CODEWITHSUNDEEP
azure
Poul K. Sørensen
Poul K. Sørensen

Reputation: 17530

Can I set the Diagnostic connection string for Windows Azure WebRole from code?

We are hosting 3party sites in our webrole and to limit them access to the storage container I need to set the connection string from code instead of the connection string in serviceconfiguration?

Is this possible?

Based on answer i ran into a problem.

        DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration dmConfig = DiagnosticMonitor.GetDefaultInitialConfiguration();
        DiagnosticMonitor.StartWithConnectionString(conn, dmConfig);

This resets the configuration to defaults and overrides the stuff that was deployed with the cloud service. I assume when using the StartWithConnectionString, you cant use the support they added in visual studio for setting these things.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 777

Answers (1)

Gaurav Mantri
Gaurav Mantri

Reputation: 136206

Yes, I think you can. Do take a look at DiagnosticMonitor.StartWithConnectionString method. You would do something like this in your WebRole's OnStart() method:

        DiagnosticMonitorConfiguration dmConfig = DiagnosticMonitor.GetDefaultInitialConfiguration();
        DiagnosticMonitor.StartWithConnectionString("DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=accountname;AccountKey=accountkey", dmConfig);
        return base.OnStart();

However I would not recommend hard coding the connection string in the code itself. Instead take it from some database.

Upvotes: 3

Related Questions