Create a new VM using Server 2008R2.  Installed IIS Role using the default options.  Should also put in management service (I did this later).

Open an endpoint up.

Setup WebDeploy on Sever 2008R2

Web Platform Installer to get Web Deploy.

Open firewall on 8172

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFqGzPbMEuY

Control Panel, Programs and Features, Change, Check all features are installed.
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/1182/troubleshooting-web-deploy-problems-with-visual-studio/

These settings work.

Delete the iisstart.htm file or rename so that Default is the default.  I also changed the app pool to be .NET4

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5284.getting-started-windows-workflow-foundation-and-asp-net-en-us.aspx article

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Getting-Started-Windows-c0d4a596 code

Spins up a workflow on button click:

Webdeploy to Azure VM

https://www.myazurestorage.com/

The Windows Azure MyAzureStorage is a web based application that gives you the ability to browse your Windows Azure Storage tables and create, edit, delete, and copy entities.

http://litemedia.info/automate-deploy-of-your-orchard-cms-to-azure.. good thought for SDK1.4

Adding a module so that it persists.

trick was to rename the package downloaded to a .zip.  Then drill into content. modules.

then follow instructions on http://docs.orchardproject.net/Documentation/Deploying-Orchard-to-Windows-Azure

http://blog.smarx.com/posts/custom-domain-names-in-windows-azure

Putting in a CNAME record for davemateer.com to point to my orchard website on Azure.

Installed using Web Platform Installer, which seems to have installed it using Web Matrix

After a stop, start it worked!

Technical Initial Thoughts:

• [did it!]Get orchard deployed to a production server
• Get a professional website together showcasing software development, infrastructure and hardware projects done in last x years

Where to host?  Need .NET4 and SQL Server (or SQL CE).  Azure – yes

ASP.NET MVC3

NHibernate – ORM

Autofac – IoC – Orchard makes heavy use of dependency injection.

Castle Dynamic Proxy -

Proxy objects can assist in building a flexible application architecture because it allows functionality to be transparently added to code without modifying it. For example, a class could be proxied to add logging or security checking without making the code aware this functionality has been added.

For example, NHibernate, an object/relational mapper uses DynamicProxy to provide lazy loading of data without the domain model classes being aware of this functionality.

a few questions per day on Stackoverflow. eg http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9225040/how-orchard-cms-does-the-logging

Pluralsight Video

Free video for intro.. then pay for the rest

http://localhost:65422/ – using webmatrix

TinyMCE editor

Pages and Widgets

when editing the welcome to orchard.. it is a page.  When editing the Third Leader Aside it is a Widget.  Thie is an HTML widget.. just like a page.

but dont want the bullets

Edit The Stylesheet

no bullets on ul!

Ordering of Main Menu and Adding Items

Building from Source / Mercurial

downloaded source (not clone the mercurial).  This didn’t work deploying to Azure

http://docs.orchardproject.net/Documentation/Deploying-Orchard-to-Windows-Azure

getting from codeplex via mercurial

Had to change Azure tools version 1.5 to 1.6 on \AzurePackage.proj and in other places (but next bits didn’t seem totally necessary): http://orchard.codeplex.com/discussions/278917

Put in my storage connection string (for BLOB’s) into the ServiceConfiguration.cscfg in the VS solution.

Run ClickToBuildAzurePackage.cmd

  <Setting name="DataConnectionString" value="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=mateerstorage3;AccountKey=eYuIdHYAtX/jzkP5a67ev3ZUt1qSu0xxxxxxxxxxxxbosh419uEkJnn0Tu4jamgUiHJ1msW5K56wh7qmKVeYiVQ==" />

Upload to Azure using the manual uploader from Silverlight admin interface.

Connection string for the database

Data Source=zx6l3oinx1.database.windows.net;Initial Catalog=orcharddb;User ID=dave;Password=xxxx;Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=True

Downloaded Orchard.Azure Version from Codeplex

I actually did this first to make sure connection strings were right and to prove Orchard worked on Azure.  However did the above after so I could have full control and deploy to an extra small instance.

changed the dataconnectionstring to this:

<ConfigurationSettings>
      <Setting name="DataConnectionString" value="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=mateerstorage3;AccountKey=thisisasecret==" />
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Diagnostics.ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true" />
    </ConfigurationSettings>

should be mateerstorage3'

put in this in the connection settings:

Server=tcp:zx6l3oinx1.database.windows.net,1433;Database=orcharddb;User ID=dave@zx6l3oinx1;Password=myPassword;Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=True;

Use: http://www.red-gate.com/products/dba/sql-azure-backup/download

**SCRATCH ALL THIS BELOW**

I used to use Generate scripts, however this can take a while.

