RoleEnvironment.CurrentRoleInstance Property
Gets a RoleInstance object that represents the role instance in which the code is currently running.
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.dll)
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.RoleInstanceType: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime.RoleInstance
An instance of RoleInstance.
A role is a component of an application that performs specific functionality, such as running a website or performing background tasks. A role instance is a running copy of the role in Windows Azure or the Windows Azure Compute Emulator. A role must have endpoints defined to communicate internally and externally. The following code example shows how to retrieve endpoint information for the current role instance:
var roleInstance = RoleEnvironment.CurrentRoleInstance; foreach (RoleInstanceEndpoint instanceEndpoint in roleInstance.InstanceEndpoints.Values) { Trace.WriteLine("Instance endpoint address and port: " + instanceEndpoint.IPEndpoint, "Information"); Trace.WriteLine("Protocol for the endpoint: " + , instanceEndpoint.Protocol, "Information"); }
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