ASP.NET 5 Console Application as Azure WebJob

[djanosik]

Hi,

what do I need to publish ASP.NET 5 Console Application as an Azure WebJob? AFAIK there is no executable I can use to run the application.

Thank you!

[victorhurdugaci]

Bundle the application using kpm bundle --runtime <runtime>, zip the output folder and deploy it as webjob.

[Eilon]

There is no direct executable, but when you use kpm bundle it'll generated CMD file for whichever commands were registered in the project.json file, such as run --> run.cmd.

[djanosik]

Thank you! I am able to deploy the web job, but it fails with this error message.

[03/18/2015 21:11:50 > 21031f: SYS INFO] Status changed to Initializing
[03/18/2015 21:11:52 > 21031f: SYS INFO] Run script 'WebJob.cmd' with script host - 'WindowsScriptHost'
[03/18/2015 21:11:52 > 21031f: SYS INFO] Status changed to Running
[03/18/2015 21:11:52 > 21031f: ERR ] '"klr.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[03/18/2015 21:11:52 > 21031f: ERR ] operable program or batch file.
[03/18/2015 21:11:52 > 21031f: SYS INFO] Status changed to Failed
[03/18/2015 21:11:52 > 21031f: SYS ERR ] Job failed due to exit code 1

[victorhurdugaci]

You have to bundle the application with the runtime (like I showed above). Otherwise it will not work

[djanosik]

Great, it works now. Thank you!

[mburumaxwell]

Hi,
I have a problem when I try to use the webjobs sdk with a console application.
The code:

var jobconfig = new JobHostConfiguration("key here");
var host = new JobHost(jobconfig);
host.RunAndBlock();

It fails in the first line with the following error:

An exception of type 'System.IO.FileLoadException' occurred in Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host.dll but was not handled in user code
Additional information: A strongly-named assembly is required. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131044)

Checking further I get this

A strongly-named assembly is required. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131044)

The Stack Trace is:

   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host.Executors.DefaultStorageCredentialsValidator..ctor()
   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Host.Executors.DefaultStorageAccountProvider..ctor()
   at Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.JobHostConfiguration..ctor(String dashboardAndStorageConnectionString)
   at TestWebJob.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\Me\Documents\TestWebJob\Program.cs:line 20

After reading through some issues, I realized I should sign the output. I tried two options as below but none worked on the Console App:
Option 1:

"compilationOptions": {
    "keyFile": "TestWebJob.snk"
  }

Option 2:

"compilationOptions": {
    "strongName": true
  }

Anyone have a solution or workaround?
Thanks in advance

[Eilon]

Looks like you logged this here: Azure/azure-webjobs-sdk#566

[mburumaxwell]

yes I did so