Now there is an Export option in the Silverlight admin interface:

button in export:

Access key is found in Hosted Services, Storage

Then before pressing go you need to make sure the container is there.  I used Azure Blob Storage Studio: http://azureblobstudio.codeplex.com/

To see if job has finished:

click on Status of the database.

Its pretty fast.  Also a good way to tell if you’ve messed up any logon / password stuff.

Then download the bacpac file using blob studio.

Restore the database on local SQL Server

couldn’t figure out how to restore a .bacpac file.. can do a .dacpac from the root of sqlserver in management studio.

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/641913/visual-studio-azure-tools-sdk-1-3-not-packaging-multiple-sites-correctly

workarounds.

http://www.wadewegner.com/2011/02/running-multiple-websites-in-a-windows-azure-web-role/

Web Application Projects too.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5134875/azure-multiple-web-sites-with-one-role-but-some-dont-get-rebuilt-when-i-publish

http://blog.smarx.com/posts/controlling-application-pool-idle-timeouts-in-windows-azure

We going between date formats eg US to en-NA or British in Azure…:

<globalization uiCulture="en" culture="en-NZ"/>

</system.web>

As there is no template currently for MVC and Azure on 1.3:

http://blog.smarx.com/posts/asp-net-mvc-in-windows-azure

http://www.jimandkatrin.com/CodeBlog/post/MVC3-in-Azure.aspx – Logging too

http://nerdwords.blogspot.com/2011/02/setting-up-mvc-3-for-azure-with_27.html

The trick to getting it working on Azure was to populate the database first.  If not then a it gave a very generic error.

Setting up RDP to a Windows Azure Instance:

http://blog.syntaxc4.net/post/2010/12/16/Setting-up-RDP-to-a-Windows-Azure-Instance-Part-1.aspx

Be very careful to upload the cer to the Management Certificates section of the admin interface (Silverlight)

http://blog.bareweb.eu/2011/01/using-certificates-in-windows-azure-management/

then WebDeploy

http://dunnry.com/blog/2010/12/20/UsingWebDeployWithWindowsAzure.aspx

For development only, using webdeploy.

When creating certificates remember to click the password bit.. so it gives a .pfx file

Open Win 7 command prompt as administrator

http://www.tothepc.com/archives/windows7-command-prompt-administrator-rights/

Copy 2 dlls from GAC to root of c

Microsoft.ReportViewer.ProcessingObjectModel.dll

Mircosoft.RevportViewer.DataVisualization.dll

cd C:\WINDOWS\ASSEMBLY\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.ReportViewer.ProcessingObjectModel

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/archive/2010/08/17/10051010.aspx

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=KB2006191&DownloadId=8227

Here are the scripts put together in 1 file:

Remember to point your web app to the database to populate it ie in Visual Studio, click on the icon at the top in solution explorer to launch the web app.

Need to manually create the tables.

this is a .sql file.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlazure/archive/2010/11/18/10093245.aspx

see about half way down this article for the first working MVC1 app connecting to the db.

http://wag.codeplex.com/

Using the EntLib5

Music Store App (Mar 23rd)

Hello World sample bits of code from MS:

Transferring data up to SQL Azure.. using Script Manager in SQL Man Studio 2008..

http://www.msteched.com/2010/NorthAmerica/COS311

Doing a Simple MVC Application and Publishing up to the Cloud (no DB)

This is a simple new project, Cloud Service, ASP.NET MVC2 Web Role

Right click on the VoucherMVC project, then publish.  Upload via the Web Interface.

