This is a simple scaffold for packaging a Ruby app to run on Windows Azure, inspired by Steve Marx's https://github.com/smarx/pythonrole.

Prerequisites

This sample requires a Windows operating system and at least version 1.6 of the Windows Azure SDK (available at http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/overview/). This sample was devoloped using the Other language version of the SDK, but should work with all language versions.

Usage

1. Edit app.rb to do whatever you want. If this is a web app, be sure to listen on the port specified in the PORT environment variable (and for best results when running locally, listen on the IP address specified in the ADDRESS environment variable.
2. Run run.cmd to build and run the application locally. When running locally, ruby.exe must be in the path. (It is not automatically installed as it is in the cloud.)
3. Run pack.cmd to output RubyRole.cspkg. That file, along with ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg is what you need to deploy via the Windows Azure portal (or with some other tool) to get the app running in the cloud.

Notes

• This sample uses the Ruby 1.9.3 package provuded at http://rubyinstaller.org. This is installed using the installRuby.cmd file.
• DevKit is also installed and configured using the installDK.cmd file.
• installDependencies.cmd installs the bundler gem and then uses it to install the gems listed in the Gemfile.
• The run.cmd in the WorkerRole/app directory launches app.rb by running ruby app.rb. If you need to launch a Rails application, or by using rackup, you may need to use the following format: call rails .... or call rackup ..... The CALL command must be used for anything that is implemented as a .cmd or .bat file under windows.