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john
john

Reputation: 1567

TFS Release Error "Application type and version is still in use"

I am building and release a service fabric application that is giving me errors during a deploy. The error is not consistent though. I can deploy fine one time and the next I get this error:

Application type and version is still in use

If I deploy this service fabric app to the server directly from visual studio it will deploy every time without error. So I am pretty sure the application is working and building without errors. I only get this error when I use the TFS Release agent. Does anyone know where I should be looking to fix this? Any help is much appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1687

Answers (2)

LoekD
LoekD

Reputation: 11470

This article explains how to set up a CD pipeline. It also describes how to do in place upgrades, by deinstall/install.

Deinstalling and installing the same Application version will cause downtime. Usually it's better to do rolling upgrades. To do this, update the Application package manifest files during every build.

Install / uninstall using scripts is described here.

Upvotes: 1

Ivan G.
Ivan G.

Reputation: 5225

I strongly suspect when you are deploying from VS you are killing the application and installing a new one, at least this is the default behavior. It's fine but results in downtimes.

When working with TFS there are two essential steps:

  1. Update service fabric application version on build - https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/build/steps/utility/service-fabric-versioning

  2. Once packaged, upgrade application using another task - https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/build/steps/deploy/service-fabric-deploy

Upvotes: 0

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