NerdDinner

http://www.marcmywords.org/post/NerdDinner-hosted-on-Windows-Azure-and-SQL-Azure.aspx

Failed to generate a user instance due to a failure in starting the process… DB Error:  Solved by deleting a directory on my local machine (Win 7).

http://www.aspdotnetfaq.com/Faq/fix-error-Failed-to-generate-a-user-instance-of-SQL-Server-due-to-a-failure-in-starting-the-process-for-the-user-instance.aspx

Populating the Database

http://azurefeeds.com/post/923/Migrating_an_Existing_ASP.NET_App_to_run_on_Windows_Azure.aspx

Showing how to export a SQL script into SQL Azure format:

Ok, have got nerddinner database up there. 

ASP.NET Membership Provider..

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jnak/archive/2009/11/24/asp-net-provider-scripts-for-sql-azure.aspx

http://www.marcmywords.org/post/NerdDinner-hosted-on-Windows-Azure-and-SQL-Azure.aspx

Details how to get the asp.net membership provider scripts working, using modified scripts.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2006191/en-gb

Issue with NerdDinner MVC2

Came across realm issue with regard to OpenID code, so reverted back to MVC1 code.

NerdDinner MVC1 Migrate to Azure – This Worked

Get it working normally in MVC (with 2 databases running SQLExpress in AppData folder)

Getting the Phone# does not match country error in nerddinner.

hacked the Helper/PhoneValidator.cs to always return true.

Deleted the unit test project for simplicity

Added a CloudService project into the solution

Right clicked on Role in CloudService, and added in the existing NerdDinner project

Added back in ConnectionStrings.config into the NerdDinner project

Coppied the database to SQL Azure using Management Studio 2008R2

Coppied Membership Provider to SQL Azure using special sql scripts

Added in ConnectionStrings.config into the project, and put in SQL Azure string.

Uploaded to Azure..

**problem goes between stopping and initializing… after 20mins?

Try recreating Service in Asia, and DB is in Asia too.

Try uploading again.. and putting one in staging too ( a simple MVC no database, includes test project, worked before).  9:50pm started.

App does work from local using SQL Azure as storage..

After sleeping on it, the problem was that copy local wasn’t set to true on the System.Web.Mvc reference.

In the 1.2 Release of the SDK we can now publish straight from VS instead of manually uploading files.

The end results is this:

which automatically publishes up to the cloud and runs the app making it live.

The way to do it is to select manage in Credentials, which brings up this box:

1. Create a self signed cert. 

2. upload it to the dev portal

3 grab your subscriptionid from Account page

You’ll need a storage account to setup through as well.

DevDays – MVC – Scott Hanselman video:

WFT1_2MB_ch9.wmv 1.4GB

Looking at the callstack in debug to see how things are called.

IHttpHandler – the ‘simple’ building block of ASP.NET.

Example in c:\code\mvc2\hanselman

http://localhost:1476/Home/poop/2

Controller get invoked

Action invoker calls the method

Model Binding – took the other piece of the route data (ie 2) and coerced it into…

didn’t call HttpRequest or anything..

Passing a DateTime

Phil Haack Route Debugger

http://haacked.com/archive/2008/03/13/url-routing-debugger.aspx

prop tab tab to auto gen the properties. then tab tab, then enter enter!

Create A Controller

Ctrl M, Ctrl C

Convention is HomeController

var p = new person

then ctrl period to import the namespace.

Create A View

Convention is in Views directory, create a new Person directory.

Index method links to Index view

Details method links to details view.

Ctrl M Ctrl V to create a view, when you are in the appropriate Controller class (eg Index)

Created a strongly typed view.. this Viewpage is of type Person

Model in the viewpage will always be of type T ie Person.

Could use Repository Pattern for the DB

Going live with ASP.NET4 – many hosting providers need you to upgrade to another machine.

Going Live on Azure

Created a new MVC2 Web Role project

Upload to test that MVC2 is working somewhat

ViewModel - MVCMusicStore

VS2010 Control comma – navigate to

http://mvcmusicstore.codeplex.com/

Uses Entity Framework.

Uses <%: HTml.DisplayForModel

AutoMapper

FirstName, LastName.. map to FirstName and Surname

ViewData

is another way to pass data.

ViewEngines

This is the WebForms view engine.

Routing

NerdDinner – MVC2 in beta (now it is live 27th May)

there are unit test in here.

just asserting not null.

