Azure v2 Worker Role?

Question

I deployed an Azure Worker Role running OWIN into a Cloud Service for very fast HTTP serving. The Cloud Service exists in the "classic" environment at manage.windowsazure.com.

I would like to deploy the same lightweight application using the new ARM bits so it can be fully managed at portal.azure.com. I don't want to use a Web Application because that includes IIS.

What is the correct Platform-as-a-Service object to use in the ARM and the new portal that gives the same performance as an old Cloud Service Worker Role?

Thanks.

sendmarsh sendmarsh · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-04T23:01:18

There isn't a Platform-as-a-Service object to use for this in ARM. Some Infrastructure-as-a-Service options are:

Create a regular Windows Azure Resource Manager VM in the new portal and set it up as an OWIN host.
Create an Azure Resource Manager template to deploy an OWIN host to a VM or a VM Scale Set. The template would use the custom script extension and/or DSC to do the setup. This would be a good re-usable solution, but someone would need to write the template for the first time.
The lightest weight solution would be to have the server running in a Docker container on Windows. You could then choose use the VM for other purposes running in other containers or purely as a container host. Note this only runs on only runs on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3. See http://anthonychu.ca/post/web-api-owin-self-host-docker-windows-containers/

Edit - Note that Service Fabric is the recommended PaaS solution in Azure Resource Manager. It is not a direct equivalent of PaaS v1 but a rich service for developing micro-service based applications: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/services/service-fabric/

Azure v2 Worker Role?

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