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gordonm
gordonm

Reputation: 169

Start a process on Azure remotely

I would like to be able to start a number of concurrent processes (command line programs) on Azure remotely. I need to be able to make a call from a C# program to start these processes off. What would be the best approach to this?

  1. Set up an Azure VM with IIS
  2. Install the various .exes that I want to run.
  3. Write and install a web service on the box that can take parameters and start the processes on the server.

Is there an easier way to do this using Azure though? I am not familiar with Azure VMs or worker roles etc.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 314

Answers (1)

Gaurav Mantri
Gaurav Mantri

Reputation: 136196

You could make use of Azure Worker Roles and Windows Azure Storage for that purpose. What you could do is either package the executables along with the worker role package so that they are always available in your role or you could save them in blob storage so that you can download on demand into your worker role. From your calling application, you can put messages in a queue which will be constantly polled by your worker role. The message will contain enough information (for example exe to invoke etc.). Once the message is received, the worker role will execute the executable.

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

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