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Edward Brey
Asked: 2014-07-31 13:01:10 +0800 CST

Automate app pool recycling of an Azure Cloud Service Web Role

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How can I script (e.g. using PowerShell) the action to recycle the app pool of a web site hosted in a Web Role on Azure Cloud Services?

Only one instance of the cloud service is running (used for development). The reason for recycling is to work around a Web Deploy bug.

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2 Answers

  1. While I'm not exactly sure of the AppPool name, you should be able to recycle an app pool with appcmd. For example:

    appcmd recycle apppool /apppool.name: DefaultAppPool

    You can also use PowerShell, by adding WebAdministration and executing Restart-WebAppPool. For example:

    Restart-WebAppPool DefaultAppPool

    How you execute this would be up to you. Maybe execute it via remote PowerShell. Maybe execute it based on a command you send your web role instance (maybe via queue message or some other technique).

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  2. I'm late to the game, but can't you use the recycleApp provider directly from msdeploy?

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