnder23Chars')]",
    "storageAccountNameStaging": "[concat(parameters('storageAccountNameUnder23Chars'),'stg')]",

    "openIdAuthority": "https://login.windows.net/simio.onmicrosoft.com",
    "openIdRedirectUri": "[concat('https://www',parameters('websiteSubDomain'),'.simioportal.com/')]",
    "openIdCookieDomain": "[concat(parameters('websiteSubDomain'),'.simioportal.com')]",
    "openIdHostName": "www",

    "sendGridUserName": "[e-mail]",
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "name": "[variables('sqlServerName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Sql/servers",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "SqlServer"
      },
      "apiVersion": "2014-04-01-preview",
      "properties": {
        "administratorLogin": "[parameters('sqlAdministratorLogin')]",
        "administratorLoginPassword": "[parameters('sqlAdministratorLoginPassword')]"
      },
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "[parameters('databaseName')]",
          "type": "databases",
          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
          "tags": {
            "displayName": "Database"
          },
          "apiVersion": "2014-04-01-preview",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[concat('Microsoft.Sql/servers/', variables('sqlServerName'))]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "edition": "[parameters('edition')]",
            "collation": "[parameters('collation')]",
            "maxSizeBytes": "[parameters('maxSizeBytes')]",
            "requestedServiceObjectiveId": "[parameters('requestedServiceObjectiveId')]"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "firewallrules",
          "apiVersion": "2014-04-01-preview",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[concat('Microsoft.Sql/servers/', variables('sqlServerName'))]"
          ],
          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
          "name": "AllowAllWindowsAzureIps",
          "properties": {
            "endIpAddress": "0.0.0.0",
            "startIpAddress": "0.0.0.0"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "[variables('sqlServerNameStaging')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Sql/servers",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "SqlServerStaging"
      },
      "apiVersion": "2014-04-01-preview",
      "properties": {
        "administratorLogin": "[parameters('sqlAdministratorLogin')]",
        "administratorLoginPassword": "[parameters('sqlAdministratorLoginPassword')]"
      },
      "resources": [
        {
          "name": "[parameters('databaseName')]",
          "type": "databases",
          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
          "tags": {
            "displayName": "Database"
          },
          "apiVersion": "2014-04-01-preview",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[concat('Microsoft.Sql/servers/', variables('sqlServerNameStaging'))]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "edition": "[parameters('edition')]",
            "collation": "[parameters('collation')]",
            "maxSizeBytes": "[parameters('maxSizeBytes')]",
            "requestedServiceObjectiveId": "[parameters('requestedServiceObjectiveId')]"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "firewallrules",
          "apiVersion": "2014-04-01-preview",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[concat('Microsoft.Sql/servers/', variables('sqlServerNameStaging'))]"
          ],
          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
          "name": "AllowAllWindowsAzureIps",
          "properties": {
            "endIpAddress": "0.0.0.0",
            "startIpAddress": "0.0.0.0"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2015-04-01",
      "name": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-',variables('machineNames')[copyIndex()])]", // This must match the definition of the *HostPlanName variables above
      "type": "Microsoft.Web/serverfarms",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "HostingPlan"
      },
      "copy": {
        "name": "serverCopy",
        "count": "[variables('machineCount')]"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "[concat(variables('namePrefix'),'-',variables('machineNames')[copyIndex()])]", // This must match the definition of the *HostPlanName variables above
        "sku": "[parameters('hostPlanSKU')]",
        "workerSize": "[parameters('hostPlanWorkerSize')]",
        "numberOfWorkers": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-06-01",
      "name": "[variables('webSiteName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/serverFarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName'))]"
      ],
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-related:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]": "empty",
        "displayName": "Website"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "[variables('webSiteName')]",
        "serverFarm": "[variables('webHostingPlanName')]"
      },
      "resources": [
        // See https://github.com/davidebbo/AzureWebsitesSamples/blob/df4100cde76fc1f2f714cf2021b48f902e33040f/ARMTemplates/WebAppManyFeatures.json#L96-L120
        {
          "apiVersion": "2014-11-01",
          "name": "connectionstrings",
          "type": "config",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('webSiteName'))]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "SimioServerDB": {
              "value": "[concat('Data Source=tcp:', reference(concat('Microsoft.Sql/servers/', variables('sqlServerName'))).fullyQualifiedDomainName, ',1433;Initial Catalog=', parameters('databaseName'), ';User Id=', parameters('sqlAdministratorLogin'), '@', variables('sqlServerName'), ';Password=', parameters('sqlAdministratorLoginPassword'), ';')]",
              "type": "SQLAzure"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "apiVersion": "2014-11-01",
          "name": "appsettings",
          "type": "config",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('webSiteName'))]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "AzureStorageAccountConnectionString": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
            "ExperimentRunnerWebJobQueueStorageAccountConnectionString": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
            "systemAdminOpenId:ClientId": "[parameters('openIdClientId')]",
            "systemAdminOpenId:Authority": "[variables('openIdAuthority')]",
            "systemAdminOpenId:LogoutRedirectURI": "[variables('openIdRedirectUri')]",
