Tag: RunCommand from Azure VM Runtime Team

How to determine if your Runcommand script failed

June 16, 2023 Jun 16, 2023 06/16/23

Joseph Calev

Today, we're going to cover what can be a maddening issue in just determining whether your script failed. Let's start with a very simple operation. Open a Powershell window and run the following: PS C:\> this is an error this: The term 'this' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. ...

Long running RunCommands

March 10, 2023 Mar 10, 2023 03/10/23

Joseph Calev

Recently, there's been a bit of confusion involving long running RunCommands. For reference, the default wait time for RunCommand has been 90 minutes - the same as all other extensions. But what if you have a script that takes longer? Well, we've added a timeoutInSeconds parameter just for that purpose! az vm run-command create --...

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. Custom Script Extension RunCommand Managed RunCommand VM Applications Now, I know what you're saying. "I just want to run this thing on my machine! Which do I choose?" Well, here ...