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8. November 2008 11:48
by Chakkaradeep
2 Comments

Windows Azure Tables : Going ‘cloud’ from local storage

8. November 2008 11:48 by Chakkaradeep | 2 Comments

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If you want to take your applications to the ‘cloud’ from the local storage, that is, from http://127.0.0.1:10002 to http://{application-name}.table.core.windows.net/ , all you need to do is edit your ServiceConfiguration.csfg file of your Web Role with the proper values!

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<ServiceConfiguration serviceName="RdChat" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration">

  <Role name="WebRole">

    <Instances count="1"/>

    <ConfigurationSettings>

      <Setting name="AccountName" value="<account-name>"/>

      <Setting name="AccountSharedKey" value="<primary-key>"/>

      <Setting name="UsePathStyleUris" value="false" />

      <Setting name="TableStorageEndpoint" value="http://table.core.windows.net"/>

    </ConfigurationSettings>

  </Role>

</ServiceConfiguration>

 

Hit F5, Tables will be created for you in the ‘cloud’ :)

The things to keep in mind here are:

  1. The <account-name> must be in lowercase
  2. UsePathStyleUris should be set to false when you point to the ‘cloud’

Comments (2) -


12/1/2008 10:00:00 PM

FYI, if you leave UsePathStyleUris out entirely, it will "do the right thing" and use path-style URIs when pointing to 127.0.0.1 and non-path-style URIs when pointing to something else.


(The heuristic it uses is "Is this an IP address or a host name?")


Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly
10/9/2009 8:52:27 AM

However, if you leave UsePathStyleUris out of the config, you get a RoleManager exception every time as it tries to look it up - so might be more efficient if you put it in and set it to the right value.

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