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Umbraco Configuration & Application Definitions Guide

Umbrao Rapid Deployment Scripts

Windows Azure deployments of Umbraco using a pre-configured image of Umbraco, service config and engine binaries.

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Application Definition Schema

XML Schema notes for the application definition elements. The functionality enables the zero-touch, definition-only, deployment of non-Azure aware Windows Server services to Windows Azure. (.NET / IIS / Java / Native / NT Services / etc. )

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Element Attribute Variable Required DataType Description
application name yes yes string Name of the application.
version no yes string Version of the application. (Combined with name attribute must be globally unique.)
description no no string Optional description for this application configuration section.
  params         Key value pairs with explicit values or cscfg setting names; inherits existing params/variable values.
  param key no yes string Global key by which to refer to this variable's value in engine configuration elements.
value yes no string Variable value; may contain other variable keys; ignored (inherited) if already defined.
  variables         Key value pairs with explicit values or cscfg setting names; overrides inherited params/variables.
  variable key no yes string Global key by which to refer to this variables value in engine configuration elements.
value yes no string Explicit values; may contain other variable keys; overrides ancestor params/variables.
  dependencies         Defines all application and environment resources required by this application.
  applications         Specifies any other application dependencies for this application. (IIS, Java, etc)
  application name no yes string Name of the dependant application (definition) to load.
version no yes string Version of the dependant application (definition) to load.
  localResources         Defines the Azure resources required by this application.
  localStorage configurationResourceName yes yes string Name of the local storage resource in the Azure csdef file.
pathKey yes yes string Variable to store and reference this local storage resource's runtime path.
maximumSizeKey yes yes string Variable to store and reference the maximum storage size (as provisioned at runtime).
  endPoint configurationEndPointName yes yes string Name of the end-point resource in the Azure csdef file.
portKey yes no string Variable to store and reference this end-point's runtime port number.
addressKey yes no string Variable to store and reference this end-point's runtime IP address.
  cloudDrive connectionString yes yes string Name of the connection string in the Azure cscfg file for connecting to Azure Storage Services.
pageBlobUri yes yes string Virtual path to the cloud drive's pageblob. (Container name and resource path to mount).
pathKey yes yes string Variable to store and reference this cloud drive's runtime path (mounted drive letter).
cacheSize yes yes integer Local storage cache size for this cloud drive.
createIfNotExists yes no boolean If true, create a new cloud drive at the storage location (and mount) if one does not already exist.
copyBlob yes no boolean If true, create a snapshot of blob and mount that new instance.
readOnly yes no boolean If true, mount the cloud drive as read-only.
  containerSync blobContainer yes yes string Virtual path to container location.
connectionString yes yes string Name of the connection string in the Azure cscfg file for connecting to Azure Storage Services.
localPath yes yes string Local folder's root path (in Azure) corresponding to the blob container's root path.
ignoreAdditionalFiles yes no boolean True to ignore any files in the target which to not exist in the source; false to delete files.
direction yes no Enum Direction of file and folder to blob storage synchronization. Valid values are 'Download', 'Upload'.
intervalInSeconds yes no integer Synchronization interval. If ommited, or 0 (zero), a one-time folder sync will occur at application start.
  localCache source yes no string Source cache, cloud-drive or local storage path (or file) in Azure from which to copy file(s)/folder(s).
destination yes no string Target cloud-drive or local storage path (or file) for the copied file(s)/folder(s).
  validation         Specifies provisioned resource validation and constraints on application startup.
  fileValidation path yes yes string A local cache, cloud-drive or storage location path for validation.
checkAccess yes no boolean True to log all file/folder attributes and validate user access perssions.
required yes no boolean True to require file existence before allowing startup to continue; false to log and continue.
  configuration         Defines required environment and application runtime configuration changes.
  files         Specifies the files and actions required to update with Azure runtime settings.
  file path yes yes string Location of the configuration file to update with runtime configuration.
logging yes no boolean If true, logs the entire contents of the modified file; if false logs only success status (not entire file).
  regex pattern * yes string The regex pattern to match.
replacement * yes string The replacement pattern to use for each regex match.
evalVariablesInPattern yes no boolean If true, resolves accelerator variables in pattern string prior to use; if false, uses pattern as is.
evalVariablesInReplacement yes no boolean If true, resolves accelerator variables in replacement; if false, applies replacement string as is.
