WorkerRole Element (Service Definition Schema)

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

The WorkerRole element describes a role that performs background processing for the service.

A service may contain zero or more worker roles.

XML Syntax

<ServiceDefinition>
  <WorkerRole name="<name>" enableNativeCodeExecution="true|false">
    <LocalStorage name="<name>" sizeInMb="<n>" />
    <ConfigurationSettings />
    <InputEndpoints />
</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 worker role. The role's name must be unique.
enableNativeCodeExecution	boolean	Set this attribute to true to enable native code execution for the worker role.

Child Elements

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

Parent Elements

ServiceDefinition Element (Service Definition Schema)

Concepts

Service Definition Schema