            "systemAdminOpenId:CookieDomain": "[variables('openIdCookieDomain')]",
            "systemAdminOpenId:hostname": "[variables('openIdHostName')]",
            "SendGrid_User": "[variables('sendGridUserName')]",
            "SendGrid_Pass": "[parameters('sendGridPassword')]",
            "AllowHTTPAccess": "[parameters('allowHTTPAccess')]"
          }
        },
        {
          "apiVersion": "2015-04-01",
          "name": "slotconfignames",
          "type": "config",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('webSiteName'))]",
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites/Slots', variables('webSiteName'), 'Staging')]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "appSettingNames": [
              "AzureStorageAccountConnectionString",
              "ExperimentRunnerWebJobQueueStorageAccountConnectionString"
            ],
            "connectionStringNames": [
              "SimioServerDB"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "apiVersion": "2015-04-01",
          "name": "Staging",
          "type": "slots",
          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('webSiteName'))]"
          ],
          "properties": { },
          "resources": [
            {
              "apiVersion": "2014-11-01",
              "name": "connectionstrings",
              "type": "config",
              "dependsOn": [
                "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites/Slots', variables('webSiteName'), 'Staging')]"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "SimioServerDB": {
                  "value": "[concat('Data Source=tcp:', reference(concat('Microsoft.Sql/servers/', variables('sqlServerNameStaging'))).fullyQualifiedDomainName, ',1433;Initial Catalog=', parameters('databaseName'), ';User Id=', parameters('sqlAdministratorLogin'), '@', variables('sqlServerName'), ';Password=', parameters('sqlAdministratorLoginPassword'), ';')]",
                  "type": "SQLAzure"
                }
              }
            },
            {
              "apiVersion": "2014-11-01",
              "name": "appsettings",
              "type": "config",
              "dependsOn": [
                "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites/Slots', variables('webSiteName'), 'Staging')]"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "AzureStorageAccountConnectionString": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountNameStaging'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountNameStaging')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
                "ExperimentRunnerWebJobQueueStorageAccountConnectionString": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountNameStaging'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountNameStaging')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
                "systemAdminOpenId:ClientId": "[parameters('openIdClientId')]",
                "systemAdminOpenId:Authority": "[variables('openIdAuthority')]",
                "systemAdminOpenId:LogoutRedirectURI": "[variables('openIdRedirectUri')]",
                "systemAdminOpenId:CookieDomain": "[variables('openIdCookieDomain')]",
                "systemAdminOpenId:hostname": "[variables('openIdHostName')]",
                "SendGrid_User": "[variables('sendGridUserName')]",
                "SendGrid_Pass": "[parameters('sendGridPassword')]",
                "AllowHTTPAccess": "[parameters('allowHTTPAccess')]"
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "MSDeploy",
              "type": "extensions",
              "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
              "apiVersion": "2014-06-01",
              "dependsOn": [
                "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites/Slots', variables('webSiteName'), 'Staging')]",
                "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites/Slots/config', variables('webSiteName'), 'Staging', 'appsettings')]"
              ],
              "tags": {
                "displayName": "WebsiteDeploy"
              },
              "properties": {
                "packageUri": "[concat(parameters('_artifactsLocation'), '/', parameters('WebsiteDeployPackage'), parameters('_artifactsLocationSasToken'))]",
                "dbType": "None",
                "connectionString": "",
                "setParameters": {
                  "IIS Web Application Name": "[variables('webSiteName')]"
                }
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-06-01",
      "name": "[variables('experimentSiteName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/serverFarms/', variables('experimentHostingPlanName'))]",
        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName'))]"
      ],
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-related:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('experimentHostingPlanName'))]": "empty",
        "displayName": "ExperimentRunnerSite"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "[variables('experimentSiteName')]",
        "serverFarm": "[variables('experimentHostingPlanName')]"
      },
      "resources": [
        // See https://github.com/davidebbo/AzureWebsitesSamples/blob/df4100cde76fc1f2f714cf2021b48f902e33040f/ARMTemplates/WebAppManyFeatures.json#L96-L120
        {
          "apiVersion": "2014-11-01",
          "name": "connectionstrings",
          "type": "config",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('experimentSiteName'))]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "SimioServerDB": {
              "value": "[concat('Data Source=tcp:', reference(concat('Microsoft.Sql/servers/', variables('sqlServerName'))).fullyQualifiedDomainName, ',1433;Initial Catalog=', parameters('databaseName'), ';User Id=', parameters('sqlAdministratorLogin'), '@', variables('sqlServerName'), ';Password=', parameters('sqlAdministratorLoginPassword'), ';')]",
              "type": "SQLAzure"
            },
            "AzureWebJobsDashboard": {
              "value": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
              "type": "Custom"
            },
            "AzureWebJobsStorage": {
              "value": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
              "type": "Custom"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "apiVersion": "2014-11-01",
          "name": "appsettings",
          "type": "config",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('experimentSiteName'))]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "AzureStorageAccountConnectionString": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