evalVariablesInMatch yes no boolean If true, resolves accelerator variables in matched patterns.
replacePathChar yes no char True to replace all instances of \ with the specified char.
  replace pattern * yes string The string pattern to match.
replacement * yes string The string to use in place of any pattern match.
evalVariablesInPattern yes no boolean If true, resolves accelerator variables in pattern string prior to use; if false, uses pattern as is.
evalVariablesInReplacement yes no boolean If true, resolves accelerator variables in replacement; if false, applies replacement string as is.
replacePathChar yes no char True to replace all instances of \ with the specified char.
  append pattern * yes string The string to append to the file.
evalVariablesInPattern yes no boolean If true, resolves accelerator variables in pattern string prior to use; if false, uses pattern as is.
  environmentVariables         Provides for the creation or modification of system environment variable settings.
  environmentVariable name yes yes string The name of the system environment variable.
value yes yes string The value to assign to the environment variable.
replacePathChar yes no char True to replace all instances of \ with the supplied char.
evalInReplacement yes no boolean True to evaluate any environment variables in value string; false to assign without eval.
  runtime         Provides for the graceful startup, maintanance and shutdown of component processes.
  onStart         Provides for the applications startup process sequence.
  process processKey yes yes string The name for tracking the process (tracing, termination, monitoring, etc).
workingDir yes no string Working directory for process startup.
command yes yes string Command portion of the process (full path to exe, cmd, bat, com or any registered filetype).
args yes no string Argument portion of the application command line.
waitOnExit yes no boolean Will wait for process termination before continuing to process additional onStart elements.
waitTimeoutInSeconds yes no integer Maximum time to wait in seconds.
delayContinueInSeconds yes no integer Delay after process start; prior to continuing to process additional onStart elements.
  webServer isPhpEnabled yes no string If true, IIS will be configured to support PHP; otherwise it will not be available.
enableClassicPipelineMode yes no string If true, IIS will run in using Classic ASP.NET pipeline mode; otherwise it will run in Integreated.
runtimeConfigDirectory yes no string The directory in which to place the runtime web.config and appHost.config
aspNetTempDirectory yes no string Directory for storing asp.net temporary files.
iisCacheDirectory yes no string Directory for storing IIS cache files.
logsDirectory yes no string Directory for storing log files generated by hosted IIS.
failedReqLogsDirectory yes no string Directory for storing failed request logs.
sourceAppHostPath yes no string Path to the applicationHost.config template file.
sourceWebConfigPath yes no string Path to the web.config template file.
machineKey yes no element Fully encoded ASP.NET 2.0 machine key.
  application applicationPath yes yes string Directory of an application root within the hosted web site.
virtualDirectory yes yes string Virtual directory of the application within the hsoted web site.
physicalPath yes yes string Local physical storage path of the application (may be cloud drive or local storage based).
  binding protocal yes yes string Protocol to which the IIS server should bind.
port yes yes integer Port to which the IIS server should bind.
address yes no string IP Address to which the IIS server should bind.
host yes no string Hostname to which IIS should bind.
  onRunning         Provides for interval processing while Azure instance it running (moving logs, clearing files, etc)
  timer name yes no string Name by which the timer will be referred in log entries.
intervalInSeconds yes no string Interval on which all definted timer processes will be executed.
  process processKey yes yes string The name for tracking the process (tracing, termination, monitoring, etc).
workingDir yes no string Working directory for process startup.
command yes yes string Command portion of the process (full path to exe, cmd, bat, com or any registered filetype).
args yes no string Argument portion of the application command line.
waitOnExit yes no boolean Will wait for process termination before continuing to process additional onStart elements.
waitTimeoutInSeconds yes no integer Maximum time to wait in seconds.
delayContinueInSeconds yes no integer Delay after process start; prior to continuing to process additional onStart elements.
  onStop         Provides application and service graceful tear-down.
  process processKey yes yes string The name for tracking the process (tracing, termination, monitoring, etc).
workingDir yes no string Working directory for process startup.
command yes yes string Command portion of the process (full path to exe, cmd, bat, com or any registered filetype).
args yes no string Argument portion of the application command line.
waitOnExit yes no boolean Will wait for process termination before continuing to process additional onStart elements.
waitTimeoutInSeconds yes no integer Maximum time to wait in seconds.
delayContinueInSeconds yes no integer Delay after process start; prior to continuing to process additional onStart elements.

Last edited Jan 18, 2011 at 6:41 PM by ryanmar, version 9

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