Running ravendb in azure

[micke]

Hey guys,

I am quite new to using Azure, anyone have any pointers to how to get
ravendb up and running?

Thanks :)

[Matt Warren]

Take a look at the discussion here
http://groups.google.com/group/ravendb/browse_thread/thread/49735697669d246f
and these blog posts http://blog.markrendle.net/2010/08/09/running-ravendb-on-azure/
and http://blog.markrendle.net/2010/11/03/ravendb-azure-fork-discontinued/

But the most up to date answer is in the 2nd blog posts:

"I had planned to bring my Azure worker compatible fork of RavenDB up
to date after getting Simple.Data 0.2 out. However, given the upcoming
enhancements to the Azure platform that were announced at PDC, the
work now seems unnecessary. Specifically, the full IIS support on web
roles means that RavenDB can now be run in that way without needing
the complex TCP stack adapters that I implemented.

I’m still a huge fan of RavenDB, and as soon as the full IIS feature
is available I’ll get it running and publish my findings, along with
any code required for CloudDrive and so on."

If you need any more info let me know as I work with Mark (who wrote
those blog posts).

[micke]

Thanks for replying Matt,

I have seen these posts but its hard to tell what the current solution
is, since marks fork seems to be discontinued and as I understand it,
it should be possible to run ravendb under the "full IIS feature"?

Problem is that i have no idea how to deploy and configure the ravendb
IIS version to azure, if that's the way to go.

Hope it makes sense :) first experience i have with azure :/

Thanks,
Micke

On Feb 10, 11:14 am, Matt Warren <mattd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Take a look at the discussion herehttp://groups.google.com/group/ravendb/browse_thread/thread/497356976...
> and these blog postshttp://blog.markrendle.net/2010/08/09/running-ravendb-on-azure/
> andhttp://blog.markrendle.net/2010/11/03/ravendb-azure-fork-discontinued/

[Ayende Rahien]

Yes, you should run Raven under IIS

[Mark Rendle]

Hi Micke,

I am currently working on a presentation for Cloud Evening in London
next Tuesday, in which I will cover various different ways of running
RavenDB under Azure. After the event I'll be posting a summary of the
process on my blog.

The only real complexity arises around attaching a CloudDrive for
Raven to use as its data folder. I've already covered this to some
extent in my blog, but I'll include it in my step-by-step guide.

I'm also hoping to set up replication so there are multiple instances,
to prevent downtime when Azure forcibly restarts a server.

Best regards,
Mark

[micke]

Hey Mark,

Sounds great, Looking forward to it :)

Thanks,
/Micke

[Chris Marisic]

I'm looking forward to seeing this also.