How to configure Serilog in Web Api 2 with OData v4 - rest

I am a beginner. I want to know how to Configure Serilog in RestApi to write logs to Seq. What should be the configurations in webapiconfig and Controller. and How to write log event for the same

First you need to install SEQ Server on your machine. The server registers itself as a service in your machine. This service runs on default port no 5341
In the Global.asax file you need to create the instance of the logger.
In the controller you can use variable Log to write the logs of various levels to seq server

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Communication between microservice using ServiceID from discovery instead of directory host?

I'm new microservice, I'm reading some example about discovery server, I see we can call another microservice api by using url like:
http://inventory-service/api/inventory/{productCode}.
"inventory-service" is a service instance I registered in discovery.
So my question is what is the benefit of using serviceId intead of call directory host:port:
http://localhost:9009/api/inventory/{productCode}.
Let asume you register inventory-service with Eureka server by configuring Eureka serviceUrl in src/main/resources/bootstrap.properties.
spring.application.name=inventory-service
eureka.client.service-url.defaultZone=http://localhost:8761/eureka/
Then build inventory-service and start 2 instances of it by running following commands.
java -jar -Dserver.port=9001 target/inventory-service-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-exec.jar
java -jar -Dserver.port=9002 target/inventory-service-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-exec.jar
When you visit Eureka Dashboard http://localhost:8761/ you will see 2 instances of inventory-service registered.
If you want to apply Client Load Balancing from your consumer application you would need a config like this:
server.ribbon.listOfServers=localhost:9001,localhost:9002
server.ribbon.eureka.enabled=false
If you want to start new instances you would need to register them in your consumer configuration.
With ServiceID you don't have to worry about it, because all instances will register with the same identifier. It will be added automatically in the list of available servers.It is one of the advantages of using ServiceId instead hostname

Create app instance (in service fabric cluster explorer) ignores number of instances on local machine

Using 5.1.163 version of service fabric run time.
Created a service fabric application with one stateless web api (i.e. using owin communication listener).
Modified the generated code so that listening endpoint to contain partition id/instance id/new_guid (just as is the case for stateful services). This should allow me to create another app instance so that I can have multi-tenancy at application level.
By default, Local.xml file is set to 1 instance for this service.
Deployed it to local machine by F5. Verified that it is deployed to only one instance.
Verified that service is working fine.
Navigated to local service fabric explorer and clicked on the Cluster/Application/AppType node. Clicked on 'Create app instance'.
It successfully created 2nd app instance.
However in this new instance, the service is deployed to all 5 nodes.
I was expecting it deploy the service instance only one node. Is this a bug? But only in this version of service fabric?
When you deploy a Service Fabric application using Visual Studio (or from PowerShell) you use the Deploy-FabricApplication.ps1 that is generated for your application and found in /scripts under your SF project. This script does two things (mainly):
Create/update the application type
Create a new/upgrade existing instance of the application type
The second part there is similar to what you do in the SF Explorer, except this one also considers the publisher profile file you supply. The PS-script actually reads your publisher profile xml files and extracts any parameters in there to a hashset (a dictionary) and passes that as an argument in step 2.
You can create an instance of an SF application type using the PS cmdlets (alternatively you can use FabricClient). The following command does this: New-ServiceFabricApplication. Here you have the chance to supply your own application parameters, including instance count for services in your new application instance (if you have a dynamic parameter for that in your application manifest).
So, when you use the SF explorer to create a new application instance you cannot control how that instance is created, it is always using the default parameter values as specified directly in ApplicationManifest.xml, not values you have specified in your publisher profiles (local1, local5, cloud, etc.).
To controll the creation, run New-ServiceFabricApplication with yor parameters as a hashset.

Configure AppFabric Cache without listing servers in web.config

I am trying to understand how to properly configure AppFabric Caching on a web site. We are planning to use SQL Server as the cache manager and as far as I can understand the SQL will contain a list of the cache hosts in the cluster.
However, when running
DataCacheFactory factory = new DataCacheFactory();
I get
Server collection cannot be empty.
which, I guess, is to be expected since I have not added any servers in the web.config.
However, I do not want to maintain a server list on each web server, I want that to be done centrally on the SQL Server. I assume there is a way to point to the SQL Server, but I cannot find information on how to do this.
(I have also tried with the XML configration option, but it cannot even find that file. I have checked the health of the service in power shell.)
How do I centralize the server cache host list?
We are planning to use SQL Server as the cache manager and as far as I
can understand the SQL will contain a list of the cache hosts in the
cluster.
It's false. SQL Server can perform cluster management but it's only for managing the cache hosts, and ultimately, the cache cluster. It's just for internal management and your clients can use this configuration and they don't need to have acces to Sql Server.
DataCacheFactory factory = new DataCacheFactory();
This code will try to load default datacacheclient in config. In your case, it should be empty that's why you get this error.
You can still use code to configure cache host in this way.
// Declare array for cache host(s).
DataCacheServerEndpoint[] servers = new DataCacheServerEndpoint[1];
servers[0] = new DataCacheServerEndpoint("CacheServer1", 22233);
DataCacheFactoryConfiguration factoryConfig = new DataCacheFactoryConfiguration();
factoryConfig.Servers = servers;
DataCacheFactory mycacheFactory = new DataCacheFactory(factoryConfig);
DataCache myDefaultCache = mycacheFactory.GetCache("NamedCache1");
You don't need to specify all host names here, because AppFabric Caching will route request to the correct cache host, event if it is not in your list.