Seperation of Concerns – in controller we can’t have Response.Write.. as it would break in this test.  Would work at runtime.

Personal storage

Endpoints:

xxxxx.blob.core.windows.net

xxxx,queue.core.windows.net

xxxx.table.core.windows.net

This part of Windows Azure and not SQLAzure or AppFabric

azurestorageexplorer.codeplex.com

Also looking at Azure Diagnostics Manager from cerebrate.com

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowsazure/thread/e972b0c0-3a04-4f0c-a73f-ab93552d8291

Example using ASP.NET and Storage and AppFabric Local Dev

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee336122.aspx

Logging

Each app has to do its own logging and write to storage.. an app like this can nicely show what is happening.

http://microsoftpdc.com/sessions/svc15 –  this is pdc09

MIX2010 – Building and Deploying Windows Asure Based Apps

http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/SVC09  (Jim Nakashima)

Created a WebRole and a WorkerRole

One of the web roles.. when I clicked on the button, the worker role picked up the message from the queue.

Nerdinner MVC1 Migrating to Azure with SQLAzure

Could use Azure tables (examples on the web)

Need to do 3 things:

- Need to make a webrole

- Migrate dinner to use SQLAzure

- Migrate asp.net membership provider for SQLAzure.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brandonwerner/archive/2009/11/28/how-to-host-your-site-and-content-on-azure-quickly-and-easily.aspx

Local Development Fabric and Development Storage (uses SQLEXPRESS)

Live ‘Fabric’ and Storage which consists of Blob, Queue and Table

SQLAzure is something else!

AppFabric is something else.

http://neudesic.cloudapp.net/azureoi.aspx

http://microsoft.com/windowsazure/tco

There is an intro special which you’ll need a credit card to sign up for.

I then clicked Portal Home, and Manage Subscriptions and it seemed to work:

windows.azure.com - dashboard

Need Win7, Server 2008 or Vista..

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/getstarted/

I run a windows7 VMWare image only had a 10gig partition, so off to easyvmx.com

put this is in the vmx file:

# Second SCSI disk image, size 25Gb
scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:1.fileName = "My_Virtual_Machine-2.vmdk"
scsi0:1.mode = "persistent"
scsi0:1.startConnected = "TRUE"
scsi0:1.writeThrough = "TRUE"

and the empty vmdk in the directory too.

Uninstalling the express version, then putting on a trail full version (many hours!  time for coffee and to chill out)

Forums

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsazure/threads

Putting SQL Server Express 2008 on my Win7 VM.

nice.. this may have just been the studio, without SQL

Ok.. so trying the SQ:EXPR_x86_ENU.exe – hopefully the SP1 which is compatible with Win7.. need Mgt Studio too.

Probably Best to use the Web Platform Installer

Download Azure Tools for Visual Studio 1.1 (Feb 2010)

Need IIS7 and dev tools running.

Examples

AzureBright CMS – no source code as yet. MVC2

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/mytodo – MVC1 futures.

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazuresamples – Hello world.

Windows Azure Platform Training Kit

need dev accounts for:  Azure, SQL Azure and Azure plaform AppFabric

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazuresamples

Going through Demos tab in the Windows Azure Training Kit – didn’t work

Creating a Storage Account:

djhmateer,blob.core.windows.net – Storage account

djhmateer.cloudapp.net

MyTodo.cspkg – this is the app package

ServiceConfiguration.cscfg – conf file

When I got to Configuring – unclear exactly what to do:

after thinking I’d made a mistake in my configuration file having angle brackets in there []

I tried without.  Seems to have hung on updating deployment.  Tried to delete the service.  Couldn’t.  hmmm.

**where are the error logs?

Hello World Example – this worked

http://weblogs.asp.net/jeffwids/archive/2010/03/02/getting-started-with-windows-azure-part-0-where-do-i-go-to-get-started.aspx

the crowd goes wild..

And after probably 15minutes, the light went to Ready, and we went live.

I’ve downloaded the Azure Tools.. do I need the SDK?

ASP.NET MVC2 – This Worked

Did an Upgrade of HelloWorld.  And got a role not found

Trying a delete and a new deploy.

There is no SQL Server or data storage wired up yet