Remote debugging Windows azure cloud service - Worker Role

Very recently I was working on design and development of a worker role component of cloud service. Locally debugging worker role is pretty easy. You just need to know that you need to set** Cloud **project as a start-up project and ready to go.

Problem is when you deploy worker role to azure and trying to troubleshoot an unknown issue. Thankfully we have remote debugging enable for cloud services – both web and worker roles. This is really handy tool to remotely debug without having to putting a lot of tracing and digging into it. However, remote debugging in worker role/web role requires few steps to be followed:

Make sure you are debugging from** same machine** where you published
Make sure to turn on** Remote debugger** on while you publish (This should be turned off for Production publish profiles)
Make sure to Select** Debug** mode

With all the above settings after you publish, you should be able to** Attach Debugger** as shown below picture

For Worker role, you need to make sure to select WaWorkerHost.exe process. For Web role, you can select** W3wp.exe**
Now the process should hit the break points in your code.

Happy Coding!!!

Originally posted on Things on Tech.