WSO2 Class Mediator gives an error

Our team is completely new to the WSO2 tool. We got the basic training on how to add proxy services and were able to do so as well.
Now, we have to add a class in the In Sequence. We tried that using the Class mediator but it was not able to find the class. Then we realized that the jar file needs to be in the components/lib folder. So, its able to load the class now. It proceeds to the out sequence and fault sequence properly. But, in the end, it gives the following exception.
Unable to add proxy service :: Failed to add proxy service: Parse. Check whether the Proxy already exists-Failed to add proxy service: Parse. Check whether the Proxy already exists
So far, we're using the design view to configure it. I surveyed through most of the posts within this forum, and, all are using the source code to configure. Also, the proxy service is not present in the Source View section under Service Bus.
Are we missing any step in the configuration? Do we need to switch to coding method or it is possible this way.
Your explanation is strange. Above mentioned error log can appear at the time of deploying the proxy service. But you say your proxy is going to the out-sequence and fault-sequence. From that what I understand is the proxy is already deployed.
You can check whether a proxy with the same name is there by looking in the ESB_HOME/repository/deployment/server/synapse-config/default/proxy-service folder. If there is a file with name Parse.xml (I think the name of the proxy service is Parse) you can delete it from the file system and then go to the design view and add the proxy again.
It seems there is already a proxy with the name you provided. Go to WSO2 ESB "source view" and check whether there exist a proxy with that name. Source view is available on the left side of the management console.
This artical will take you step by step in writing custom class mediators.
This post may also be relevant for you.

Query on DNS & connect to existing vm

In my current code base, when i create a VM, DNS name is being dynamically set as same as the instance name. For example, consider if my VM name is "anandInstance", DNS name of the name is being generated as "anandInstance.cloudapp.net". Is there a way to change the DNS name like "dns1.cloudapp.net" during the creation thru REST API??
"Connect to existing VM" , is it possible to achieve this option through REST call? In case "connect to existing.." option , we are getting a list of vms/services to choose and VM is getting created successfully. How to achieve the same using API.
Thanks
In my current code base, when i create a VM, DNS name is being
dynamically set as same as the instance name. For example, consider if
my VM name is "anandInstance", DNS name of the name is being generated
as "anandInstance.cloudapp.net". Is there a way to change the DNS name
like "dns1.cloudapp.net" during the creation thru REST API??
I don't think it is possible. Imagine what a nightmare in the portal would become if you were able to do so? How would you link a Cloud Service (whatever.cloudapp.net) to an actual deployment (MyDemoVm123). However you can use your own domain and have CNAME records pointing to your "want-to-change-for-some-reason.cloudapp.net" (frankly I surely think that soon we will use even longer names)
"Connect to existing VM" , is it possible to achieve this option
through REST call?
Connection to a VM is essentially opening a RDP session. If it a windows VM, you can try using the Download RDP file API call. Once you get the file, just start it with "process.start". If it is linux VM, just start SSH client on port 22 (or one you have defined) from the Cloud Service DNS name you have.
UPDATE
From the azure portal,for stand alone machineoption, we are able to give the dns name with deafult cloudoneapp.net. How to do the same
through the rest api call.any specfic paramter is there to specify the
same?
When you are using the REST API, you first create a Cloud Service (still named hosted service in the REST API) where your machine will be hosted. Here you give the name for that hosted service (the dns name with deafult cloudoneapp.net). Then you call the Create Virtual Machine Deployment API action.
In case "connect to existing.." option , we are getting a list of vms/services to choose and VM is getting created successfully. How to
achieve the same using API.
When you want to get list of all VMs, just get a list of all Hosted Services, then get properties of each and make a guess whether it is a VM or a Cloud Service (maybe by querying for Properties of each service). I don't see a direct access to the list of Virtual Machines. But as this feature being PREVIEW, things might change in the future.
Hope my answer is clear?