            "ExperimentRunnerWebJobQueueStorageAccountConnectionString": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "MSDeploy",
          "type": "extensions",
          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
          "apiVersion": "2014-06-01",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[concat('Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('experimentSiteName'))]",
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites/config', variables('experimentSiteName'), 'appsettings')]",
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites/config', variables('experimentSiteName'), 'connectionstrings')]"
          ],
          "tags": {
            "displayName": "ExperimentRunnerDeploy"
          },
          "properties": {
            "packageUri": "[concat(parameters('_artifactsLocation'), '/', parameters('ExperimentRunnerDeployPackage'), parameters('_artifactsLocationSasToken'))]",
            "dbType": "None",
            "connectionString": "",
            "setParameters": {
              "IIS Web Application Name": "[variables('experimentSiteName')]"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-06-01",
      "name": "[variables('replicationSiteName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/serverFarms/', variables('replicationHostingPlanName'))]",
        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName'))]"
      ],
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-related:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('replicationHostingPlanName'))]": "empty",
        "displayName": "ReplicationRunnerSite"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "[variables('replicationSiteName')]",
        "serverFarm": "[variables('replicationHostingPlanName')]"
      },
      "resources": [
        // See https://github.com/davidebbo/AzureWebsitesSamples/blob/df4100cde76fc1f2f714cf2021b48f902e33040f/ARMTemplates/WebAppManyFeatures.json#L96-L120
        {
          "apiVersion": "2014-11-01",
          "name": "connectionstrings",
          "type": "config",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('replicationSiteName'))]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "AzureWebJobsDashboard": {
              "value": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
              "type": "Custom"
            },
            "AzureWebJobsStorage": {
              "value": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
              "type": "Custom"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "apiVersion": "2014-11-01",
          "name": "appsettings",
          "type": "config",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('replicationSiteName'))]"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "AzureStorageAccountConnectionString": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]",
            "ExperimentRunnerWebJobQueueStorageAccountConnectionString": "[concat('DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=',variables('storageAccountName'),';AccountKey=',listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', variables('storageAccountName')), providers('Microsoft.Storage', 'storageAccounts').apiVersions[0]).key1)]"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "MSDeploy",
          "type": "extensions",
          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
          "apiVersion": "2014-06-01",
          "dependsOn": [
            "[concat('Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('replicationSiteName'))]",
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites/config', variables('replicationSiteName'), 'appsettings')]",
            "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites/config', variables('replicationSiteName'), 'connectionstrings')]"
          ],
          "tags": {
            "displayName": "ReplicationRunnerDeploy"
          },
          "properties": {
            "packageUri": "[concat(parameters('_artifactsLocation'), '/', parameters('ReplicationRunnerDeployPackage'), parameters('_artifactsLocationSasToken'))]",
            "dbType": "None",
            "connectionString": "",
            "setParameters": {
              "IIS Web Application Name": "[variables('replicationSiteName')]"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
      "name": "[concat(variables('webHostingPlanName'), '-autoscale')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/autoscalesettings",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-link:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]": "Resource",
        "displayName": "AutoScaleSettings-Web"
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "profiles": [
          {
            "name": "Default",
            "capacity": {
              "minimum": 1,
              "maximum": 2,
              "default": 1
            },
            "rules": [
              {
                "metricTrigger": {
                  "metricName": "CpuPercentage",
                  "metricResourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
                  "timeGrain": "PT1M",
                  "statistic": "Average",
                  "timeWindow": "PT10M",
                  "timeAggregation": "Average",
                  "operator": "GreaterThan",
                  "threshold": 80.0
                },
                "scaleAction": {
                  "direction": "Increase",
                  "type": "ChangeCount",
                  "value": 1,
                  "cooldown": "PT10M"
                }
              },
              {
                "metricTrigger": {
                  "metricName": "CpuPercentage",
                  "metricResourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
                  "timeGrain": "PT1M",
                  "statistic": "Average",
                  "timeWindow": "PT1H",
                  "timeAggregation": "Average",
                  "operator": "LessThan",
                  "threshold": 60.0
                },
                "scaleAction": {
                  "direction": "Decrease",
                  "type": "ChangeCount",
                  "value": 1,
                  "cooldown": "PT1H"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "enabled": false,
        "name": "[concat(variables('webHostingPlanName'), '-autoscale')]",
        "targetResourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]"
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
      "name": "[concat('ServerErrors ', variables('webSiteName'))]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]"
