Reset an Azure Cloud Service (extended support)

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These samples cover various ways to reset an existing Azure Cloud Service (extended support) deployment.

Reimage role instances of cloud service

$roleInstances = @("ContosoFrontEnd_IN_0", "ContosoBackEnd_IN_1")
Invoke-AzCloudServiceReimage -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -CloudServiceName "ContosoCS" -RoleInstance $roleInstances

This command reimages two role instances ContosoFrontEnd_IN_0 and ContosoBackEnd_IN_1 of cloud service named ContosoCS that belongs to the resource group named ContosOrg.

Reimage all roles of Cloud Service

Invoke-AzCloudServiceReimage -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -CloudServiceName "ContosoCS" -RoleInstance "*"

This command reimages all role instances of cloud service named ContosoCS that belongs to the resource group named ContosOrg.

Reimage a single role instance of a Cloud Service

Invoke-AzCloudServiceRoleInstanceReimage -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -CloudServiceName "ContosoCS" -RoleInstanceName "ContosoFrontEnd_IN_0"

This command reimages role instance named ContosoFrontEnd_IN_0 of cloud service named ContosoCS that belongs to the resource group named ContosOrg.

Rebuild role instances of cloud service

$roleInstances = @("ContosoFrontEnd_IN_0", "ContosoBackEnd_IN_1")
Invoke-AzCloudServiceRebuild -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -CloudServiceName "ContosoCS" -RoleInstance $roleInstances

This command rebuilds two role instances ContosoFrontEnd_IN_0 and ContosoBackEnd_IN_1 of cloud service named ContosoCS that belongs to the resource group named ContosOrg.

Rebuild all roles of cloud service

Invoke-AzCloudServiceRebuild -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -CloudServiceName "ContosoCS" -RoleInstance "*"

This command rebuilds all role instances of cloud service named ContosoCS that belongs to the resource group named ContosOrg.

Restart role instances of cloud service

$roleInstances = @("ContosoFrontEnd_IN_0", "ContosoBackEnd_IN_1")
Restart-AzCloudService -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -CloudServiceName "ContosoCS" -RoleInstance $roleInstances

This command restarts two role instances ContosoFrontEnd_IN_0 and ContosoBackEnd_IN_1 of cloud service named ContosoCS that belongs to the resource group named ContosOrg.

Restart all roles of cloud service

Restart-AzCloudService -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -CloudServiceName "ContosoCS" -RoleInstance "*"

This command restarts all role instances of cloud service named ContosoCS that belongs to the resource group named ContosOrg.

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