// Core references from here
/// <summary>
/// Logs exceptions to blob storage (useful for logging exceptions without delay before role crashes).
/// See: http://weblogs.thinktecture.com/cweyer/2011/01/trying-to-troubleshoot-windows-azure-compute-role-startup-issues.html
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ex">The exception to log to blob storage</param>
public static void WriteExceptionToBlobStorage(Exception ex)
{
var storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(AzureRoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(Constants.DiagnosticsConnectionStringKey));
var container = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient().GetContainerReference("exceptions");
container.CreateIfNotExist();
var blob = container.GetBlobReference(string.Format("exception-{0}-{1}.log", AzureRoleEnvironment.CurrentRoleInstanceId, DateTime.UtcNow.Ticks));
blob.UploadText(ex.ToString());
}
private static string Get(string key)
{
return(AzureRoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(key));
}
