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Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Cookbook

Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Cookbook

By : Hammad Rajjoub
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Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Cookbook

Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Cookbook

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By: Hammad Rajjoub
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Overview of this book

Windows Server AppFabric provides a set of integrated capabilities that extend IIS and the Windows Server platform making it easier to build, scale and manage composite applications today. Windows Server AppFabric delivers the first wave of innovation within an exciting new middleware paradigm which brings performance, scalability and enhanced management capabilities to the platform for applications built on the .NET Framework using Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation.'Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Cookbook' shows you how to get the most from WCF and WF services using Windows Server AppFabric leveraging the capabilities for building composite solutions on the .NET platform. Packed with over 60 task-based and immediately reusable recipes, 'Microsoft Windows Server AppFabric Cookbook' starts by showing you how to set up your development environment to start using Windows Server AppFabric quickly. The book then moves on to provide comprehensive coverage of the most important capabilities provided by Windows Server AppFabric, diving right in to hands-on topics such as deploying WCF and WF applications to Windows Server AppFabric and leveraging the distributed caching, scalable hosting, persistence, monitoring and management capabilities that Windows Server AppFabric has to offer, with recipes covering a full spectrum of complexity from simple to intermediate and advanced.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Installing Windows Server AppFabric
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1. Installing Windows Server AppFabric
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Introduction
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Installing Windows Server AppFabric
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Configuring Windows Server AppFabric (hosting and monitoring)
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Configuring Windows Server AppFabric (caching)
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Installing Cache Client Assemblies
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Changing the Windows Server AppFabric configuration after installation
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Starting a Caching service
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Troubleshooting Windows Server AppFabric — configuration errors
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Troubleshooting Windows Server AppFabric — auto restart issues
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2. Getting Started with AppFabric Caching
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2. Getting Started with AppFabric Caching
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Introduction
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Initializing Cache Client using code
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Initializing Cache Client using configuration
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Programming AppFabric Cache Client
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Using AppFabric Cache via the ASP.NET provider model
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Using AppFabric local cache
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Using the AppFabric cache management tool
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Building a custom provider model
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Handling common Windows Server AppFabric caching errors
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3. Windows Server AppFabric Caching — Advanced Use Cases
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3. Windows Server AppFabric Caching — Advanced Use Cases
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Introduction
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Using regions in cache
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Using tags in cache
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Using optimistic concurrency
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Using pessimistic concurrency
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Setting up expiration
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Setting up eviction
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Setting up notifications
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Using performance counters
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Troubleshooting throttling
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Troubleshooting eviction
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Setting up read through — write behind
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4. Windows Server AppFabric Hosting Fundamentals
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4. Windows Server AppFabric Hosting Fundamentals
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Introduction
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Installing the Web Deployment tool (Web Deploy)
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Packaging services for deployment with Web Deploy
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Hosting WCF services
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Hosting WCF REST services
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Hosting basic workflow services
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5. More Windows Server AppFabric Hosting Features
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5. More Windows Server AppFabric Hosting Features
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Introduction
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Hosting long-running workflow services
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Taking advantage of WAS and Auto-Start
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Hosting Windows Azure Relay services
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Using common Server AppFabric hosting commandlets
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6. Utilizing AppFabric Persistence
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6. Utilizing AppFabric Persistence
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Introduction
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Using Windows Server AppFabric workflow persistence
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Programmatically querying persisted workflow instances
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Programmatically controlling persisted workflow instances
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Developing an Instance Store provider
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Developing an Instance Query provider
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Developing an Instance Control provider
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Registering and configuring custom store, query, and control providers
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7. Monitoring Windows Server AppFabric Deployment
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7. Monitoring Windows Server AppFabric Deployment
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Introduction
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Collecting events from WCF and WF services
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Viewing and classifying events in the AppFabric Dashboard
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Enabling tracing and evaluating trace logs with WCF
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Creating a customized tracking profile for WF services
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Accessing the Monitoring DB
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Building a custom dashboard
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Using monitoring database cmdlets
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Monitoring cache cluster health
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8. Scaling AppFabric Hosting, Monitoring, and Persistence
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8. Scaling AppFabric Hosting, Monitoring, and Persistence
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Introduction
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Creating an initial base configuration
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Adding and removing servers from the farm
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Application deployment on the farm
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Configuration and management on the farm
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Automating deployment with scripts
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9. Configuring Windows Server AppFabric Security
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Introduction
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Running caching services using Domain accounts
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Setting up security for persistence stores
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Securing Windows Server AppFabric's monitoring store
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Securing the Event Collection service
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Troubleshooting Windows Server AppFabric — configuration errors

It is not too uncommon to come across errors while installing and configuring Windows Server AppFabric. As long as we know where something wrong, most installation related errors are fairly trivial to fix.

In this recipe we will troubleshoot some common Windows Server AppFabric installation and configuration errors.

How to do it...

The first thing to do is to find the log file under the %temp% folder and then search for errors. Once error(s) are found, we can look up in MSDN for the error details as well as their corresponding resolutions.

  1. To find installation related errors, find a log file created by the AppFabric installer available in the %temp% folder with the file name: AppServerSetup(yyyy-MM-dd H-mm-ss).log.
  2. These errors can either be viewed by clicking on the link in the last page of the installation wizard by or by browsing to the file and then opening it with Notepad (or your favorite text editor).
  3. Search for errors in the text file. Note the error codes and look up their reasons and associated workarounds at this URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368542(VS.85).aspx.

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    When using an automated installer, log file options can be provided by using /logfile or /l switch and specifying the file path where the log file should be placed.

  4. Likewise, for configuration errors, find a file under the %temp% folder with the name: Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Configuration (yyyy-MM-dd H-mm-ss) <process code>.log.
  5. Errors mentioned in the configuration log can be looked up for details along with possible remediation at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681381(v=VS.85).aspx.

Note

Configuration errors are AppFabric specific but descriptive enough to point you in the right direction; providing information that let's you know the issue is related to network resource, firewalls, and so on. It is also worth noting that you can see all PowerShell commands that are executed by the wizard logged in this file as well.

How it works...

Windows Server AppFabric uses a very detailed logging mechanism, and writes log entries for configuration and installation related errors in separate physical log files available under the %temp% folder.

Troubleshooting configuration errors revolves around going to a relevant log file and finding the error entries and then looking up each error on the corresponding MSDN help page (as highlighted in the How to do it... section) to find a solution for each issue reported.

For more information on error codes please visit the following MSDN links:

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