Using Azure Automation to create a cloud service instance using Powershell

Question

I'm trying to write a script that I can automate on Azure to create a new instance of a cloud service. I am having trouble getting the New-AzureDeployment cmdlet to work.

Both the CSPKG and CSCFG files are stored on Azure under the same storage account but in different containers. They were uploaded using CloudBerry.

param(
    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [string] $StorageAccount = 'storageaccount',

    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [string] $ServiceName = 'cloudservicesdev',

    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [string] $Slot = 'Production',

    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [string] $Label = 'BASE'
)

Write-Output "Start of workflow"

$cert = Get-AutomationCertificate -Name 'Credential'
$subID = 'subId'

Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "SubName" -CurrentStorageAccountName $StorageAccount -Certificate $cert -SubscriptionId $subID 

Select-AzureSubscription "SubName"

$package = (Get-AzureStorageBlob -blob "package.cspkg" -Container "package").ICloudBlob.uri.AbsoluteUri

$config = (Get-AzureStorageBlob -blob "Config - Dev.cscfg" -Container "config").ICloudBlob.uri.AbsoluteUri

New-AzureDeployment -ServiceName "$ServiceName" -Slot "$Slot" -Package "$package" -Configuration "$config" -Label "$Label"

I get the following error

2014-12-08 05:57:57 PM, Error: New-AzureDeployment : The given path's format is not supported.
At Create_New_Cloud_Service_Instance:40 char:40
+ 
+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-AzureDeployment], NotSupportedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 
System.NotSupportedException,Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.HostedServices.NewAzureDeploymentCommand

I've checked both the $package and $config variables and they are pointing to the file locations I'd expect (https://storageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/package/package.cspkg and https://storageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/config/Config%20-%20Dev.cscfg respectively). They match the URLs I see when I navigate to the files under their containers in Storage.

This looks similar to the examples that I have seen. What have I done wrong?

This is the new code that I used based on Joe's answer below

I also used this example script https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Continuous-Deployment-of-A-eeebf3a6 to help with the using the Azure Automation sandbox

param(
    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [string] $StorageAccount = 'storageaccount',

    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [string] $ServiceName = 'cloudservicesdev',

    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [string] $Slot = 'Production',

    [parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
    [string] $Label = 'BASE'
)

Write-Output "Start of workflow"

$cert = Get-AutomationCertificate -Name 'Credential'
$subID = 'subId'

Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "SubName" -CurrentStorageAccountName $StorageAccount -Certificate $cert -SubscriptionId $subID 

Select-AzureSubscription "SubName"

$package = (Get-AzureStorageBlob -blob "package.cspkg" -Container "package").ICloudBlob.uri.AbsoluteUri
$TempFileLocation = "C:\temp\Config - Dev.cscfg"
$config = (Get-AzureStorageBlobContent -blob "Config - Dev.cscfg" -Container "config" -Destination $TempFileLocation -Force)

New-AzureDeployment -ServiceName "$ServiceName" -Slot "$Slot" -Package "$package" -Configuration $TempFileLocation -Label "$Label"

Why does Config path contain %20? Did you try avoiding spaces in file name? Secondly - (not sure if this is required but) have you tried making the blob containers (package, config) public? — Sri Kanth
– Sri Kanth, Commented Dec 8, 2014 at 20:25

Joe · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-08 23:52:31Z

3

The -Package parameter of New-AzureDeployment should be passed a storage URI as you are doing, but the -Configuration parameter expects a local file. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn495143.aspx for more details.

So you need to, within the runbook, download the file at the $config URI to the Azure Automation sandbox, and then pass that file's local path to New-AzureDeployment.

answered Dec 8, 2014 at 23:52

Joe

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Tom Over a year ago

That was the issue. Thanks Joe.

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