WebRole Element (Service Definition Schema)

[This is prerelease documentation and is subject to change in future releases.]

The WebRole element describes a role that accepts external requests via HTTP and/or HTTPS endpoints.

A service may contain zero or more web roles.

XML Syntax

<ServiceDefinition>
  <WebRole name="<name>" enableNativeCodeExecution="true|false">
    <LocalStorage name="<name>" sizeInMb="<n>" />
    <ConfigurationSettings />
    <InputEndpoints />
  </WebRole>
</ServiceDefinition>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements for this element.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
name	string	The name for the web role. The role's name must be unique.
enableNativeCodeExecution	boolean	Set this attribute to true to enable native code execution for the web role.

Child Elements

Element	Type	Description
LocalStorage	LocalStore	The local store for the web role.
ConfigurationSettings	N/A	The collection of configuration settings for the web role.
InputEndpoints	InputEndpoints	The collection of input endpoints for the web role.

Parent Elements

ServiceDefinition Element (Service Definition Schema)

Concepts

Service Definition Schema