Add-AzureNodeWebRole

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Add-AzureNodeWebRole

Creates required files and folders for a Node.js application.

Parameter Set: Default
Add-AzureNodeWebRole [[-Name] <String> ] [[-Instances] <Int32> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

This topic describes the cmdlet in the .6.19 version of the Windows Azure PowerShell module. To find out the version of the module you're using, from the Windows Azure PowerShell console, type (get-module azure).version.

The Add-AzureNodeWebRole creates required files and folders (sometimes referred to as scaffolding) for a Node.js application to be hosted in the cloud via IIS.

-Instances<Int32>

The number of role instances for this web role. The default is 1.

-Name<String>

Specifies the name of the web role. It also determines the name of the directory that contains the scaffolding for the node.js application that will be hosted in the web role. The default is WebRole#, where # indicates the number of web roles in the service.

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see  about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

Single instance web role

This example adds scaffolding for a single web role named MyWebRole to the current application.

PS C:\> >Add-AzureNodeWebRole -Name MyWebRole

Multiple instance web role

This example adds scaffolding for a new web role named MyWebRole to the current application, with a role instance count of 2.

PS C:\> Add-AzureNodeWebRole MyWebRole -I 2

Related topics

Add-AzureNodeWorkerRole

New-AzureServiceProject