cut your hair and get an azure webjob
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CUT YOUR HAIR AND GET AN AZURE WEBJOB!
Mark Greenway@MarkKGreenway
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THANKS SPONSORS!
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Who the #$@& is this guy??
Him
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What is an Azure WebJob?
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Location NameAzure PaaS WebJobAzure PaaS
(old)Worker Role
Heroku WorkerApp Harbor Worker Unithttps://flic.kr/p/5uJsLG
What is an Azure WebJob?
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Options
Powershell
.BAT (Batch file)
Node.JS
Python
.exe
.NET Applicationhttps://flic.kr/p/a2qceu
What is an Azure WebJob?
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Can’t do
Run Servers
Invoke Server Applications
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When Does an Azure WebJob Run?
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1. Triggered
2. Continuous
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When Does an Azure WebJob Run?
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1. Triggered
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• Scheduled• Manual
When Does an Azure WebJob Run?
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2. Continuous
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• Runs All The Time (with Always On)• .NET Triggers Run (with SDK)
Where Does an Azure WebJob Run?
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1. With An Azure Website (W/AWS)
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• Logically bound to a particular site• Deployment options• Separate Manual Deployment• CLI• Web Interface
• Continuous Deployment with site• 1 …n
Where Does an Azure WebJob Run?
2. With Only Other Azure WebJobs
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• Not Logically bound to a particular site• Deployment options• Separate Manual Deployment• CLI• Web Interface
• Independent git et al. deployments.• 1 …n
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Why Use A WebJob:• Process Log Files• Process Orders• Migrate Deleted Items to Long term
storage• Compress Uploaded Images• Add Watermarks to Images• Run Nightly Tasks• Import on premise data to azure• Manage Videos for Smooth Streaming • RSS Aggregation• Migrating Log Files• Long Running Tasks
• Complex Creation of User Records• Interaction with slow 3rd party systems• Convert JSON to XML • Email users• Decoupling• Scalability• OCR• Billing
How to Manually Upload A WebJob :
1. Put files into a folder 2. Zip all the files in the folder 3. Go to Web or CLI
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How to “PiggyBack” Upload A WebJob :
1. Put files into a folder 2. Copy that folder to
App_Data/jobs/[continuous,triggered]/3. Deploy As Usual
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How to Continuously Upload A WebJob :
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1. Create Project in Same Solution2. Modify Build to copy that folder to
App_Data/jobs/[continuous,triggered]/3. Deploy As Usual
How to Continuously Upload A WebJob :
1. Create Project in Same Solution2. Modify Build to copy that folder to
App_Data/jobs/[continuous,triggered]/3. Deploy As Usual
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How to create a .NET WebJob
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1. File -> New -> Console Application 2. Add NuGet Packages for extra tooling
How to create a .NET WebJob
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static void Main(){ var host = new JobHost(); host.RunAndBlock();}public static void AzureQueue([QueueTrigger("myqueue")] string userJson) {}public static void AzureQueueObject([QueueTrigger("myqueue")] Person person) {}public static void SbQueue([ServiceBusTrigger("sbqueue")] string person) {}public static void SbQueueObject([ServiceBusTrigger("sbobjectqueue")] Person person) {}public static void Resize( [BlobTrigger(@"images-input/{name}")] WebImage input, [Blob(@"images-output/{name}")] out WebImage output) {}
How to TEST a .NET WebJob
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//IN WEBJOB CLASSpublic static Person LastPerson { get; set; }public static void SbQueueObject([ServiceBusTrigger("sbobjectqueue")] Person person){ LastPerson = person; Console.WriteLine("Service Bus Object Queue : {0}", person);}
//IN TEST CLASS[Test]public void PersonSetsLastPerson(){ var dawn = PersonCreator.CreatePerson("Dawn"); ImageProcessing.SbQueueObject(dawn); Assert.AreEqual(dawn,ImageProcessing.LastPerson);}
How to Debug a .NET WebJob
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1.Use A Backplane2.Post Directly to the Backplane
How to Update SignalR from a WebJob
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How to Update SignalR from a WebJob
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How to Update SignalR from a WebJob
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https://twitter.com/rustdPranav RastogiProgram Manager, Azure WebJobs, ASP.NET
http://blog.amitapple.com/Amit AppleSenior Software Developer, Azure Web Sites
Who To Follow:
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