Azure Cloud Services (classic) Config Role Schema
Important
Cloud Services (classic) is now deprecated for all customers as of September 1st, 2024. Any existing running deployments will be stopped and shut down by Microsoft and the data will be permanently lost starting October 2024. New deployments should use the new Azure Resource Manager based deployment model Azure Cloud Services (extended support).
The Role element of the configuration file specifies the number of role instances to deploy for each role in the service, the values of any configuration settings, and the thumbprints for any certificates associated with a role.
For more information about the Azure Service Configuration Schema, see Cloud Service (classic) Configuration Schema. For more information about the Azure Service Definition Schema, see Cloud Service (classic) Definition Schema.
Role Element
The following example shows the Role element and its child elements.
<ServiceConfiguration>
<Role name="<role-name>" vmName="<vm-name>">
<Instances count="<number-of-instances>"/>
<ConfigurationSettings>
<Setting name="<setting-name>" value="<setting-value>" />
</ConfigurationSettings>
<Certificates>
<Certificate name="<certificate-name>" thumbprint="<certificate-thumbprint>" thumbprintAlgorithm="<algorithm>"/>
</Certificates>
</Role>
</ServiceConfiguration>
The following table describes the attributes for the Role element.
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| name | Required. Specifies the name of the role. The name must match the name provided for the role in the service definition file. |
| vmName | Optional. Specifies the Domain Name System (DNS) name for a Virtual Machine. The name must be 10 characters or less. |
The following table describes the child elements of the Role element.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| Instances | Required. Specifies the number of instances to deploy for the role. The number of instances is defined by an integer for the count attribute. |
| Setting | Optional. Specifies a setting name and value in a collection of settings for a role. The setting name is defined by a string for the name attribute and the setting value is defined by a string for the value attribute. |
| Certificate | Optional. Specifies the name, thumbprint, and algorithm of a service certificate that is to be associated with the role. The certificate name is defined by a string for the name attribute. The certificate thumbprint is defined by a string of hexadecimal numbers containing no spaces for the thumbprint attribute. The hexadecimal numbers must be represented using digits and uppercase alpha characters. The certificate algorithm is defined by a string for the thumbprintAlgorithm attribute. |