      ],
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-link:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]": "Resource",
        "displayName": "ServerErrorsAlertRule-Web"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "[concat('ServerErrors ', variables('webSiteName'))]",
        "description": "[concat(variables('webSiteName'), ' has some server errors, status code 5xx.')]",
        "isEnabled": false,
        "condition": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
          "dataSource": {
            "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
            "resourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]",
            "metricName": "Http5xx"
          },
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 0.0,
          "windowSize": "PT5M"
        },
        "action": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
          "sendToServiceOwners": true,
          "customEmails": [ ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
      "name": "[concat('ForbiddenRequests ', variables('webSiteName'))]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]"
      ],
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-link:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]": "Resource",
        "displayName": "ForbiddenRequestsAlertRule-Web"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "[concat('ForbiddenRequests ', variables('webSiteName'))]",
        "description": "[concat(variables('webSiteName'), ' has some requests that are forbidden, status code 403.')]",
        "isEnabled": false,
        "condition": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
          "dataSource": {
            "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
            "resourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]",
            "metricName": "Http403"
          },
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 0,
          "windowSize": "PT5M"
        },
        "action": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
          "sendToServiceOwners": true,
          "customEmails": [ ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
      "name": "[concat('CPUHigh ', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]"
      ],
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-link:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]": "Resource",
        "displayName": "CPUHighAlertRule-Web"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "[concat('CPUHigh ', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
        "description": "[concat('The average CPU is high across all the instances of ', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
        "isEnabled": false,
        "condition": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
          "dataSource": {
            "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
            "resourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
            "metricName": "CpuPercentage"
          },
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 90,
          "windowSize": "PT15M"
        },
        "action": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
          "sendToServiceOwners": true,
          "customEmails": [ ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
      "name": "[concat('LongHttpQueue ', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/alertrules",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]"
      ],
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-link:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]": "Resource",
        "displayName": "LongHttpQueueAlertRule-Web"
      },
      "properties": {
        "name": "[concat('LongHttpQueue ', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
        "description": "[concat('The HTTP queue for the instances of ', variables('webHostingPlanName'), ' has a large number of pending requests.')]",
        "isEnabled": false,
        "condition": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.ThresholdRuleCondition",
          "dataSource": {
            "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleMetricDataSource",
            "resourceUri": "[concat(resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', variables('webHostingPlanName'))]",
            "metricName": "HttpQueueLength"
          },
          "operator": "GreaterThan",
          "threshold": 100.0,
          "windowSize": "PT5M"
        },
        "action": {
          "odata.type": "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Insights.Models.RuleEmailAction",
          "sendToServiceOwners": true,
          "customEmails": [ ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-04-01",
      "name": "[variables('webSiteName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Insights/components",
      "location": "Central US", // Microsoft.Insights/components is only available here?
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]"
      ],
      "tags": {
        "[concat('hidden-link:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webSiteName'))]": "Resource",
        "displayName": "AppInsightsComponent-Web"
      },
      "properties": {
        "ApplicationId": "[variables('webSiteName')]"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "[variables('storageAccountName')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview",
      "dependsOn": [ ],
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "StorageAccount"
      },
      "properties": {
        "accountType": "[parameters('storageAccountType')]"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "[variables('storageAccountNameStaging')]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "apiVersion": "2015-05-01-preview",
      "dependsOn": [ ],
      "tags": {
        "displayName": "StorageAccount"
      },
      "properties": {
        "accountType": "[parameters('storageAccountType')]"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Answer 7

I think there is an known race condition issue when doing msdeploy after app settings or connection strings. Try doing msdeploy first, and then making both app settings and connection strings dependent on it.

David

Answer 8

I think it is the same issue as David suspected, in the other post I shared a template that does this (add MSDeploy as a dependency to other config/appsettings/connectionstring steps)

 

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Thanks, Hosam

Answer 9

Yes, that makes sense. Thanks for your time!