What causes "Role Instances are taking longer than expected" error with Azure SDK 2.4?

Question

I am getting the infamous "Role Instances are taking longer than expected" error when trying to start my Azure project with a single Worker Role. It used to work before, it started failing without any apparent reasons between two debug sessions.

I tried to create a brand new solution with a new Azure project and a default Worker Role, that also fails to start.

I have found numerous other SO questions and forum posts discussing this topic, but most of them are outdated and none of their suggestions worked.

I found no relevant message in the Event Logs, the only error message I found was in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\dftmp\EmulatorRuntimeLogs\ErrorRuntime.log, it contains lots of lines like this:

[00006892:00014472, 2014/10/16, 18:40:45.247, ERROR] Failed to create FSRM quota manager instance.

The output for the role in the Compute Emulator displays the following log indefinitely:

[fabric] Role Instance: deployment24(4).MySolution.MyProject.MySolution.MyProject.0
[fabric] Role state Busy
[fabric] Role state Aborted
[fabric] Role state Busy
[fabric] Role state Aborted
[fabric] Role state Busy
[fabric] Role state Aborted
[fabric] Role state Busy
...

Do you have any suggestions what can cause this error with the latest 2.4 version of the Azure SDK?

Mcmichael

FSRM is used for LocalStorage resources, and you implicitly get a LocalStorage resource when you have <Import moduleName="Diagnostics" /> in the CSDEF. What happens if you get rid of that Diagnostics import? – Hindoo

I tried that but it didn't help, and same log messages. – Mcmichael

Just an update: after long hours of googling/binging, I still haven't found any solution, so I cannot use the developer environment. I am thinking about reinstalling Windows (as other people seem to have done). – Mcmichael

The solution here helped me. #35392305 – Yvor

Answer 1

I solved it by removing the Startup Tasks from ServiceDefinition.csdef

Loss

This should be marked as answer, at least it has helped me and my collegues a number of times. – Isosteric

I am using SDK 2.4 and I don't have a startup Tasks in ServiceDefinition.csdef. Is there a solution other than this? – Yvor

Answer 2

Change the taskType="background" in ServiceDefinition.csdef file

<Task taskType="background" executionContext="elevated" commandLine="sample.cmd">

Gluttonize

Answer 3

I didn't have a startup task and the following steps worked for me.

• Right click the Azure Cloud service project
• go to the "web" tab.
• In the "Emulator" section choose "Use Full Emulator"
• And in the "Local Development Server" section choose "Use IIS Web Server"

Yvor