Category: CustomScriptExtension from Azure VM Runtime Team

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When will CustomScript extension re-execute my script?

January 5, 2024 Jan 5, 2024 01/5/24

Joseph Calev

One of the lesser known differences between RunCommand and CustomScriptExtension is the fact that we do promise to not re-run your script in RunCommand, but no such promise exists for CustomScript. This is mentioned in the documentation, which isn't often fully understood. However, more than once I've been asked: when does CSE ...

RunCommand vs Custom Script Extension vs VM Applications

February 17, 2023 Feb 17, 2023 02/17/23

Joseph Calev

I'm sure that many of you would swear that Microsoft loves to confuse you. Currently, there are not three but four ways to run code on your machine. Now, I know what you're saying. "I just want to run this thing on my machine! Which do I choose?" Well, here I hope to clear that up. First, all of the above work on both ...

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