Windows Azure SDK for PHP

New Post: Enforce Azure to use my PHP version

aurelious — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:34:25 GMT

HI Brain, yes it's elevated. I already found a solution. It's discribed here: http://blog.itopia.de/windows-azure-custom-php-installation/366

New Post: Enforce Azure to use my PHP version

BrianSwan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:07:06 GMT

aurelious-

Are you setting the execution context to "elevated" in the .csdef file?

-Brian

New Post: Requesting Help in Access the private storage blob

blobaugh — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:32:46 GMT

You will probably want to bookmark the AzurePHP website, as it has loads of great information on it:

http://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/tutorials

More specifically there are a couple tutorials that deal with storage you should take a look at:

http://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/tutorial-using-blob-storage

http://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/sharing-private-blobs

http://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/scenario-protecting-downloads-using-blob-storage-and-shared-access-signatures

Cheers,
Ben

New Post: Requesting Help in Access the private storage blob

Tamilmani — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:07:55 GMT

Hi All,

How to access the azure private blob storage data by using php?

I am able to see my public storage data in web browser. But not able to view the private storage blob data.

1. How to store the secure information to private blob?

2. How to access the private blob data in web page?

Is there any way to solve the problem?

Please any one have the idea , share it to me. It will helpful to me.

Thanks

Tamilmani Mohan

New Post: Enforce Azure to use my PHP version

aurelious — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:07:49 GMT

I found an install log entry within the bin folder:

Could not run Webpicmdline with Administrative priveleges. Please make sure you have Admin rights on this Machine.

Do you know how I can configure my package to get the needed rights?

New Post: Enforce Azure to use my PHP version

aurelious — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:57:43 GMT

Your're right with the scaffolder. That the scaffolder startup scripts are using the Web Platform Installer is new to me, but it explains why the instance has a different version than my local env. The problem is that with the new PHP 5.3.9 I get an ugly fast-cgi error.

The tutorial seams to explain what I need, but is it not possible to modify the scaffold startup script with less efford to use the custom PHP? I'll first try it this way.

By the way, is it not possible to tell the installer which version to install?

New Post: Enforce Azure to use my PHP version

blobaugh — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:23:03 GMT

It sounds to me like you may be using the default scaffold and simply copying your PHP install into the php folder. Is this correct? The problem here is that the scaffold is setup to use the Web Platform Installer to install PHP dynamically into your Windows Azure instance. The php folder is only actually for customizing php.ini settings and adding additional PHP modules, you cannot actually replace PHP through that (though it may be something to think about). Check out this tutorial for how to get your own custom PHP install used

http://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/using-a-custom-php-installation

Also, are you using environment variables such as RoleRoot? If so I will need to dig around the default scaffold a bit and come up with the bits of it you will need to get those into your custom install.

Cheers,
Ben

New Comment on "Diagnostics"

aurelious — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:06:02 GMT

$_SERVER['RdRoleId'] does not exist (s. http://phpazure.codeplex.com/workitem/6650)

Commented Issue: $_SERVER['RoleRoot'] doesn’t exist anymore. [6650]

aurelious — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:25:59 GMT

Since SDK 1.5 or 1.6 it is disappeared.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: aurelious **

I found out that these environment vars (except RoleRoot) are set by the startup task of the SDK for PHP. But how is it possible that these vars are cleare during operating state or not reseted after a instance reimage etc.?

New Post: Enforce Azure to use my PHP version

aurelious — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:18:10 GMT

How can I tell Azure to take my PHP version within the package?

I noticed that even if I put the whole 5.3.8 PHP package into my WebRole, after the deployment I have PHP 5.3.9 on the instances.

And the other thing is that Azure (or the startup tasks) is adding some extensions to the php.ini which I haven't set up.

(In my local program files folder I also have 5.3.8 installed).

Commented Issue: $_SERVER['RoleRoot'] doesn’t exist anymore. [6650]

aurelious — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:49:17 GMT

Since SDK 1.5 or 1.6 it is disappeared.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: aurelious **

Since December 31, 2011 the vars $_SERVER['RoleDeploymentID'], $_SERVER['RoleDeploymentID'], $_SERVER['RoleInstanceID'] and $_SERVER['RoleName'] also disappeared. But only in the deployment environment, local they are still there. Can you reproduce our problem?

Source code checked in, #67037

maartenba — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:11:47 GMT

Aliased certifcate generate to certificate create and added some more help information.

Source code checked in, #67036

maartenba — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:57:20 GMT

Changed 2009 - 2011 to 2009 - 2012

Source code checked in, #67035

maartenba — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:53:02 GMT

Added certificate generate command. Thanks to a patch from Combell.com!

Created Issue: Invalid $mode in PackageScaffolderAbstract.php [6700]

beberlei — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:45:22 GMT

The $mode is used as string in several places in PackageScaffolderAbstract.php, which leads to failures on Linux when using a scaffolder.

Source code checked in, #66944

maartenba — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:59:22 GMT

Added utility method to create a blob URL getBlobUrl()

Source code checked in, #66943

maartenba — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:49:32 GMT

Small fix

New Post: PermaLinks problems with latest WordPress 3.3

blobaugh — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:06:59 GMT

Houman,

Nope, that is not stored in the database. The web.config file is an IIS file and not specific to WordPress itself, it is just what WordPress uses to setup the permalinks.

Ben

New Post: PermaLinks problems with latest WordPress 3.3

Houmie — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:46:55 GMT

Hey Ben,

When I tried to change the permalinks to "Month and name" option I get this:

If your web.config file were writable, we could do this automatically, but it isn’t so this is the url rewrite rule you should have in your web.config file. Click in the field and press <kbd>CTRL + a</kbd>to select all. Then insert this rule inside of the /<configuration>/<system.webServer>/<rewrite>/<rules> element in web.config file.

<rule name="wordpress" patternSyntax="Wildcard">
					<match url="*" />
						<conditions>
							<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
							<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
						</conditions>
					<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
				</rule>

</form>

If you temporarily make your web.config file writable for us to generate rewrite rules automatically, do not forget to revert the permissions after rule has been saved.

Even if I made the entire folder to be writeable, this changes would be lost when the VM restarts, right? I was expecting this to be saved in database.
Maybe something has changed in WordPress 3.3 that needs to be adjusted in the scaffolding?

Cheers,
Houman

New Post: SSL support ?

Houmie — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:10:30 GMT

Thank Ben.

It works :)

I have changed "NETWORK SERVICE" to my custom AppPool, as in IIS 7.5 the permissions are Apppool driven to keep it more secure. If the role is compromised, the attacher still can't access the entire network and see only the files under the compromised Apppool control.

Instead of Full control, W (write-only) works as well.

I am just a bit surprised why this folder needs privileges like this.

e.g. in Setting -> Media -> Store uploads in this folder: if I put any other folder than 'wp-content/uploads' without having given permission to 'wp-content/uploads' in first place, it still would fail. Weird weird. But it does the job :)

Hopefully that was the last blocker. :)

Merry Christmas my friend,

Houman